These speakers easily fill my enclosed bonus room that is over 400 sq ft with 10ft ceilings. The center channel holds its own even during action scenes. The left and right fronts do an excellent job of filling the room even though they are located twenty feet from one another and about twenty feet from my seating position. The speakers produce excellent and clear highs. Though small, the speakers have heft. Their appearance is sleek (my wife definitely approves). A subwoofer is surely needed. These paired well with my Klipsch 10'' sub. Movies sound VERY good.

I gave the speakers four stars because I'm not sure if they measure up to another set of speakers in their price range (Klipsch Quintet III's). For starters, the Quintets can handle more power and have binding posts instead of spring clips. Also, the dual-driver (two way) technology used in the left and right front speakers of the Polks is NOT used in the rear surrounds. In the case of the Quintet III's, every satellite is the same. That being said, if you can find a killer deal on the Polks like I did - pull the trigger!

After a couple of months now, I am even more pleased with this system than on "day 1". Any audiophile knows that it takes a bit of tweaking to get system components working smoothly. I get nothing but praise from family and friends. The sound compliments my new projection HD system. Only the actual theater beats it. Now planning to upgrade to 7.1 from 5.1 so that I can hear all the nuances from "Doubt" and "Slumdog" soundtracks.

I like the fact that Polk has such a wide variety of compatible options. I think I will get another pair of RM8's to add to my RM85 setup.

When I bought my system, I got a free Polk subwoofer. Blows away my Sony subwoofer. Any subwoofer can "boom", but the Polk seems to pleasantly glide down another octave when the deepest basss is required (this is all subjective - I haven't got any measurements to back this up). Bottom line. The system just sounds good - on all kinds of music, especially live piano, violin, voice, brass instruments,and drums.

The only negative - this system does not sound good to me with synthesized ambience, such as "concert", "jazz", provided on my receiver. Sounds like you are in a box. I avoid all that artificial sound and just use the natural Dolby or THX or other surround processing for awesome sound.

I recently purchased these speakers and have found them to meet and exceed my expectations. When compared to some Bose Acoustimass 10 speakers I have in my Living Room, these Polk speakers produce a much better, more crisp sound at less than half the price.

I have these speakers paired with a Polk PSW110 subwoofer and an Onkyo HT-RC160 receiver - the combination is well suited for my 15' x 27' family room. In addition, when installing these speakers, I would highly encourage you to use decent 14 gauge cable to ensure you get the best signal quality to the speakers.

Great sound for the price. Have them on a Yamaha RX-V363 receiver with a "cheap" Jensen subwoofer in a small apt. the two RM8 front speakers give it a fuller sound than the RM75 series. one drawback is that the spring clips barely fit my 16 gauge speaker wires. aside from that, very satisfied with this set

I got a set of RM85 for my new theater room. Despite the small size, they fill up the room easily with lifelike sound and defined image. With Blu-Ray and Dolby TruHD, I felt like right in the big scene. I tried Bose before but it's not even close. Plus, the Polk Audio RM85 price is only half of the Bose.

Based on the research I did, these seem like a good set of 5 satellites for the price. I combined them with 2 Polk audio floor standing speakers, and together they make a good 7 channel surround system. I have not tried them by them selves for say, stereo music, so I can't give an objective review of how powerful or clear they are stand alone without my added floor speakers. I will do that someday and update this review.