Polk Audio OWM3 Wall and Passive Bookshelf Speakers | The Most High-Performance Versatile Loudspeaker | Paintable Grilles (Home Speakers Pair, Black)

I purchased these to use as surround speakers in my "home theater" which is just a smallish 12'x12' living room. Because my couch is up against the back wall and I have some other furniture and room layout constraints I was looking for speakers that came with a variety of mounting options, which is how I found these. When I saw tons of reviews online and YouTube singing this speaker's praises as not only versatile and flexible but also as having excellent sound I decided to pull the trigger. Pros: Excellent sound quality for the money Detailed but not fatiguing Easy to mount in so many different positions Simple and unobtrusive design style If your setup requires a "go anywhere, do anything" workhorse speaker these are perfect Cons: Not much bass - these CAN function as front speakers but you will definitely need a subwoofer. I think these speakers are perfect for someone who wants to add surrounds or height channels or who is dealing with a tricky space and needs a speaker they can place just about anywhere. They wouldn't get the job done for ME personally as the fronts in a system for stereo music listening; they're a bit thin and not incredibly nuanced, but for immersion and ambience to pull you into a sonic landscape, these speakers most definitely punch above their weight class.

They look and sound great. Got them as front surround speakers on a Sony 7.1 system. When I picked up the box and it had decent weight to it, that was my first indication of some quality. After I got them wired up, we'll I am sold.

I love the Polk Audio OWM3 speaker for my use-case which is Home Theater surround and ATMOS. They sound great but I also love how versatile they are. They are only 4 inches deep with multiple mounting options. You can mount in a corner of the wall or wall/ceiling or flat on the wall or mount on a ¼-20 threaded speaker mount. I use 4 of them for ATMOS heights, 2 more for side-surrounds, and 2 more for back surrounds. I cross them over at 80Hz and they handle it with no problems. (Mains are towers + a 10” powered subwoofer). The OWM3 sound is smooth and clear with good dispersion. They put out plenty of volume without distortion and can handle a reasonable output without issues. The OWM3 is not for bass thunder. You need a subwoofer that’s just a fact. That’s true for any bookshelf speaker. Sound aside, the best part the OWM3 is so easy to mount in so many ways. You have key-hole mounts on the back and end plus a ¼-20 threaded mounting hole. I use all these options in different locations. I bought my 1st pair of OWM3’s back in 2019 and recently added several more to complete my ATMOS 7.1.4 setup. No regrets. I would buy more if I had a need for them.

Since I use these speakers only as L/R Surround speakers in a 7+2 surround-sound setup, I can only say how it sounds as part of the whole setup, not for what they do by themselves! I use a speaker setup wizard in my receiver to adjust the volumes of individual speakers for 3 to 6 listening areas where we sit to watch TV. From the Amazon customer reviews, I knew these speakers were decent as Surround-sound speakers, but weak in the base. I picked them up this October to replace two KLH main speakers with 9" woofer and 4.5" mid-range which I was using as Left/Right Surround-sound speakers. There was nothing wrong with the KLH speakers, but it's base overwhelmed the main speakers and was so large my wife complained it made our entertainment room look like a used-speaker warehouse. As mediocre as some reviewers feel these OWM3 are, they do this job better than misused L/R main speakers! Our 7+2 setup sounded nice but not noticeably better than 5+1 when we played "Pearl Harbor" and "Avatar" from DVD & Blue-ray disks with only 5+1 Surround-sound audio tracks. Over Thanksgiving, we rented the Sci-fie movie "Pacific Rim" that actually contains a 7+1 Surround-sound track and I was never so captivated by an Sci-fi action movie. My son who has a Onkyo 5+1 Surround Sound system really like how the audio came out of my audio system. He also liked the way this Polk Audio speakers come across as L/R Surround Speakers, and the way they look. My 7+2 stereo system consist of a mix of well-received equipment built from a low-to-midprice equipment. It consists of: Receiver: Onkyo TX-NR626 7.2-Channel A/V Receiver Main Speakers: a pair of really old ADC L/R floor-standing speakers with 10" woofers and 3 3/4" tweeters. They are encased in walnut and are heavy. Center Speaker: KLH with Dual 4.5" mid-range speakers (from a 5+1 Surround-sound speaker set). Only press-board case painted black. L/R Surround: Polk Audio OWM3 L/R Rear Surround: KLH L/R Surround speakers from same old 5+1 Surround-sound system Right Subwoofer: Sony SA WM-250 with a 4.75 star customer review on Amazon Left Subwoofer: The Subwoofer from a Logitech Z-4 2.1 Speaker System with a 4.5 star customer review on Amazon. (This has a deeper base but does not sound as dynamic as the Sony subwoofer.) While our equipment is not audiophile stuff, it works quite well with the Polk Audio OWM3. I have the Polk Audio speakers mounted on the wall about level with the top of a French door. With action movies, we can hear the special effect sounds from them. I can say it works well with my setup, but I can't say it stands out. I set up my receiver to play music in "Surround-sound compatible mode" which sends sound to all 7+2 speakers. I usually turn of my Left Subwoofer when I play music or I'd get too much base. My setup wraps me in sound, and the Polk speakers pulls it weight in delivery thoroughly enjoyable music that includes pop, jazz, country, new age and musical, mostly from Pandora, Spotify and Slacker Radio.

I needed speakers I could tuck into a ceiling corner inside my boat. These worked out perfectly and look great. I did need to buy mounting brackets. The sound is really good. There is plenty of range and surprisingly very good base. They are plenty loud even though these are 8 ohm speakers installed on a 4 ohm Garmin marine sound system. I use them mostly for music, but I do blue tooth my TV to the sound system sometimes.

Polk audio OWM3 I connect to Dolby atmos in my Denon AVR x1600h it’s Best sound quality 👌👍

Perfect for surround sound speakers. The sound is clear and precise. I wouldn't use it as a main speaker because there's really not much bass, but for a surround speaker, it's perfect.

El producto llegó en perfecto estado, y el envió llegó en la fecha estipulada. Son unos altavoces muy recomendables, parecen pequeños pero cuando lo tienes delante te llevas la impresión de que son mas grandes que en la foto. Una muy buena calidad. Todo recomendable.

Las compré para usarlas como Dolby Atmos Top Front y suenan excelente. Es la primera vez que escucho Atmos, por lo que no podría decir que ya eh podido escuchar varias bocinas como Atmos anteriormente para dar esa opinión. Sin embargo en películas y juegos se escuchan excelente y se combinan muy bien con el resto de mis bocinas Klipsch Reference Premiere en configuración 5.1.2. No eh probado con música, solo "virtualizando" la música estereo para forzarla a que se escuche en todas las bocinas pero no me gustó el resultado, ya que no se combina tan bien con el resto de bocinas. Pero no eh podido probar musica en Dolby Atmos pada juzgarlo bien. Son más grandes de lo que esperaba y me daba miedo no encontrar bases para ponerlas en el techo, pero realmente unas bases bastante comunes que son para pared (hay de marca monoprice, Wali, etc...), pero use taquetes metálicos para estar tranquilo de que no se caigan. Definitivamente hay opciones que se escuchan mejor pero que cuestan el triple o más, y leí en varios foros que estás hacen el trabajo a un excelente precio, y puedo confirmarlo aún teniendo en el resto de mi home theater bocinas de mejor calidad. Solo las recomendaría para Atmos y tal vez surround (juegos y películas, no música), pero para frontales ni de chiste. Se queda muy cortas en el rango de frecuencia ideal para bocinas frontales.

Topsound, Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis ist echt okay