Polk TL1600 (Black)

5.1 home theater speaker package

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Polk's TL1600 is a small speaker package with a big presence. Featuring Time Lens technology, Curved Enclosure design, and Dynamic Balance driver technology, the TL1600 offers natural, expansive sound without taking up all your space. Keyhole brackets and threaded inserts give you plenty of options for installation, and the sleek design makes sure they look as good as they sound.

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Compact speakers, big sound

The mantra has always been the same, â€œTo get big home theatre sound, you need big speakers.â€� Unfortunately, your living room doesnâ€™t quite have the space for the massive behemoths called speakers (at least, not without getting rid of all the rest of your furniture). Donâ€™t deny yourself the pleasure of massive home theatre audio any longer — Polkâ€™s TL1600 5.1 home theatre speaker set has been designed to give you incredible home theatre sound in a small speaker. Combining four TL1 satellite speakers with the TL1 center and an 8â€� 50W subwoofer, the TL1600 gives you a complete surround sound setup in one easy package. Once youâ€™ve hooked these speakers up to your home theatre receiver, youâ€™ll find yourself with a new mantra, â€œWow.â€�

More than just techno-babble

If terminology such as â€œTime Lens technology,â€� â€œacoustic center,â€� and â€œspatial plane alignmentâ€� make you wonder if youâ€™re buying a speaker set or the first time-traveling sound machine, you can rest assured that itâ€™s the former. Polkâ€™s Time Lens technology aligns the tweeter and mid-bass drivers along their acoustic center on the same spatial plane to create a more unified sound, allowing you to identify where sounds are coming from more easily. Meanwhile, the grille lens smoothes out the tweeterâ€™s frequency response, creating a more balanced, natural sound uncommon in compact speakers.

Neutral territory

Sound likes to bounce. No, we donâ€™t mean that it enjoys jumping up and down to a rhythmic beat — we mean it moves off every surface it hits. Much like the actual bouncing though, if you get enough sound bouncing in the same space, it can crash into itself causing nothing but heartache and acoustic loss. While Polk canâ€™t control what happens once the sound leaves the speaker and enters your room, it can control whatâ€™s happening inside the speaker to make sure that the sound bouncing around your room hasnâ€™t already had some crashes inside. To make sure that you get acoustically neutral sound, Polk employs a Curved Enclosure design, using non-parallel surfaces that create a stronger, more rigid enclosure that wonâ€™t cause sound coloration. Combined with the Dynamic Balance driver technology, it also tunes out any unwanted sound by controlling the driverâ€™s frequency response. The result is a rich, warm sound, ready to bounce straight into your eardrums (without causing any damage on the way).

Comfortable sitting down, or hanging out

Itâ€™s great to have options, especially when it comes to getting your speakers positioned. The Polk TL1 speakers have built-in keyhole slots and threaded inserts, so they can easily be positioned on-wall for a sleek looking installation. Of course, if you just want them on shelves, their feet allow them to sit comfortably as well.

In the box

Included with your purchase of the TL1600 are: 4 TL1 satellite speakers, 1 TL1 center channel speaker, 1 TL1600 subwoofer

Comparison Specifications

TL1 Satellite specifications (4 included with TL1600 package)
Recommended amplifier power: 10 - 100W/channel (8 ohms nominal impedance)
5" silk polymer dome tweeter
2.5" dynamic balance composite cone mid/woofer
Frequency response: 120Hz - 22kHz
Dimensions: 3.75" W x 6.5 H x 4.88" D
Enclosure type: Non-resonant composite w/time-aligned geometry and aperiodic tuned port
Mounting options: Keyhole slot / 1/4" x 20 threaded insert
Inputs: 5-way binding posts
Efficiency: 89dB

Additional Specifications

TL1 Center specifications (1 included in package)
Recommended amplifier power: 10 - 125W/channel (8 ohms nominal impedance)
5" silk polymer dome tweeter
dual 2.5" dynamic balance composite cone mid/woofer
Frequency response: 120Hz - 22kHz
Dimensions: 15" W x 4 H x 3.5" D
Enclosure type: Non-resonant composite w/time-aligned geometry and aperiodic tuned port
Mounting options: Keyhole slots / 1/4" x 20 threaded inserts
Inputs: 5-way binding posts
Efficiency: 89dB