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post #12871 of 18674
3/7/12 at 8:17pm
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Originally Posted by kentuck1163 View Post

Just swapped the speakers (left/right) and its definitely the tweeter on one of the speakers. Darn. I am really upset. That was a lot of money and now I have to deal with sending back???? arrggghhh

Man that really sucks! Hopefully no issues with the return policy on the seller part and I will also hope they will do everything to ensure you will have a replacement speaker in no time.

Sorry again to hear about your problem.
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post #12872 of 18674
3/7/12 at 8:17pm
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Originally Posted by kentuck1163 View Post

Just swapped the speakers (left/right) and its definitely the tweeter on one of the speakers. Darn. I am really upset. That was a lot of money and now I have to deal with sending back???? arrggghhh

Make sure the brass straps that connect the upper and lower posts on the rear are both screwed down tight!
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post #12873 of 18674
3/7/12 at 8:37pm
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Originally Posted by RobLee View Post

Make sure the brass straps that connect the upper and lower posts on the rear are both screwed down tight!

They are screwed extremely tight. I purchased these direct from Polk Audio on their EBay store. Hopefully, they will send a new one out quickly....
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post #12874 of 18674
3/7/12 at 9:00pm
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Originally Posted by dimetera413 View Post

Anyone have the csi a6 center channel? How good is it with dialogue?

Great, articulate, natural.

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Originally Posted by kentuck1163 View Post

Just got in my new Polk Audio Rti8 speakers - and it does not appear I am getting anything out of the tweeter on one speaker. Sounds very different in the Audyssey setup. Am really bummed....

Sorry to see your troubles. Since you got it from Polk Direct, maybe they can just send out a new tweeter to swap out? Sounds like that might be easier.

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Originally Posted by cr136124 View Post

Geo, how big is your room? I have the same issue, not sure if two Legends will be better for me, or just go with one single Empire.

My room is 33 x 15 x 8.5 on a basement.

Suggestions?

My room measures; 26 x 15.5 x 7.5, also in a finished basement.
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post #12875 of 18674
3/7/12 at 9:10pm
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Originally Posted by Geoff4RFC View Post

Great, articulate, natural.



Sorry to see your troubles. Since you got it from Polk Direct, maybe they can just send out a new tweeter to swap out? Sounds like that might be easier.



My room measures; 26 x 15.5 x 7.5, also in a finished basement.


They can send a replacement tweeter IF its the tweeter thats the problem. Isn't there electronics which could be at fault? Not sure why tweeter could possibly be blown on a brand new out of the box speaker.
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post #12876 of 18674
3/7/12 at 9:15pm
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Originally Posted by kentuck1163 View Post

They can send a replacement tweeter IF its the tweeter thats the problem. Isn't there electronics which could be at fault? Not sure why tweeter could possibly be blown on a brand new out of the box speaker.

Do the other drivers work? plus you tried switching sides with the speakers right?
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post #12877 of 18674
3/7/12 at 9:17pm
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Do the other drivers work? plus you tried switching sides with the speakers right?

The other drivers seem to be working. I have tried switching sides with the speakers...
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post #12878 of 18674
3/7/12 at 9:19pm
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Originally Posted by kentuck1163 View Post

The other drivers seem to be working. I have tried switching sides with the speakers...

Okay, try loosening the screws that hold the tweeter in place and carefully pull it out so you can see if any of the wires have a loose connection.
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post #12879 of 18674
3/7/12 at 9:20pm
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Originally Posted by Geoff4RFC View Post

Okay, try loosening the screws that hold the tweeter in place and carefully pull it out so you can see if any of the wires have a loose connection.

Will that void my warranty?
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post #12880 of 18674
3/7/12 at 9:21pm
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Originally Posted by kentuck1163 View Post

Will that void my warranty?

No. Making a modification would.

If it's a bad tweeter, Polk would have you pull out the bad one so they can swap out a good one.
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post #12881 of 18674
3/7/12 at 9:26pm
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Originally Posted by Geoff4RFC View Post

No. Making a modification would.

If it's a bad tweeter, Polk would have you pull out the bad one so they can swap out a good one.

They use hex screws - and my set is at work. Darn...
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post #12882 of 18674
3/7/12 at 9:29pm
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Originally Posted by kentuck1163 View Post

They use hex screws - and my set is at work. Darn...

No worries, you can borrow mine

Give Polk a call in the morning and let them know what you've got. They will most likely tell you to pull the tweeter and look at it.

At any rate, I've been on the PolkAudio forum for a couple of years and I've seen this happen before, it's just an easy swap.

Best - O - luck to you brother
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3/7/12 at 9:39pm
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post #12884 of 18674
3/8/12 at 4:47am
Just noticed that newegg USA has deactivated the cherry Monitor30's. Would this mean that we no longer would be able to get these and that the black monitor 30's will follow soon?
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post #12885 of 18674
3/8/12 at 6:23am
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Originally Posted by kentuck1163 View Post

They are screwed extremely tight. I purchased these direct from Polk Audio on their EBay store. Hopefully, they will send a new one out quickly....

Bummer. I've had those come straps loose so I just had to mention it. I just bought pairs of RTi8's, RTi10's, RTi4's and a Csi5 from Polk's eBay store within the past month and had no problem other than a simple shipping issue. Glad I got mine and not yours!

Geoff is right though... it's far more likely to be a lose wire than a blown driver. Good luck!

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Just noticed that newegg USA has deactivated the cherry Monitor30's. Would this mean that we no longer would be able to get these and that the black monitor 30's will follow soon?

It's highly unlikely that they would actually discontinue selling any of the Monitor line. Most likely they are simply sold out but do not yet have a new delivery date from Polk.
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post #12886 of 18674
3/8/12 at 9:46am
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Bummer. I've had those come straps loose so I just had to mention it. I just bought pairs of RTi8's, RTi10's, RTi4's and a Csi5 from Polk's eBay store within the past month and had no problem other than a simple shipping issue. Glad I got mine and not yours!

Geoff is right though... it's far more likely to be a lose wire than a blown driver. Good luck!



It's highly unlikely that they would actually discontinue selling any of the Monitor line. Most likely they are simply sold out but do not yet have a new delivery date from Polk.


Working with Polk Support now. I tried swapping out the tweeters and that helped determine it wasn't a problem with the tweeter. Therefore, they say its the crossover and are going to send me a new one. That means I have to try to put that in myself. Hopefully it won't be too hard.
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post #12887 of 18674
3/8/12 at 10:37am
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Working with Polk Support now. I tried swapping out the tweeters and that helped determine it wasn't a problem with the tweeter. Therefore, they say its the crossover and are going to send me a new one. That means I have to try to put that in myself. Hopefully it won't be too hard.

Nicely done! You'll do well, in fact, after this experience, you'll helping your buds upgrade and modify their crossovers
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post #12888 of 18674
3/8/12 at 10:56am
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Originally Posted by Geoff4RFC View Post

Nicely done! You'll do well, in fact, after this experience, you'll helping your buds upgrade and modify their crossovers

Not real happy with having to open up the speakers and do the changeover - but I am pretty happy thus far with Polk's technical support. Pretty responsive.

Getting those tweeters out for the first time wasn't real easy.

I also have to put replacement tweeters in my old Sony SS-TL3 speakers. Turned out I could not get a factory replacement and had to find a couple replacements (so that they would at least match). Those should be in soon.
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post #12889 of 18674
3/8/12 at 11:27am
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Not real happy with having to open up the speakers and do the changeover - but I am pretty happy thus far with Polk's technical support. Pretty responsive.

Yeah, sorry to hear that bro, can't blame you there. At least Polk is pretty understanding as well and offers that great support.

I've had nothing but great dealings with them over just the past two years.

That's how long I've been a polk owner but they've been around for long time providing great service.
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post #12890 of 18674
3/8/12 at 3:21pm
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It's highly unlikely that they would actually discontinue selling any of the Monitor line. Most likely they are simply sold out but do not yet have a new delivery date from Polk.

I hope it is a case of, as you say, them not having a delivery date. It would be pretty dumb of them to discontinue this cash cow at this point in time since at the price point it is not competing with anything else they are selling. It is the first time that I have seen them deactivating a product just for being out of stock though. Newegg Canada deactivated the Polks on their site and never sold them again.
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3/8/12 at 3:23pm
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3/9/12 at 4:18am
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They came in this Monday!Hugh improvement!Got them for $934.15 from ASD!.
Sorry about the photos will add better ones soon.These are a upgrade from my M70's.
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3/9/12 at 4:58am
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They came in this Monday!Hugh improvement!Got them for $934.15 from ASD!.
Sorry about the photos will add better ones soon.These are a upgrade from my M70's.

Loved going from my Monitor 60's to the LSi 15's. Quite a leap.

What are you going to power them with, an external amp of some sorts I hope .
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3/9/12 at 8:32am
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They came in this Monday!Hugh improvement!Got them for $934.15 from ASD!.
Sorry about the photos will add better ones soon.These are a upgrade from my M70's.

Congrats!

Are these Cherry or Ebony?

More pics please!
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3/9/12 at 12:08pm
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Originally Posted by FoxHoleJoe View Post

They came in this Monday!Hugh improvement!Got them for $934.15 from ASD!.
Sorry about the photos will add better ones soon.These are a upgrade from my M70's.

LSI's? Those speakers suck!!! Not really, just those pictures. Congratulations!!

I suspect you're going to love those over the M70's. Please get some clarity in those photos
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post #12896 of 18674
3/10/12 at 12:19pm
I just ordered a set of Polk OWM3's for L+R Surrounds. I tried cancelling the amazon order to get a set of Polk Audio Monitor 30's, alas, I had waited too long. Will I be missing out alot if I used the om3's over the 30's? In the coming weeks, we will be purchasing Monitor 60's or 70's for the fronts, an will be moving the 50's to the surround positions at the sides, an the owm3's to rear surrounds. So, 60's or 70's up front, A CS2 at center. 50's at Surrounds. an OWM3's as surround backs. Sound ok? Should I try an sell the OWM3's in favor of M30's? sell the owm3's an the 50's in favor of either 2 sets of m30's or owm3's as surrounds an surround backs? What would you guys do?
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3/10/12 at 12:54pm
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I just ordered a set of Polk OWM3's for L+R Surrounds. I tried cancelling the amazon order to get a set of Polk Audio Monitor 30's, alas, I had waited too long. Will I be missing out alot if I used the om3's over the 30's? In the coming weeks, we will be purchasing Monitor 60's or 70's for the fronts, an will be moving the 50's to the surround positions at the sides, an the owm3's to rear surrounds. So, 60's or 70's up front, A CS2 at center. 50's at Surrounds. an OWM3's as surround backs. Sound ok? Should I try an sell the OWM3's in favor of M30's? sell the owm3's an the 50's in favor of either 2 sets of m30's or owm3's as surrounds an surround backs? What would you guys do?

Well I have moniter 50's and a Cs1 for the front stage. Then moniter 30's as surrounds and OWM3's as surround backs. I was also going to get 2 pairs of 30's but decided on the OWM3's being that my surrounds are wall mounted. I had them as surrounds at first but then learned that your surrounds are more important then your surround backs. I switched them around and feel the OWM3's work much better as surround backs sitting on their stands. Now don't get me wrong they weren't bad as surrounds, they are just better as surround backs.

I was a bit worried at first with an 80hz crossover being that they apparently start to roll off at 100. I just set my crossover to 100 but it seemed that male voices seemed quieter as opposed to 80. Recently changed it back to 80 and watched Tron and X-Men First class and they sounded great. I had been second guessing the OMW3's but playing MW3, splinter Cell and Resident Evil 5 along with watching those two movies I feel the OWM3's are great speakers and I'm not missing a thing. In fact I feel the OWM3's sound better back there then the Moniter 30's just as the Moniter 30's sound better as surrounds lol. Prob. has some to do with the fact the the OWM3's are sealed and it makes noo difference how close the rears of them are to the back wall. In any case I hope this helps you some, I have no regrets lol.
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post #12898 of 18674
3/10/12 at 1:04pm
Does Surround and surround backs have the same load? can I expect the sam frequencies coming from them? I'm trying to convince myself that surrounds and surround backs will not produce enough bass to warrent having a full range speaker back there. I read in different places that surrounds range is not that great, an bigger speakers are only needed in cases where 5/7 channel music is listened to. So, lets say that the system will be used mainly for movies an games. I guess what I am trying to decide is, should my surrounds an surround backs be at the same height, same size, or is having smaller 30's or owm3's as backs an a floorstander as surrounds match ok. This is going into a living room where floorstanders look kinda wierd in back. The gf is understanding, but to a point
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post #12899 of 18674
3/10/12 at 1:10pm
Anybody running the FXi5 for surrounds and RTi4 for back surrounds? I currently have the RTi4 at the surround position with RTi10 and CSi5. I have a 4311ci for reciever that would be powering all except for the RTi10's.
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3/10/12 at 2:40pm
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Well I have moniter 50's and a Cs1 for the front stage. Then moniter 30's as surrounds and OWM3's as surround backs. I was also going to get 2 pairs of 30's but decided on the OWM3's being that my surrounds are wall mounted. I had them as surrounds at first but then learned that your surrounds are more important then your surround backs. I switched them around and feel the OWM3's work much better as surround backs sitting on their stands. Now don't get me wrong they weren't bad as surrounds, they are just better as surround backs.

I was a bit worried at first with an 80hz crossover being that they apparently start to roll off at 100. I just set my crossover to 100 but it seemed that male voices seemed quieter as opposed to 80. Recently changed it back to 80 and watched Tron and X-Men First class and they sounded great. I had been second guessing the OMW3's but playing MW3, splinter Cell and Resident Evil 5 along with watching those two movies I feel the OWM3's are great speakers and I'm not missing a thing. In fact I feel the OWM3's sound better back there then the Moniter 30's just as the Moniter 30's sound better as surrounds lol. Prob. has some to do with the fact the the OWM3's are sealed and it makes noo difference how close the rears of them are to the back wall. In any case I hope this helps you some, I have no regrets lol.

Have you tried listening to music with the OWM3s? I'm thinking of getting either those or T15s or perhaps M30s for surrounds, but I also listen to some 5.1 music sometimes. Thanks.
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