5 of the 11 floorstanding speakers whose manufacturer publishes a US list price fall in this band. Every figure below is the manufacturer’s own, linked to the page it came from.
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Last verified: 2026-08-09
What “mid-range” means here
A price band has to be drawn somewhere, so we draw it on manufacturer list price and say where. This page is $800 up to $1,600. List price is not street price. These models discount, some of them heavily, and a model at the top of one band is often bought for less than one at the bottom of the next. We do not publish retailer prices, because a price we cannot keep current is worse than no price at all. Use the band to narrow the field, then check what it actually costs today.
We hold 15 floorstanding speakers in the database. 11 of them have a list price published by the manufacturer; the other 4 do not, and are named at the foot of this page rather than guessed into a band.
The 5 in this band
Polk Audio Reserve R600
—cannot be placed on the common basis
- Published sensitivity
- 87.5 dB, 2.83 V at 1 m, full space
- Nominal impedance
- not published
- Minimum impedance
- 4 ohms
- Frequency response
- 43 Hz – 38 kHz -3dB limits
- Type
- passive — needs an amplifier
What the published figures favour
- Minimum impedance stays at 4 ohms, so it is an easier load than most of this set.
- Frequency response published as 43 Hz – 38 kHz at -3dB limits. Quoting the tolerance is the exception here, not the rule.
- Manufacturer states a recommended amplifier power of 25–200 W, which many of its competitors leave out.
What to check before buying
- No nominal impedance published at all, only a minimum. That is the figure needed to convert the sensitivity, so we cannot place it in the ranking.
KEF Q7 Meta
84.0 dBcomparable, 1 W / 1 m full space
- Published sensitivity
- 87 dB, 2.83 V at 1 m, full space
- Nominal impedance
- 4 ohms
- Minimum impedance
- 3.2 ohms
- Frequency response
- 46 Hz – 20 kHz ±3dB
- Type
- passive — needs an amplifier
What the published figures favour
- Frequency response published as 46 Hz – 20 kHz at ±3dB. Quoting the tolerance is the exception here, not the rule.
- Manufacturer states a recommended amplifier power of 15–200 W, which many of its competitors leave out.
What to check before buying
- Below the median of this set once corrected: 84.0 dB against a median of 89.7 dB, so it needs more power for the same level.
- Published at 2.83 V into 4 ohms, which is more than one watt. Corrected to 1 W the figure falls to 84.0 dB.
- Impedance drops to 3.2 ohms. Check your amplifier publishes a 4-ohm rating before driving it hard — most AV receivers do not.
Polk Audio Reserve R700
—cannot be placed on the common basis
- Published sensitivity
- 88 dB, 2.83 V at 1 m, full space
- Nominal impedance
- not published
- Minimum impedance
- 3.6 ohms
- Frequency response
- 38 Hz – 38 kHz -3dB limits
- Type
- passive — needs an amplifier
What the published figures favour
- Frequency response published as 38 Hz – 38 kHz at -3dB limits. Quoting the tolerance is the exception here, not the rule.
- Manufacturer states a recommended amplifier power of 50–300 W, which many of its competitors leave out.
What to check before buying
- Impedance drops to 3.6 ohms. Check your amplifier publishes a 4-ohm rating before driving it hard — most AV receivers do not.
- No nominal impedance published at all, only a minimum. That is the figure needed to convert the sensitivity, so we cannot place it in the ranking.
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Magnepan LRS+
—cannot be placed on the common basis
- Published sensitivity
- 86 dB, 500 Hz tone
- Nominal impedance
- 4 ohms
- Minimum impedance
- not published
- Frequency response
- 50 Hz – 20 kHz, no tolerance stated
- Type
- passive — needs an amplifier
What the published figures favour
- Nothing stands out in the published data.
What to check before buying
- Frequency response published as 50 Hz – 20 kHz, with no tolerance stated. Without a ±dB window the range does not tell you how flat it is inside it.
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product listing
SVS Ultra Evolution Tower
85.7 dBcomparable, 1 W / 1 m full space
- Published sensitivity
- 87 dB, 2.83 V at 1 m, full space
- Nominal impedance
- 6 ohms
- Minimum impedance
- not published
- Frequency response
- 30 Hz – 40 kHz ±3dB
- Type
- passive — needs an amplifier
What the published figures favour
- Frequency response published as 30 Hz – 40 kHz at ±3dB. Quoting the tolerance is the exception here, not the rule.
- Manufacturer states a recommended amplifier power of 20–300 W, which many of its competitors leave out.
What to check before buying
- Below the median of this set once corrected: 85.7 dB against a median of 89.7 dB, so it needs more power for the same level.
- Published at 2.83 V into 6 ohms, which is more than one watt. Corrected to 1 W the figure falls to 85.7 dB.
At a glance
| Model | List price | Published sensitivity | Comparable, 1 W / 1 m | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polk Audio Reserve R600 | $899 | 87.5 dB 2.83V/1m-full | cannot be converted | source |
| KEF Q7 Meta | $1,000 | 87 dB 2.83V/1m-full | 84.0 dB | source |
| Polk Audio Reserve R700 | $1,199 | 88 dB 2.83V/1m-full | cannot be converted | source |
| Magnepan LRS+ | $1,295 | 86 dB 500Hz-tone | cannot be converted | source |
| SVS Ultra Evolution Tower | $1,500 | 87 dB 2.83V/1m-full | 85.7 dB | source |
What this page could not include
These floorstanding speakers are in our database, but their manufacturers do not publish a US list price, so there is no honest way to say which band they belong in:
- Klipsch RP-8000F II — no list price on the manufacturer’s US page
- Wharfedale EVO 4.4 — no list price on the manufacturer’s US page
- Focal Vestia N°3 — no list price on the manufacturer’s US page
- Revel Concerta2 F36 — no list price on the manufacturer’s US page
We will not take a price from a retailer listing to fill that gap. Retailer prices move, and a band built on one would be wrong within the month.
Related
- Floorstanding speakers Under $800 — the same category, lower band
- Floorstanding speakers Over $1,600 — the same category, higher band
- The whole floorstanding speakers category ranked by comparable sensitivity — every model on one basis
- The gear database — every figure used here, with its source
- How we work — the method, and where it breaks