Features overlooked by other brands
You don't want to hear resonances, standing waves or boominess; nor squeakiness or mismatched timbres. This is a risk when you buy small "one box" speakers; they've been thrown together for looks and price, and made with less-than-top-quality materials. No risk when you listen to a Polk Audio RM Series System.
It's not a cabinet; it's an ENCLOSURE
This cute little speaker is a sophisticated work of acoustic alchemy. First, there's the Reuleaux Triangular Polygon shape. We didn't construct them this way just for looks, even though they do look pretty cool. And we didn't do it just so we can say "Reuleaux," even though that's pretty cool, too. Truth is, this specially designed shape is extremely strong. Plus, it's acoustically ideal; it minimizes resonances and standing waves inside the speaker. This eliminates the "boominess" that makes other small speakers sound "muddy," and delivers superior midrange performance and lifelike imaging.
Wide-Dispersion Driver Array
The RM8 is bold and different. Its Reuleaux Triangular enclosure (we just love saying "Reuleaux"!) features a second speaker driver facing away from its main driver. This additional driver projects sound out and around, the way lifelike sound really sounds. With advanced driver geometry and state-of-the-art crossover wiring, it delivers a surprisingly deep and w-i-d-e soundstage. It's the perfect solution when you're placing the speaker against or very near the sides of your TV and still want big speaker sound without the big speakers.
Anti-Diffraction Baffle
Remove the grilles and observe another little gem of Polk Audio acoustic engineering: The anti-diffraction baffle. Exhaustively tested and modeled to produce the sophisticated acoustic sculpting, the anti-diffraction baffle delivers the largest possible dispersion pattern with virtually no edge diffraction or distortion. The wide, lifelike soundstage proves that you can have small speakers without sacrificing big sound.
Composite Driver Technology
Working in tandem with the shape of the compact enclosures are specially engineered drivers made from strong composite materials. Polk Audio's patented Dynamic Balance technology scientifically tunes these driver materials to produce an excellent flat frequency response, with sharp detail, transparent imaging and the ability to play loud without any strain, something you won't find in other small speaker systems. RM sound is always clean, clear and effortless. These are small speakers that can really keep up with the action on your big screen.
Multiple Mounting Options
Put them on the TV stand. Put the Center Channel Speaker right on the TV. Put them on stands next to the TV (use Polk Audio's own custom-designed SA Stands, made to compliment the look of the RM speakers). Hang the speakers on the walls. Use articulating brackets to aim them perfectly. RM Series speakers weigh just 3lbs, so you can put them virtually anywhere and move them easily. But don't be fooled: high-tech lightweight composite materials allow Polk Audio to engineer in the high performance you expect, without the high weight.
RM7 & RM8 speakers come with wall mount brackets. The RM8 also comes with a surface mount "tripod" as seen on the left image above. The RM7 Center & RM8 Center speakers come with a surface mount cradle.
It's no nightmare to build the
surround sound system of your dreams
Today's RM Series Speakers are mix-and-match compatible, so you can buy them in sets or in pairs and build the compact sound system of your dreams, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1 and beyond. When you do this, you'll never experience mismatched timbres and uneven sound reproduction. All RM Series Speakers are professionally timbre-matched to sound perfect together no matter what the configuration. Sound effects moving around your room will sound the same from speaker to speaker; this is truly convincing surround sound.
