Hello all, I'm new to the forum so I hope this post doesn't cause too much of a stir.
I recently bought a Polk RTi surround sound system, set up is as follows:
Receiver: Yamaha RX-A810
Amp: Adcom GFA 555 2x200W (for fronts)
Fronts: Polk RTi A7
Center: Polk CSi A6 (still in transit, has not been received yet)
Surrounds: Polk FXi A4
After getting everything set up I have to say that the A7's are fairly lacking in the midrange. The best way I can describe it is that there is sort of a "hole" in the vocals, which seems to be more noticeable when watching television/movies. I believe the area in which there is a problem is the upper midrange. Voices in that are high or extremely low come through well, but the majority of voices which lie in the middle range sound distant.
As I indicated above, I have ordered a CSi A6 center channel but it is not here yet. The receiver has the center channel set to "off" so all the signals that would normally be going to the center are going to the fronts. Someone pointed out to be that the issue is probably the high crossover frequency on the tweeters. The A7 tweeter is crossed over at 2.7 kHz, while the tweeter on the Polk A9 (which is reported to have better midrange response) is crossed at 1.8 K. The A7 also has a larger midrange than the A9, one 6.5" midrange driver (ported) on the A7 compared to two 5.25" sealed drivers on the A9.
So a couple questions for anybody who has experience with these products:
-Will adding the center channel offer a significant improvement in midrange response? The tweeter on the center is a cascaded second order centered at 2.2 kHz. This is lower than the crossover freq of the speakers, so I'm hoping it will offer some improvement (I am a bit clueless when it comes to crossover frequencies on tweeters)
-How much of an improvement in midrange response does the A9 offer over the A7?
-Is there any way I can tweak the settings on my receiver to try to compensate for the lacking midrage? I ran the Yamaha automatic calibration and while it did a good job setting the speaker levels, it doesn't seem to have done anything in terms of EQ'ing. As far as I can tell there is no way to manually adjust the EQ on this receiver.
Thanks in advance for any replies. I dabbled in car audio a bit when I was younger but this is my first real experience with home HiFi.
I recently bought a Polk RTi surround sound system, set up is as follows:
Receiver: Yamaha RX-A810
Amp: Adcom GFA 555 2x200W (for fronts)
Fronts: Polk RTi A7
Center: Polk CSi A6 (still in transit, has not been received yet)
Surrounds: Polk FXi A4
After getting everything set up I have to say that the A7's are fairly lacking in the midrange. The best way I can describe it is that there is sort of a "hole" in the vocals, which seems to be more noticeable when watching television/movies. I believe the area in which there is a problem is the upper midrange. Voices in that are high or extremely low come through well, but the majority of voices which lie in the middle range sound distant.
As I indicated above, I have ordered a CSi A6 center channel but it is not here yet. The receiver has the center channel set to "off" so all the signals that would normally be going to the center are going to the fronts. Someone pointed out to be that the issue is probably the high crossover frequency on the tweeters. The A7 tweeter is crossed over at 2.7 kHz, while the tweeter on the Polk A9 (which is reported to have better midrange response) is crossed at 1.8 K. The A7 also has a larger midrange than the A9, one 6.5" midrange driver (ported) on the A7 compared to two 5.25" sealed drivers on the A9.
So a couple questions for anybody who has experience with these products:
-Will adding the center channel offer a significant improvement in midrange response? The tweeter on the center is a cascaded second order centered at 2.2 kHz. This is lower than the crossover freq of the speakers, so I'm hoping it will offer some improvement (I am a bit clueless when it comes to crossover frequencies on tweeters)
-How much of an improvement in midrange response does the A9 offer over the A7?
-Is there any way I can tweak the settings on my receiver to try to compensate for the lacking midrage? I ran the Yamaha automatic calibration and while it did a good job setting the speaker levels, it doesn't seem to have done anything in terms of EQ'ing. As far as I can tell there is no way to manually adjust the EQ on this receiver.
Thanks in advance for any replies. I dabbled in car audio a bit when I was younger but this is my first real experience with home HiFi.

















