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2021 Product of the Year Awards: Budget Loudspeaker

Polk Audio Reserve Series R200

Polk R200 

$699

Polk’s Reserve Series hit sonic pay dirt last year at an astounding blue-plate price. By borrowing the best transducers from Polk’s Legend Series and placing them in a minimalist cabinet, this two-way compact cuts right to the heart of the music, with tonal balance and coherence in equal measures, paired to a backbone of dynamism and immediacy. It doesn’t shrink into the background, either, tonally or dynamically. Nor does it recess images via frequency dips and droops in order to manufacture a fictitious sense of soundstage depth. In low-end response, the R200 takes care of business. Sure, some of the glitter and gloss has been minimized. But the utilitarian design is well executed. A sleeper in the best sense—not showy, not expensive, but a musical, no-nonsense high-end player.

Tags: LOUDSPEAKER PRODUCT OF THE YEAR

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