Good sound in a small package

I recently purchased these speakers for my parents as part of an upgrade to their TV's sound and paired them with a 25 watt hybrid tube amplifier. Since they were looking for something with a small footprint and good sound, these Polks seemed to fit the bill based on their specs and reviews. I thought that they did a good job of handing high and midrange frequencies for both TV sound as well as streaming music via TIDAL HiFi and offered a fuller sound than I would have expected from speakers this size. My only complaint is that bass response was lacking, so unless you pair these with a subwoofer they may be better suited for use as surround speakers.

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Polk Audio Blackstone TL1

The speakers were on back order, and came much quicker then promised. Easy to hook up. For the size and price, great sound!

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Polk Audio Blackstone TL1

Purchased these for the bedroom. Perfect

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Good power for a small speaker

Replaced a broken speaker with this one. It has excellent sound quality and volume for such a small speaker.

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Polk Audio Blackstone TL1

I was looking for a pair of small speakers that I could tuck out of the way. These fit the bill perfectly. I Own some other tiny speakers that cost three times as much, but these Polk,s hold their own very well. Nice clear mids an.d highs

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Polk Audio Blackstone TL1

Great sound and quality crystal clear

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Polk Audio Blackstone TL1

Great sound for a small speaker. These speakers complement the whole surround sound system perfectly. And at a great price. Highly recommend.

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Exceptional value for the price!

Excellent quality and beautifull sound! Combine with Polk audio powered sub PSW10 and you are all set!

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Great!

Better than the original LG speaker. Fuller sound.

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Polk Audio Blackstone TL1

Small,for rear surround system but still sounds great.

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Polk Audio Blackstone TL1

Great clarity, small speakers. Hardly know they are there except for the quality of the sound.

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Polk Audio Blackstone TL1

needed a cheap set of shelf speakers for an old stereo system. these speakers work just fine

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Missing Something?

Surprising detail out of such small speakers. Sound is clear, smooth, and unharsh. Can handle quiet a bit of power for their size. However I will say they remind me of a tweeter and a midrange in a box without any midbass. I Find it hard to believe that these little speakers can handle anything below 200hz. Makes it difficult to blend with a subwoofer. Save your money and get the TL2 or TL3.

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Great sound

Great sound

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Polk Audio Blackstone TL1

Great value speaker. Sounds very well for my 7.1 systems paired with kipsch front and these polk for the surround back. 2 options for installation and comes with a template. Watchout, the description states that is high gloss black, but mine comes flat black, not gloss at all.

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Polk Audio Blackstone TL1

I like the sound out of a small speaker that size

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Super little speaker!

I wanted to replace my in-ceiling surround speakers with a small speaker that I could wall mount. These speakers fit the bill. Excellent sound quality, imaging, and beautifully designed.

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I like them, they work great

I like them, they work great for my needs. The speakers are in the corners of about 10 ft. x 13 ft. one-half of my front room. About 5 ft. high on book cases. For twenty years I enjoyed my "Bose 301" and blasting the neighborhood. Today I keep it down to an occasional loud. My reliable "Optimus" 100 watt per channel receiver has two small "Paradigm" (about 50 dollars each) plus "Optimus" bass center speaker. Added these two "Polk" speakers to take advantage of the 5.1 speaker setting. The packing they came was impressive.

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Effective surrounds

Great little speakers for the price. Bought a pair to upgrade my existing Polk living room sound system from a 5.1, and utilize the 7.1 (and Atmos) capability of my Denon AVRX2200. Very capable speakers in small rooms.

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Nise rear speakers

Great sound from a small package. I am using these for rear satellites in a 5.1 system. Crutchfield met Polk Audio's sale price!

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Polk Blackstone TL1 Surround sound speaker

These Polk speakers are excellent quality for the the price. I have some JAMO speakers that finally bit the dust and decided that I want to have all polk speakers to finish off my sound. This was definitely a great purchase that I am very satisfied with, I will be purchasing the Polk Subwoofer next. The Crutchfield team is always so helpful when it comes to trouble shooting installation problems the tech was able to walk me through the problem that I was having, My order came on time no delays. Wonderful Sound

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Polk Audio Blackstone TL1

Cant ask for more, Great!

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Great

So far I'm very satisfied with these speakers. Fast delivery from Crutchfield.

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Great speaker, great value.

Great sound from such a small speaker. Quite a value !

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Great for Surround Sound

These lightweight, subtle (I bought white to hang from ceiling) speakers produce great surround sound. We already had larger polk book shelf speakers for R & L, so I cannot speak to these in terms of front R & L power. We have a 5.1 system and are using two of these as rear speakers. I bought these in conjunction with the Pinpoint AM20 mounting brackets. The speaker can be mounted using a keyhole or threaded insert (or just set on a shelf). The screws that come with the Pinpoint AM20 do not work with either the keyhole or the threaded insert, so you will have to purchase a different screw if you want to use this mount. We opted to use the threaded insert and used a 2" x 1/4"-20 screw. Looks and works great on the ceiling. Easily adjustable direction.

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Great surround.

Great surround speaker, without much space. As small as it is, they'll fit just about anyplace. And they can keep up worth the rest of my system, if set to small.

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Great little speakers!

Really impressed with the sound quality of these little speakers paired with a Polk 8inch sub.

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Polk Audio Blackstone TL1

great little speaker for the rear speakers in a Dolby 5 system for my home theatre with a Yamaha amp with a powered bass. Installed near the ceiling wall mounted.

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Great speaker

We bought 4 of these speakers for our television. They work great as a standalone set, but for full theater sound, you definitely need a subwoofer to hit the low range sounds.

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Polk Audio Blackstone TL1

Love The Quality in such a nice size speaker. Plus comes in two Colors.

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great surround sound speaker

i didnt like anything on the surround speaker page that looked good. esp at those prices. did a little research, figured why not. those little guys, (they will fit in the palm of your hand) really impressed me with them as rears. i'm tempted to disconnect them and see how they sound as fronts. they have a warm full sound and good highs. not much else to say, i like them.....

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Polk Audio Blackstone TL1

Great sound out of such a small speaker, and the price is excellent

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Good for it's size.

Has a nice sound for a smaller system So will probably need to upgrade in the near future.

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Good sound for low price

Good sound for rear surround sound.

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polk audio blackstone tl1

terrific sound from such a small package

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great sound for small price

The Blackstone TL1's were a perfect solution to our new home set up. The sound quality is fantastic and I was up and listening within 30 minutes of opening the box for our 5.1 surround sound system. I customized and got 3 black speakers for our front stand and 2 white speakers for the back that blend into the white crown molding and ceiling where hung. Being able to use my existing banana clips in these speakers was perfect. Crutchfield customer service and Polk's great sound quality are continued winners.

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Polk Audio Blackstone TL1

The Polk Audio Blackstone TL1 bookshelf speakers are an entry level, affordable solution for folks who would like a simple, cost-effective solution to their audio needs. Unobtrusive, the Polk Audio Blackstone TL1 has a small base footprint and sits within a narrow space, perfect for bookshelves, interior window sill ledges, computer workstations, among others. The option for either a black or white color allows consumers to color match according to their decorative needs. The sound quality is above average, and provides adequate treble, mid-range and bass for most consumers. Priced modestly and affordably, the Polk Audio Blackstone TL1 speakers will fit anyone's budget if higher-priced speakers might be out of reach.

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Polk Audio Blackstone TL1

great sound for the small family room, the movies sound so much better than the original speakers I had.. good choice.

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Polk Audio Blackstone TL1

Great sound from a small space.

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VERY NICE

NICE SOUND, LOOKS GOOD GREAT PRICE

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Nice clean sound

Nice clean sound, I purchased 4 for a small personal training studio, provides nice clean sound with plenty of volume to crank it up during hard sessions.

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Great Speaker

Great sounding, small, easily mountable speaker for ceiling mounted surround sound. I didn't not want to have to patch and repair the gang box hole that was prewired by the builder. Every one was located next to a stud for all 6 speakers, so I utilized pin point gang box mounts with this speaker. Looks great and was very easy to install.

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My Second Pair

Just ordered two more of these speakers today. They may be small but they have big sound. I like the fact they don't take up too much space. Only gave this speaker four starts because I'm having trouble attaching them to my speaker stands. Having to go to the hardware store to get some different hardware but once I do that they will do the job. Also, the tech I talked to today was very helpful and knowledgeable.

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Perfect!

Just what I was looking for to replace and old set of large speakers. The sound quality is VERY good and the size is perfect. I keep asking myself WHY I waited so long to replace the old ones. I didn't give them 5 stars as I am just not that knowledgable about speakers.

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Excellent

Excellent SS speakers

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Polk Audio Blackstone TL1

They work great, just what I needed!

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Polk adio l1

Great sound, amazing bass, for the price these will bump music and game of thrones will rumble the house

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Fits the bill

I was looking for rear speakers for my home theatre setup and these speakers filled the bill. Coupled with the Crutchfield recommended Sanus Systems HTB7 speaker stands, these speakers fit the bill. Didn't give them five stars because I don't rate anything that high.

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Sweet sound

Great sound. Nice to have two satellite speaker mounting options. One warning though. I took off a star because the recessed mounting screws on the satellite speaker. IF you use DEFTECH PROMOUNT 80 speaker mounts, you are going to have to widen the hole that leads to the screw mount because of the way the promounts work. You will also have to add (lock) washers when using the promounts since the screw holes are recessed into the back of the satellite. I bought two to add to the Polk Audio Blackstone TL1600 to make it 7.1

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Good bookshelf speakers

I have been very happy with these as the left and right front channels of a 5.1 surround system. The fit nicely in our built in shelving and are attractive. Their sound is clear with good dynamic range. I recommend them.

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Excellent Speaker - Small Package

I was looking for a small speaker to sit on our mantle and replace our front speakers on our surround system. These work perfectly and sound much more crisp than our in-wall speakers.

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AMAZED!

I was so amazed with these speakers! I ordered one pair to replace the old blown Philips surround sound speakers I had. WOW! The clarity and volume these little guy produce for the price is unbelievable. Now I will have to buy another pair to replace the other two old speakers as these over power the old ones lol.

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Fantastic Speakers!

I purchased 2 of these speakers after receiving advice from Crutchfield rep (Dylan)....he was absolutely right, I an older stereo system that had HUGE speakers which finally broke. These bookshelf speakers are the best sounding and perfect fit for my stereo system. I would absolutely trust a Crutchfield Rep to recommend another system or unit to me in the future. The sound, quality everything made this purchase worth the price! I so recommend anyone thinking about purchasing these speakers to do so or if my recommendation isn't enough, speak with one of the Crutchfield people -they know their stuff.

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A remarkable small speaker

My experience with audio products goes back to the early '60s, when speakers were judged by size and weight - the bigger and heavier, the better. Time and technology have rendered that method of assessing performance irrelevant, as is demonstrated by this small speaker. When one takes one out of its box, one's feeling is that fine performance from such a small unit will be impossible, but that is wrong - it worms very well. I had been trying to improve the performance of the side surround channel in my system, and had tried several different speakers that I had on hand, without getting the effect that I wanted. I decided to try the TL1s, since they had received good reviews, and were modestly priced. I am very glad that I did, since I achieved exactly what I had not been able to do previously: the high frequency response and presence of my side channels has been considerably improved.

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"Small but mighty!"

Clear, tight and crisp sound... beautiful finish...will cosmetically blend well with any systems' components and they can make excellent satellite additions for 5.1 to 7.1 systems...

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Nice speakers

Nice little speakers and good sound quality.

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TL 1

Great Sound Using them a primary in a rv

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Nice sound

Good sound for the money! I'm very inpressed with them.

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Polk Audio Blackstone TL1

I recently purchased a Polk 5.1 surround system, but wanted to upgrade to 7.1. These speakers matched the system I bought perfectly. They look great, very compact with great sound. I am very impressed with Polk sound.

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Polk Audio Blackstone TL1

Great sound, exactly what I was looking for

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Good sound

Excellent speakers with good performance for surround sound. Definitively needs subw. for deeper sound

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Polk Audio BlackstoneT TL1

Great value. I'm using these as surround speakers; however when they arrived I auditioned them as main speakers (with Dyna Audio Sub). Fantastic sound right out of the box. They opened up even more after a couple days of break in. the sound stage is open and wide, liquid midrange and non-fatiguing trebble. Clear open sound. Unfortunately, there is ZERO useful bass. Even though there was a sub, there was a noticeable gap in the midbass. I didn't play around with the low pass x-over on the sub; that probably would have helped. Forget about using these alone though. They remind me of NHT Super Zero's from the 90's...only better!

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Exactly what I needed

I already had a 5.1 Polk Blackstone 1600 speaker setup but wanted to add two more speakers for "height" in my 7.1 configuration. I could not find these speakers at any local store and one place wanted $20 more each than Crutchfield. The speakers are great, I already knew that. The ease of ordering from Crutchfield was amazing. They arrived exactly when promised, well protected in their original boxes and placed into a larger box with plenty of packing peanuts to prevent any shipping damage. I'm sold on Crutchfield.

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Amazed

I'm amazed at how much rich sound comes out of these little speakers. It's like i've been missing out on everything I was listening to prior to this purchase. i'm on a budget, but was in serious need of a new system for my small house in the city. I paired these up with an Onkyo TX-8255 receiver, and a Polk PSW-108 powered sub. I've barely watched television since the purchase. If you're on a budget, or don't have a ton of space but want great quality sound, these would be a smart purchase.

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TL1

Used as surround speakers on a 5.1 system @ 100w/ch crossed over at 120hz. These TL1s are smooth on the highs. When I read reviews I look for someone to mention whether a speaker is harsh on the highs or not and these are very comfortable on the ears. For what it's worth, i think these are better voice matched to my monitor 70s than were the monitor 30s they replaced. I'm extremely pleased with these as surrounds- 5 stars for the class they're in. Beautiful white finish and are clean looking on a white wall. Bottom line: they sound great for being 2.5" drivers.

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great looks

i havent had them long but i do like the size, real compact. the sound is great for my rear channel. easy to handel great looks

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Polk Surroud Speakers

Great speakers! Exactly what I needed. Buck the Crutchfield support tech was professional and knew his stuff.

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Big Sound

Purchased these to a Polk TL1600 to complete a 7.1 system. Very impressive construction/finish, and the sound is spectacular. Its amazing how much full spectrum sound can come from such a compact speaker. Also look great mounted on the wall!

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Polk never let me down!

Bought these when i ordered my TV for two reasons 1. Ive been looking for new surround speakers since the ones i have now are huge (polk R150) 2. Because if bought together with my TV i save $$. Wow these things are really crisp, great sound at all volumes. Not much mid bass but its cool because im using them as surround speakers. Highly recommended o_O

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