Now the thing that stood out for me was the Carbon composite basket and the use of Neodymium this makes for a great combination. Looking forward to hearing these, again these guys have a home audio background which as you may/or not know is a must for me.
Ok time to see what Polk themselves have to say about this product, see below…
Description for MM6501 Component Set:
Component mobile audio systems are the best for revealing all the excitement, all the intensity of your music. The MM6501 is the component system designed for anyone who wants an exceptionally high level of performance while on the go. It’s all here: the clarity, the imaging, the blending everything that will make it sound like you’re hearing your music for the first time.
Our flagship MM component system, the MM6501 is the result of 3 years of Polk research and development. The MM6501 has been designed to offer unparalleled sound quality with exceptional fit to meet virtually any application. The MM6501 offers extraordinary performance at a price that’s too good to believe.
Dynamic Balance® driver technology for pure, distortion free sound.
Neodymium is a rare earth material we use in all MM driver magnets, excluding 461P, that are about 1/10 the weight of a comparable ceramic magnet and much more powerful. The smaller magnet means the MM6501 components fit easily into more applications.
Carbon composite basket based on the spokes of a wheel is lightweight, absolutely will not flex during peaks and looks great.
Woven glass composite cones feature tremendous stiffness-to mass ratio. Lower mass means faster transients and finer detail.
Klippel optimized components for consistent, distortion-free sound.
Marine Certified ensures the MM6501 is built tough to withstand the harshest boat speaker environment on the water.
Large-diameter voice coil (30mm) in driver increases reliability and power handling.
Wheel-inspired style combines with rugged durability in the MM grille.
Multiple mount tweeters allow surface or flush mounting.
All Polk products are made using the best materials and the most advanced manufacturing techniques. They pass the industry’s most exhaustive quality tests, including drop testing, extreme signal response and UV & salt exposure testing. Polk loudspeakers are built to perform for a lifetime.
Specifications:
Driver Complement
Tweeter
Quantity 2
Diameter 1″ (2.54cm)
Type Soft dome
Mid / Woofer
Quantity 2
Diameter 6 1/2″ (16.51cm)
Type Dynamic Balance driver with polycomposite cone
Electrical
Total Frequency Response 40-25kHz
Nominal Impedance 2.7 ohms
Efficiency 94 dB
Power Handling Continuous 125 watts
Peak 250 watts
Dimensions
Cut-Out Diameter 5″ (12.70cm)
Grille Height 1 1/16″ (2.70cm)
Driver Mounting Depth
Top Mount 2 5/8″ (6.67cm)
Bottom Mount 2 7/8″ (7.30cm)
Polk History: “Since the founding of Polk in 1972, it’s been our mission to craft high quality, great sounding speakers that are accessible to everyone. For the people of Polk, designing and building authentic audio solutions is our true passion.”
The not-so-secret origins of The Speaker Specialists.
This is the story of a real handmade American original. Of three music-loving friends, bursting with new ideas and scientific know-how, and fresh from the hallowed halls of Johns Hopkins University. It’s the story of a world-spanning industry just beginning to find its first audience. And it’s the story of Polk.
In the beginning, there was Matt Polk, George Klopfer and Sandy Gross. They popped out of college in the early seventies with top-shelf physics and mechanical engineering degrees. They knew about stuff like The Haas Effect, and how Phase Distortion Synthesis affected audio signals, and at least three definitions of the word “amplitude.” But all they really wanted to do was listen to music at home.
At the time, options for home audio were sort of limited. Asian brands dominated a transistor radio world. Home-grown “boutique” builders of audio equipment were few and far between in the US. What they made was rough, expensive and impractical.
Matt, George and Sandy, no strangers to the concert arena, wanted that same great concert sound in their homes. But they didn’t want to spend whole paychecks to achieve it, and they didn’t want to clutter up their living rooms with loudspeakers the size of refrigerators, as was the current fashion. So they set about utilizing their various skills – audio engineering, manufacturing, promotion, and their “golden ears” – to design and build a loudspeaker that not only sounded better than what was available at the time, but was more practical.
It came together with their own hands in a ramshackle Victorian rooming house just outside of Baltimore city. It went through prototype after prototype. Slowly, as they assembled a team of skilled friends to help (many of whom still work here), they also assembled a loudspeaker that performed beyond anyone’s expectations. These new loudspeakers solved contemporary problems of clarity, depth and realism with organic technology based on real science, not tricks. The new loudspeaker would reproduce recorded sound with a higher level of lifelike detail and spaciousness. The new loudspeaker would not overwhelm anyone’s living room. And best of all, not cost a fortune.
The Monitor Series, first introduced in 1972, changed the home audio paradigm.
Still just a bunch of perfectly normal audiophiles.
Today, Polk remains a home-grown success story. As the largest audio brand of DEI Holdings, Polk is still proudly based in Baltimore, right where we started. Our engineers and designers now hold more than 65 patents for pioneering advances in audio design and technology. These innovations have influenced the audio industry many times over.
When you visit our Baltimore headquarters, you’ll meet sales people, service reps, engineers and technicians who also happen to be musicians (and musical instrument designers), audiophiles (and car-audio competition winners), home theatre buffs, tube-equipment fanatics (still!) and even the odd vinyl LP collector. You’ll meet professionals who plug in their instruments and throw down some self-penned tunes during meeting breaks, and others who could teach courses on music theory or the physics of transducers. At Polk, music is still our passion and designing practical audio solutions that deliver lifelike performance is our mission.
We invite you to get involved: sign in, join us, chat with us, and get to know Polk. We’re here to have fun, and to enjoy great sound all around; from your basement playroom or the gym, to your home theatre or video game setup, to your outdoor deck, your office, and even in your car or boat! Welcome to the great-sounding world of Polk!
“Polk is an American original, crafting audio experiences that deliver our iconic, engaging, authentic sound since 1972.”
Time to fire up these speakers and see how they sound.
First, I must say was very impressed with these straight away, the clarity and attention to detail just awesome. Amplified is best for these and a subwoofer or 6x9s a must, musically amazing but does lack in bass. The guys at Polk did account on these been driven at high levels and they won’t let you down there. So I guess what I’m trying to say if clarity is what your after then these will surprise you, they just bring the music alive and with a light touch of a subwoofer added then truly one amazing sound is what you’re going to get.
Pros: Attention to detail and mids that just stand right out, great combo between crossover mid bass and tweeters, overall very impressed.
Cons: Just not quite enough low bass (but not necessarily bad)
The Verdict: Wow!! These pack a punch! Room filling sound definitely going to put you right there at the front stage of any concert (so to speak). These certainly grew on me and would be comfortable running these myself as long as a subwoofer was present.
Sounds Alive Rating: 4
1 = Disappointing
2 = Average
3 = Acceptable
4 = Impressed
5 = Wow!!
Ashley Madd Bass Burrell