Help choosing new speakers

[Gary S 10+ year member]

Um, pretty sure the SS line has been out for a while. The SRs came out within the last year or so.

He may have meant that the Kicker speakers were modeled after Polk's lines in general and not specifically the SR's, because I checked with our Polk Audio rep today and he did confirm that the Kicker SS series was created in 2004, where as the Polk's were created in 2006. So, unless the rep doesn't have his facts straight, I'm not sure how that 'modeling' would work. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif
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- The Polks have been out since at least 2005, maybe earlier... but that's beside the point... somebody had to design them before that... and the same guy that bid on the design job for the Polks also designed the Kicker SS series.

For every 10 car audio brands, there is only one designer/factory. Most brands are just glorified marketing companies.

With that said, that does not mean they will sound exactly the same, but they are in the same ball park... but the Polks' are overpriced in my opinion.

It's not that kick panel installs are more vulnerable to damage... more likely someone is lazy.

 

[GaresTaylan 10+ year member]

- The Polks have been out since at least 2005, maybe earlier... but that's beside the point... somebody had to design them before that... and the same guy that bid on the design job for the Polks also designed the Kicker SS series.
For every 10 car audio brands, there is only one designer/factory. Most brands are just glorified marketing companies.

With that said, that does not mean they will sound exactly the same, but they are in the same ball park... but the Polks' are overpriced in my opinion.

It's not that kick panel installs are more vulnerable to damage... more likely someone is lazy.

Understood. Like I said, there is a very good possibility that the rep I spoke with didn't have his facts straight.

In terms of being lazy, I hope that was a generalization of most people and not a direct shot at me, because trust me, I have no problem admiting that I am being lazy and taking an easy way out on an install, or anything in general to be honest. What I said, was the truth in my particular situation. You don't know the type of people that get into my car sometimes, especially late night on the weekends when everyone is trashed out of their minds. Sometimes, they *are* more vulnerable to damage. Every person and their situations are generally unique, and what stands for one person or *most* people doesn't always stand for everyone, which is where the 'more likely' scenario might come in.