Home Theater Equipment Unboxing Disappointment | Yamaha RX-A3070 | Polk LSiM

[@jodie10169]

love watching all these it looks amazing. You can not go wrong with Yamaha that's for sure! My last receiver lasted 17-18 years in a tropical climate before it started playing up. Got Yamaha again and will never change!

[@LifeofBliss]

Thank you! Yea I decided to go with the Yamaha based on more and more companies having recalls or issues. Yamaha seemed to be the most reliable. Have hooked everything up and it sounds amazing too! The connectivity and options on these newer receivers is amazing

[@SuperHeroINTJ]

My Rx-A3070 came defective and Yamaha is not fixing/replacing it. So you can go wrong with Yamaha.

[@SuperHeroINTJ]

Many people say Yamaha is better but it is a lottery still. And I had bad lucky. They say I should just purchase the RX-A3080 to fix the A3070 problem. :)

[@aaronharris2911]

Me too. 18 years. Brought 1080 yesterday

[@probmxjona]

I love the yamaha recievers but not a fan of the speakers. I love the klipsch towers and sorround. And i paired it with a SVS PB4000 subwoower

[@nicholascremato]

The speaker was vandalised before it was shipped to you.

[@shazadirani]

That's a shame man. Can't begin to imagine how frustrating this would have been. To add to that they couldn't replace the damage goods, just a very sad story for such a gorgeous set. Hope you've completed your basement and got another setup running. 🍻🍻

[@LifeofBliss]

Yea it sucked getting that center like that! Never got another either. I ended up building some much better than these were and added a few 24 inch subs to rattle the windows 😉 I have videos on everything if you were interested. Have a good one man 🍻

[@vader540is]

Polk doesn't get enough love. Those LSiM are amazing. IIRC they are being cleared out for the new SDA L800 and the Legend series line up.

[@LifeofBliss]

Yea they've been pretty cheap for a while. They were cool looking and had decent sound, but ultimately I went with DIY speakers again

[@MrJamesgrate]

I felt you anger, frustration and desire to cuss out the company you ordered the Polk audio speakers from, but I have to give you Props for maintaining your cool, maybe because you realize your documenting the package opening on video, just in case the sales rep replied, "you damaged the speaker yourself, you didn't follow the product unboxing procedure". Great video though, I hope you got the center channel speaker replaced, FREE of charge!!

[@LifeofBliss]

Sure didnt... waited 4 months and still nothing. They kept telling me it was on backorder. I ended up wanting to make this DIY Sound Group speakers anyways, so I sold all of the Polks and bought the others. Ended up ahead actually because I kept the receiver and got it at quite the discount! But yes, very frustrating

[@nodave77]

I know this is older video but polk lost me as a customer. I bought brand new signature s55's. after opening them I see that they have placed a sticker (advertising the features of the speaker) on the face of the speaker. while peeling the sticker off, it pulled the paint off. A useless sticker, placed on the speaker - not a floor model, that pulled the paint off the speaker.... I contacted them and was told they do not warranty damage caused by the customer.... I'm glad I bought them on sale. I hope polk treated you better than they treated me.

[@elcinesed1629]

I have a yamaha rx-a3080 again, I have no money to buy an amplifier, how does the Lsim series work with a single buyer? meanwhile gives 150watt per channel head

[@LifeofBliss]

LSiM really need a good amplifier to sound their best. They eat up tons of power

[@gordthor5351]

The damage of the center speaker wasn't because something hit the drivers. Those speakers have very heavy magnets and clearly the massive magnets didn't want to stop suddenly, thus took the cones with them. I would be worried about partial damage to the drivers, because obviously someone tossed those speaker around very aggressively.

[@LKN117]

I see all the vandalized comments on here which is honestly what I thought at first but after seeing the damage done im not entirely sure. I have personally purchased two pairs of Jamo e800 bookshelf speakers used at thrift stores that both had similar failures albeit not as extreme. Fortunately the drivers were fixable but I have seen strange but different failures happen to polk speakers as well. I wonder if the basket separated from the mounting ring in shipping and the weight of the magnet ripped it from the driver. Just my two cents.

[@jrerrabbit98]

I bought the same package without the Yamaha. My center was destroyed in shipping too. Adorama made it fairly easy to get a replacement.

[@LifeofBliss]

Yea they made the return process very easy, shipped it back without question. It's the waiting for the replacement to come back in stock that sucks! They'll get it to me though... hope you are enjoying your setup! These speakers are a blast to listen to

[@robmorris4171]

Does anyone have an idea why the speaker looks shredded?

[@USoligarchy]

Holy fuck that’s a massive center. I just ordered it along with the 705’s didn’t realize how big that center is.

[@LifeofBliss]

You should see the new ones I just built on the channel 😉 dual 12s, dual 6.5s, and a compression driver with waveguide. Makes this one look tiny lol!

[@JoseMartinez-hi9ie]

Bro thats a nice set up😁👍💪...cant wate intil you make a video when you connect them and see what it sounds like😎

[@LifeofBliss]

Thanks man. That Polk gear sounded pretty good, but I preferred my diy speakers I built a while back. I actually am just finishing up a new set of diy speakers that will be going in the theater. Should have that video out later this week 🤘🏼

[@Michael-w8v]

What do you think about Marantz AV receiver? Just curious.

[@LifeofBliss]

I think Marantz makes good equipment. I haven't used any myself, but I have friend who really likes his. Check out Youthman here on KZbin, he has worked with Marantz and really liked them

[@Michael-w8v]

@@LifeofBliss Yeah. I have the old Onkyo AVR, but the newer AVR does not have everything I need. So, I am looking for a different AVR with Phono and 7.1 analog input. But thanks for referring me to Youthman.

[@williamtomkiel8215]

good to see some "sanity" wrt HT keep up the good work got any updates?

[@LifeofBliss]

The new speakers are built, finishing the video tonight hopefully. Just got a new sub that I'll be unboxing this weekend as well. Things are moving pretty quickly now, just need some warm weather to paint everything up before installing.

[@winning77th]

That sux, I have a problem of buying stuff and not opening for months too🤦‍♂️

[@LifeofBliss]

Yea they never came through with a center channel either. That's ok, sold all the other speakers and came out ahead on the keeping the receiver

[@winning77th]

@Life of Bliss what are you gonna replace with? I have rf-7 iii and rc-64 iii on 3 xpa-1 monoblocks. PB16. Rx-a2060. Its soo loud n clear i dont even need rear surrounds, yet. Im in the middle of complete revamp of system, had 5.1.2 before

[@LifeofBliss]

That's pretty sweet there. I love emotiva stuff too! Check out my most recent 2 videos. Just finishing up my main speakers and the subs need to be built next. DIY Sound Group 1299 LCR and Volt 10 surrounds. Atmos is monoprice in ceiling 8 inch ambers for now. Subs will be 3 24 inch stereo integrity HS24s 😁🤘🏼

[@Slyder695]

lmao!!! There... that should sound great! I the 706 coming today from amazon, hopefully it's not like yours, geeeeez!

[@LifeofBliss]

Good luck 😁 I'm sure yours will be fine though

[@Slyder695]

@@LifeofBliss The 706c had a dent on top of it lol, ordered through amazon but came from adorama, I think its a dent and scratch sold as new. I also ordered 2 703,s from amazon, they came from amazon and are fine. Speakers sound amazing. Keep putting vids out man! they're great!

[@LifeofBliss]

@@Slyder695 dude that sucks! Idk what is with those getting damaged... Hopefully you can return it and get another without issues. I had to take a break from videos for a while but will have more coming soon, thanks bud

[@Slyder695]

@@LifeofBliss yes, Amazon is great

[@rlwings]

It looks like somebody put their hands through the drivers as well as dropping it, then returned it hoping nobody would notice. Or maybe it was an abused display model... Then Adorama turned around and sold it to you as new product without even bothering to check it out first! ... This should have been sold as used product, and checked for damage before it left the store.... Boooo Adorama for being in too much of a hurry to make money... And now magically they can't seem to order any from Polk (even though Best Buy seems to be selling them by the truckload!) ... Polk is one of the easiest companies to order from since their product is so popular. They always have stock, or just about to have stock... Yep, Adorama is definitely playing games, probably waiting for another dealer sale from Polk before they commit to purchasing again.

[@gordthor5351]

Those speakers are way to good for that receiver. You need a real amp to realize the potential of the speakers.

[@LifeofBliss]

Yea i had an older emotiva and now their new XPA gen 3 amps, but the speakers have been long gone for a while now

[@SuperHeroINTJ]

RX-A3070's power supply makes a very annoying high frequency noise. Got one and this drives me mad.

[@LifeofBliss]

I haven't noticed that myself, but mine is in the closet under the stairs... I'll have to listen for that next time. That would be annoying.

[@SuperHeroINTJ]

You might have been lucky. Not all units make it. Some units are good. It's a lottery!

[@stillenballen]

Looks great. I just received my lsim 707s today and I couldn't be happier. I bought mine from adorama as well. They are heavy indeed but that's part of the reason why they are so good. I already have 4 of the lsim 705s and love them to death. There are a lot of mixed reviews on these speakers but don't worry they will sound awesome. Your amp should work great. The problem everyone is having with these is a huge misconception, people say they sound a little carved out in the frequency response. Most of these people are powering them with their avr receivers. These speakers will require a lot of power. At the moment I am powering mine with an ashly mfa800. this is 750 watts per channel and they take every bit of it. I know it says 250 watts but I promise you they want more. You made the right choice by going with a separate amplifier and it should sound great but if you ever feel the need to upgrade, try adding another amp into the mix and they will sound like completely different speakers.

[@LifeofBliss]

That's great man! Glad you are enjoying them, I'm super excited to get mine set up. And yea I've seen the mixed reviews, but most are positive. And nothing wrong with the extra headroom you have! I'm thinking I will be bi-amping the towers with the emotiva. Should be a pretty good power source like you said. I'll be sure to post a video (or several) once they are hooked up and let you know my impressions!

[@stillenballen]

Awesome! Cant wait to see how your theater turns out.

[@gordthor5351]

"I'll take you around the backside really quick" . Hell no you won't. Haha!

[@LifeofBliss]

🤣

[@Si1983h]

Ouch, the baskets have broken under their own weight as a result of a drop, nice!

[@LifeofBliss]

pretty crazy huh... never seen that before

[@Si1983h]

I’ve not seen it to that extent. I’ve seen baskets distorted which ash caused the voice coil to rub/jam but that’s after a severe drop and on large (12” plus) drive units. I can’t believe those drive units are destroyed like that without the outer packaging being completely caved in and the cabinets damaged. It must be a thin die cast basket supporting a heavy magnet to fail like that.

[@offlinelife4093]

Sir can you explain how to set sound level to help with Android SPL metres because I am not understanding English proper way to so please you make a video with low theoretical and much more practical because I am not understanding English much more so help with practically I am understanding your video so please make video because not any related video on KZbin all youtubers make a video automatic sound level set or only theoretical talking sound level SPL metre Home Theatre Systems so I hope you make your video and understanding my problem because I wanted to see makeup best calibration sound level my home theatre .

[@LifeofBliss]

I do not use an spl meter through a phone so I don't think I'll be able to make a video in it. Sorry man. I use my receiver that runs Yamaha YPAO to set the speaker levels

[@almonzowilder4091]

When I was in college, in the 80s, if someone told me, "In 35 years, you will watch a video of a complete stranger unpack a new stereo," I'd have told them they were out of their minds.

[@LifeofBliss]

If someone told me 10 years ago that someone would want watch me unbox speakers, I'd think they were crazy too. Yet, here we are 😉 my build videos are much more interesting lol

[@almonzowilder4091]

@@LifeofBliss This isolation is making me itch to build speakers. I'll look at your vids.

[@LifeofBliss]

@@almonzowilder4091 it's a good time do it! Keep ya busy for while... let me knowing you have any questions about things

[@Cybertron-cs7sk]

I have never seen anything like that before - dude!

[@LifeofBliss]

Crazy huh...

[@DarinBuss]

Got some great stuff there good video

[@LifeofBliss]

Thanks man. I actually sold all the Polk speakers and grabbed some DIY kits. You can check them out in my latest video.

[@DarinBuss]

I saw the new video good luck on the build of the speakers do you still like the amber speakers yet??

[@LifeofBliss]

Oh yea I like them, I jus didn't think they did good for full range music with the port. I've plugged the ports and they sound better that way. But for atmos duties they don't see much low frequencies and do a great job

[@DarinBuss]

Life of Bliss thank you for replying you have helped me decide on an atmos contender have a great day

[@xDIGITONIUMx]

That amp looks oddly familiar. ;)

[@LifeofBliss]

I'm sure it does! That sucker is still running like a champ man! Thanks again bud 😉

[@redtop03]

Amazon has that system for $10,299.00, killer system, sucks the center channel was destroyed....my wife would kill me if I even mentioned paying that much for a theater sound system LOL

[@LifeofBliss]

Ha mine would too!! That's retail price for everything, but there are so many sales on them that hopefully no one has paid that much. I got that entire package with the receiver from Adorama for $3200. Never really got to experience the whole thing as the center never came before I sold the rest of the speakers off. They sounded good, but not what I was looking for. I have a newer video on the replacement speakers I bought. Making them this week actually...

[@khoi83]

Your wifes never Read comments? Hahaha

[@LifeofBliss]

My wife doesn't even know I do KZbin videos... 😲😉

[@fd3871]

i realize this was likely not the fault of the manufacturer (polk), but I would never recommend their products to anyone after having a bad encounter with them. purchased a polk dsw micro pro 3000 sub from them a while back and it failed after 4 years (was on a power conditioner/surge protector). the sub itself was on the upper end of good (not great), and had a lot of power and was especially good with producing low frequency bass (helicopters and explosions). the amp died, and they wouldn't even send me a new internal amp discounted when I could just buy the whole thing on ebay for less. customer support was disappointing especially for such a high end item that should last 15+ years. i opened it up and they used the cheapest of components. no Japanese capacitors (aka the only kind that should be in high end audio equipment), cheap aluminum inter-board cabling and somehow all the mosfets were fried despite being on a high end power system. last time i'd buy from them.

[@LifeofBliss]

That sucks dude... Sorry you had a bad experience as well.

[@glennarcher986]

I feel for you!!!!!! A while back I ordered from the same company. At least they refunded my money.

[@LifeofBliss]

Yea it sucks, still don't have it after 2 months! But they are a good company, I have no doubts it will come. They paid all return shipping and made everything pretty easy as well. I'd be a little more upset if I didn't have a good center channel already that I could use. Annoyed it's taking so long, but what can ya do...

[@885chris]

I would never buy from them again if i were you? 4 months what the hell?

[@LifeofBliss]

Yea I tried to work with them giving them several options I was willing to do. They pretty much just came back with sorry, you'll get it when it comes.

[@repairdrive]

Yikes!! 😲😲😲

[@offlinelife4093]

Do not go beautiful look go quality...

[@LifeofBliss]

Oh yea, those speakers were all sold months ago. Just finishing up the DIY speakers I got to replace them. I mainly wanted the receiver and figured I'd give the polks a try since it was a pretty good deal for everything. Came out ahead so all is good

[@Qcrider]

Good receiver but bad speakers choice, you should have bought klipsch reference series or paradigm or focal And if you want real stereo performance get a good tidal master streamer or a good usb dac for pc to stream tidal master and stereo power amplifier with xlr pre-out. Polk is bestbuy china made crap with plastic drivers

[@LifeofBliss]

Yea they were sold months ago. Kept the receiver and came out on top so happy about that. You can see the DIY speakers I'm building to put down there on my channel. Should blow those Polks and most other speakers away

[@JoseMartinez-hi9ie]

You are so correct inevery aspect but it all so depends on how big his budget is....trust i agree with all the brands you named is what i would of got with out a dout👏👍💪

[@Qcrider]

Jose MArtinez im limited on budget, a few months later i have selling my home cinema setup and i have restart from 0. I have bought yamaha rn803 stereo receiver Paradigm monitor se 6000f that i have change for focal aria 906 I have micromega mydac with my pc and transparent audio usb cable with interconnect rca cables Now i want yamaha as1100 When you dont have budget for good multicanal system you go for stereo ones

[@derrickmcpherson44]

They look cheap anyway