Polk Audio Atrium 60 All Weather Speakers (Pair, White)

by Polk Audio

Product Details

• Item Weight: 16 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 27 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0009WZR0M
• Item model number: AM1168-A
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #60,340 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The Polk Audio Atrium 60 All Weather Speaker is built to withstand the elements as it delivers years of great performance. The Atrium 60's patented port-venting technology delivers high efficiency and extraordinary bass response in a modest cabinet size. The Polk Atrium 60 utilizes a 6.5-inch mineral-composite polymer cone with butyl-rubber surround for superior bass and midrange response, as well as a one-inch titanium dome tweeter with a neodymium magnet that delivers exceptional accuracy.

Constructed with all stainless steel and brass hardware, and an aluminum bracket and grille, this unit will provide you with years of rustproof reliability, allowing you to deploy the best possible sound in the widest variety of locations. The Atrium 60 meets or exceeds ASTM D5894-Salt Fog, Mil Standard 810 Immersion and Mil Standard 883 MEthod 1009 8 for salt and corrosion tests, and includes five-way binding posts for more secure hook-up options. Built with a sleek white finish and rugged enough for use practically anywhere, the Polk Atrium 60 is a great introduction to high-performance sound.

Product Description

You will appreciate the Atrium 60 Multi-Purpose Loudspeaker for more than its ability to fill large spaces with big, life-like high quality sound, because the Atrium 60 is built to withstand the elements as it delivers years of great performance. Even if the weather is a little unpredictable. The Atrium 60 is the ultimate in flexibility, reliability and high fidelity sound quality for the great outdoors. The Atrium 60 gives you the freedom to put speakers anywhere you want high performance sound. The kitchen, the den, the guestroom, the patio or pool, even the backyard BBQ pit. There are lots of "outdoor" speakers on the market. But most of them are suitable only for placement in sheltered locations. The rugged Atrium 60 meets or exceeds stringent industry and military specifications for full exposure to the elements for years of reliable high performance sound anywhere in and around your home. Incredible sound, anywhere you want it, with the versatile Polk Audio Atrium Series of Indoor/Outdoor Loudspeakers.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great speakers - Grills, what can I say !?!, September 8, 2007

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w00dw0rker (San Jose, CA United States) - See all my reviews

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I have had these speakers for a couple of months. They are mounted in my backyard and produce a very nice and crisp sound. I am very pleased and happy about the speakers and sound quality. So, the speakers get 5 stars!
The grills however, are a different story. The industrial designer that came up with this idea probably looked at the sketch on the CAD/design program and figured it's very cool and they moved forward with it, without making a few prototypes and testing them for a period of time to see whether or not there are any issues. The perforated metal screen has very short lips and they fall out of the cut in the body of the structure easily, especially when the speakers are hanging at an angle from the wall. The mechanical engineer would have caught this, had they held a design review meeting, and they could have resolved this if they had seen the prototypes in action during the design phase.
I'll have to look at them and see if there is a way to fix them so that they don't fall off, but then why did I pay the hefty price for these speakers in the first place? I hope the folks at Polk read this review and think twice next time they release a product.
So, if you don't care about the grills, go for them, they are nice speakers, but the grills will not sit on them unless you use "superglue" or something else to hold them in place (not a recommendation obviously!!!)

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great sound, irritating grills, September 15, 2007

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O. DEFAUX "Ldn" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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Beautiful sound throughout the range. Awesome power. But those grills keep falling off; hyper-irritating. Had to affix them with duct tape. Would have been a 5-star without this issue.

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars DO NOT BUY THESE SPEAKERS!!!!, May 8, 2007

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D. S. Pauken (Cincy, OH) - See all my reviews
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Do not buy these speakers!!! The grills will not stay on them. I found out after the 30 day return period (I bought them in March and did not put them up until April) so now I am stuck with them. There is no way to permanently affix the grills and when the speakers expand in the heat, the grills fall off. Save yourself the headache and DO NOT BUY THESE SPEAKERS.