Polk MW-6512 (c. 1990–92)
Little is documented about the Polk MW-6512. What the record shows is essentially a spec block that ran in Polk's own advertising around 1990–1992: Audio (October 1990, p.32) carried it, with further installments appearing in HiFI-Stereo through 1992. The listing depicts a compact satellite/subwoofer system — the direction Polk was pushing for home theater at the time, alongside its larger Monitor and SDA lines.
Per the period spec sheet: each satellite used one 2½-inch (64 mm) driver and a ¾-inch (19 mm) tweeter, while the separate subwoofer housed two 6½-inch (165 mm) drivers. The satellites measured 6½ × 4 × 3¾ inches (165 × 102 × 95 mm). The subwoofer was listed at 21¾ × 14½ × 3⅞ inches (552 × 368 × 98 mm) — a slim, cabinet-friendly box rather than a cube. A 1-inch Polk SL2000T silver-coil dome tweeter also appears in the same ad block, though the OCR'd layout doesn't make clear whether that driver belongs to the MW-6512 itself or to a sibling model in the same advertisement, so treat that detail as unconfirmed.
Beyond those numbers, almost nothing else has survived. There's no record of original price, amplifier recommendations, or measured performance, and no owner or reviewer commentary has surfaced. If you're trying to identify a complete MW-6512 set, the driver complement and cabinet sizes above are a solid starting point; otherwise, this one remains a minor footnote in Polk's early surround-sound push.
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