Product Description
The Polk Audio SurroundBar is designed to complete your HDTV experience
for easy to install home-theater that's really friendly. It's the
perfect match for flat-panel and shallow screen TVs. And it works with
any surround sound receiver. With patented SDA Surround technology
means there's no need to install rear speakers. SDA Surround creates a
completely immersive experience, as if there were dozens of speakers
all around you. This technology is based on fundamental research into
the way our ears process sound and perceive the direction of sounds.
It uses a patented combination of signal processing and acoustical
geometry that complements the spacing between your ears to produce
surround sound without the need for rear mounted speakers. Since the
SurroundBar works directly with the hearing mechanism and requires no
special room characteristics, it can deliver a room-filling surround
experience in nearly any location in almost any type of room. The
SurroundBar is simple to set up. A 25-foot 10-conductor cable is
color-coded and clearly marked for easy hookup, even your kids can do
it. Anti-diffraction grille and bezel help create open, spacious
imaging. Magnetically shielded, of course, for safe placement on or
near TVs. Simplified color-coded hookup with all 5 channels of
information going directly from your home theater receiver to the
SurroundBar. 25-foot 10-conductor cable is color-coded and clearly
marked for easy hookup. No more tangled wires to string around a room.
Unit Dimensions - Cabinet Size 4-7/16 H x 42-5/8 W x 5-1/8 D (11.27cm
H x 108.27cm W x 13.02cm D) / About 25 pounds Polk 5-Year Limited
Warranty Includes 2 piece wall bracket, center channel base, 25' wire
bundle, and the Quick Start Guide
A perfect sonic and
stylistic match for flat-panel and shallow-case TVs, the Polk Audio
SurroundBar is designed to offer elegant, high-resolution,
single-source surround sound. It comes with everything you need to
mount it above, below, or even on your television, and it works with
any surround sound receiver. It's an ideal listening system for anyone
seeking rich, enveloping surround sound without the space commitment
or hookup hassles of a multispeaker system.
The SurroundBar is designed to complete your
high-definition TV experience and is a perfect match for flat-panel
TVs.
SDA technology projects sound to both sides and
behind you.
Polk Audio's patented SDA Surround technology means there's no need to
install rear speakers. SDA Surround technology is founded on extensive
research into the way human ears process sound and perceive
directionality of sound. Unlike speakers or surround algorithms that
merely simulate surround effects, the SurroundBar reproduces discrete,
multichannel surround sound using a patented combination of signal
processing and acoustical geometry called Acoustic Wave Front
Reconstruction (AWFR). Since the SurroundBar works directly upon your
ears and requires no special room characteristics, it can deliver
room-filling surround sound nearly anywhere.
As with conventional
5.1-channel systems, you'll hear the best surround effects when you're
centered directly in front of the SurroundBar. However--unlike
conventional 5.1 systems--the SurroundBar delivers surround sound
regardless of how close or how far away you sit.
While it's
technically a single speaker, the SurroundBar contains seven active
drive units, three tweeters, and inputs for all five primary surround
channels: front left/center/right and rear left/right. Multiple drive
units spaced roughly the same distance apart as your ears allow the
speaker to keep you from discerning the actual sound sources. Instead,
it will seem as though sound is coming from all around and behind
you.
Mount the SurroundBar below your flat-panel TV, or
use the included cradle for a shelf or set-top placement.
The SurroundBar's circuitry maintains proper isolation of all
amplifier channels and will function correctly with any amplifier or
receiver capable of driving a 4 ohm load (that is, capable of powering
4-ohm speakers). Many receivers are rated for maximum power into 8
ohms but function perfectly well--functioning with about half their
rated power--into 4 ohms, too. Wiring a stand-alone powered subwoofer
in line with the speaker (a procedure illustrated in the product
manual) will heighten the sense of realism and visceral power of the
SurroundBar.
For even more spacious sound, you can use the
SurroundBar with your existing surround speakers, too. In such an
arrangement you can wire the surround outputs from your receiver to
your separate surround speakers instead of to the SurroundBar's
rear-speaker terminals, using the SurroundBar for the front left,
center, and right channels only.
Simplified color-coded hookup with five channels
directly from the home theater receiver.
Better still, if you have a 6.1- or 7.1-channel receiver, use one of
your surround speakers as the rear-center speaker in a 6.1 system, or
both surround speakers as 2 of the 4 speakers in a 7.1 system (with
the SurroundBar's 2 surround channels in filling in the sound for the
other 2).
The SurroundBar must be mounted horizontally to function
properly. Placement directly above or below your TV screen pointed in
the same direction as the screen will give the best coordination
between your surround sound and the on screen images. Wall mounting,
shelf mounting, table mounting, or stand mounting all work equally
well. However, walls or other large obstacles within 3 feet of the
sides of the SurroundBar will reduce the effectiveness of its surround
delivery. Cross-corner locations will work just fine.
The supplied
25-foot, 10-conductor cable is color-coded and clearly marked for easy
hookup.
What's in the Box
SurroundBar speaker, 2-piece
wall bracket, a center-channel base, mounting screws, 25-foot wire
bundle, and a quick-start
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