{"id":135535,"date":"2021-08-26T15:00:07","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T14:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=135535"},"modified":"2021-08-26T15:00:07","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T14:00:07","slug":"polk-audio-signature-elite-terylene-tweeters-and-mica-reinforced-cones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/speakers\/polk-audio-signature-elite-terylene-tweeters-and-mica-reinforced-cones\/","title":{"rendered":"Polk Audio Signature Elite: Terylene Tweeters and Mica Reinforced Cones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Polk Audio introduced the Signature series five years ago &#8211; and now it&#8217;s time to modernize it.\u00a0\u201cWe decided to take a great speaker line and make it even better,\u201d said Frank Sterns, President of Polk Audio.\u00a0This is how\u00a0a\u00a0new line called Signature Elite was born.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polkaudio.com\/en-us\/series\/signature-elite\">Signature Elite<\/a> is a collection of Hi-Res Audio certified speakers.\u00a0It will allow, for example, to create home theater systems compatible with Dolby Atmos.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8b2a598-d374-4d6a-a6cc-3067fd0ae683.jpg\" width=\"830\" height=\"530\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The lineup includes three floor towers, two center channel speakers (slim and full-size), two bookshelf models and a wall loudspeaker that can be used as a surround speaker and acoustics for &#8220;overhead&#8221; channels.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/0c0415a-1609-445e-9169-dabdb1e92db0.jpg\" width=\"660\" height=\"1013\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to Polk Audio, all eight Signature Elite models feature Dynamic Balance-optimized bass and midrange drivers with mica-reinforced polypropylene cones.<\/p>\n<div id=\"$SO_CL_1\" class=\"lfb__item lfb__item_large\"><\/div>\n<p>At high frequencies, terylene dome tweeters come into play.\u00a0Their range is approximately double that of human hearing.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/b22a33e-9727-4cf5-a2eb-8771bea57129.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"495\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"$SO_CL_2\" class=\"lfb__item lfb__item_large\"><\/div>\n<p>Optimized crossovers distribute frequency bands between the Signature Elite speakers.\u00a0In addition, almost all Signature Elite speakers are equipped with proprietary Power Port bass reflexes.<\/p>\n<p>The enclosures have been reinforced to improve acoustic inertness.\u00a0The manufacturer has promised that the Signature Elite speakers will be more sensitive, more &#8220;comfortable&#8221; for the amplifier and, undoubtedly, more pleasant in sound.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/0401566-5762-402f-86b0-8f6f7f9768ba.jpg\" alt=\"Polk Audio Signature Elite Series: Terylene Tweeters and Mica Reinforced Cones\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the US, the prices for Polk Audio Signature Elite acoustics are already known: floor standing models ES50, ES55 and ES60, respectively &#8211; 350, 450 and 500 dollars apiece.\u00a0The &#8220;top&#8221; (surround) module ES10 is $ 250 per pair, the compact ES15 and ES20 shelves are respectively $ 300 and 400 per pair, the thin ES35 center channel system is $ 400, and the full-size ES30 is $ 300.<\/p>\n<p>[ratemypost]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polk Audio introduced the Signature series five years ago &#8211; and now it&#8217;s time to modernize it.\u00a0\u201cWe decided to take a great speaker line and make it even better,\u201d said Frank Sterns, President of Polk Audio.\u00a0This is how\u00a0a\u00a0new line called Signature Elite was born. Signature Elite is a collection of Hi-Res Audio certified speakers.\u00a0It will [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/speakers\/polk-audio-signature-elite-terylene-tweeters-and-mica-reinforced-cones\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":135536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[646],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-135535","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-speakers","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}