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post #1561 of 18657
12/14/07 at 1:08pm
Just picked up the RTi8's at Fry's for $150 each. Also got a CSIA4 and a PSW110 sub. I was going to do a similar deal (although with the Monitor 50's) through Crutchfield, but this was a far better offer since they had the Subwoofer credit. Hopefully the wife approval factor is in effect.
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post #1562 of 18657
12/14/07 at 1:32pm
I got a pair of Rti8 at frys too but I had to pay for shipping so that bumps me up a bit.

Where can I get CSi5 center for $200? Are you talking about the all black one with the grill though?

For that matter, how does the CSi5 compare to the CSi3? Am I missing out?
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post #1563 of 18657
12/14/07 at 2:22pm
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Originally Posted by gspin2k1 View Post

Yeah i'm doing price searching as we speak, crutchfield appears to have some scratch&dent prices...but then again you never know just how BAD the scratches & dents will be. Anyway, what sub would you pair with the system? I'm thinking a 10" would be appropriate...or do u think i should go with a 12? I'm looking at HSU right now...but damn it's pricey.
~G

What is your budget for sub? Your room dimensions will also help.

for $250 Bic H-100 is pretty good. for $350 A2-300 from edesign is an excellent value. hop onto subwoofer section there are lot of threads asking for subwoofer suggestions.
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post #1564 of 18657
12/14/07 at 5:26pm
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Originally Posted by Deftones17 View Post

Just picked up the RTi8's at Fry's for $150 each. Also got a CSIA4 and a PSW110 sub. I was going to do a similar deal (although with the Monitor 50's) through Crutchfield, but this was a far better offer since they had the Subwoofer credit. Hopefully the wife approval factor is in effect.

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I got a pair of Rti8 at frys too but I had to pay for shipping so that bumps me up a bit.

Where can I get CSi5 center for $200? Are you talking about the all black one with the grill though?

For that matter, how does the CSi5 compare to the CSi3? Am I missing out?

could you guys please tell me how you are getting the RTi8's at frys/oupost? i've called them several times the last couple of weeks & they do not have them in stock. thanks.
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post #1565 of 18657
12/14/07 at 5:31pm
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could you guys please tell me how you are getting the RTi8's at frys/oupost? i've called them several times the last couple of weeks & they do not have them in stock. thanks.

My stuff is back ordered.
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post #1566 of 18657
12/14/07 at 8:34pm
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I got the Polk RM6750 speaker set! Dont get to try them out until Christmas but they look like they are going to be great

I picked them up on black Friday for $199, anyone else have this set? How do they sound?

I have RM10 5.1 with Yamaha V1500 for a few years in a 12x16 apt.
Sound great & will go loud if u want it. I got some Atlantic stands at Walmart $60 for 2 pairs.
Ran the autosetup on the AVR & it set the subwoofer at 200hz. Is way too high. I set it at 100Hz & much better.
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post #1567 of 18657
12/14/07 at 8:44pm
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I have RM10 5.1 with Yamaha V1500 for a few years in a 12x16 apt.
Sound great & will go loud if u want it. I got some Atlantic stands at Walmart $60 for 2 pairs.
Ran the autosetup on the AVR & it set the subwoofer at 200hz. Is way too high. I set it at 100Hz & much better.


Hows the autosetup work? I have it on my sony reciever.

I set up my 4 bookshelf speakers today and did all the wiring but I still have to wait for my sub and center channel until christmas lol! Its killing me!!
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post #1568 of 18657
12/14/07 at 8:48pm
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Originally Posted by gixxerjoe View Post

My stuff is back ordered.

thanks for the response; do you think they will actually ship? the reason i'm asking is that they're being discontinued.
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post #1569 of 18657
12/14/07 at 11:14pm
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thanks for the response; do you think they will actually ship? the reason i'm asking is that they're being discontinued.

Who knows but if it does it's at a great price. It gives me more time to decide on the AVR and SW, even though I'm pretty sure I will get whats on my sig one way or the other
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post #1570 of 18657
12/15/07 at 4:33pm
I recently purchased the 3808 Denon and with the great prices through Fry's on the RTi12s....seriously considering them. Would the Denon be enough to push them? Any concerns?
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post #1571 of 18657
12/15/07 at 5:41pm
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Originally Posted by frakese View Post

I recently purchased the 3808 Denon and with the great prices through Fry's on the RTi12s....seriously considering them. Would the Denon be enough to push them? Any concerns?

The 12s are a beast, it takes some power to move those 7 inch woofers, I would recommend at least 200 watts on them to get them to sound good and prevent damage. I was biamping them with Outlaw M2200s monoblocks paired with my Sony 7100es AVR. They performed well, however Im now running 525 watts to each speaker with my new Magnum 1000s from D-sonic and they sound excellent now. Bottom line, the 3808 will do the trick at low to med volume levels, however I recommend an amp, 200 watts or more bro. Use that Denon as your pre/pro and go seperate amplification.
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post #1572 of 18657
12/15/07 at 7:14pm
Thanks for the tips....tough to turn down the 12's for <$700 for the pair. Maybe I will consider the 10's for now.
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post #1573 of 18657
12/15/07 at 8:36pm
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Originally Posted by kidsdoc View Post

could you guys please tell me how you are getting the RTi8's at frys/oupost? i've called them several times the last couple of weeks & they do not have them in stock. thanks.

Walked into the store and purchased them. The guy seemed to indicate they had quite a bit of stock. No cherry, just the black ones (which I wanted). I'm sure the stock varies from store to store, but they had at least 2 here at the AZ Fry's I went to.
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post #1574 of 18657
12/16/07 at 7:39am
hey guys, i need clarification on something. i just picked up a pair of R50's and CSR center channel speakers from frys and am looking at the onkyo 304 and 505 receivers and wanted to know if these receivers will power these ok. thanks for your input.
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post #1575 of 18657
12/16/07 at 12:20pm
Do you guys use one, or two R15 as center ? My friend has R50 front, R15 rear, now thinking of a center; but how can you beat the price of two R15 ? By the way, he might use R30 as side, or R50 as side, or R15 as side? Good value of Polk, it confuses people.
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post #1576 of 18657
12/16/07 at 1:42pm
Use only one R15 as a center.

The old-style CSi25, if you can find one, has the exact same drivers as the R15 and makes a very good center. You can always use an R50/R30 as a center as well if you have the space.
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post #1577 of 18657
12/16/07 at 3:45pm
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Do you guys use one, or two R15 as center ? My friend has R50 front, R15 rear, now thinking of a center; but how can you beat the price of two R15 ? By the way, he might use R30 as side, or R50 as side, or R15 as side? Good value of Polk, it confuses people.

For quite a while I used 2 R-15's connected in series as a center and it worked very well. The fact that is presents a 16 ohm load to your receiver doesn't usually matter as most are rated up to 16 ohms, and 16 ohms actually draws less current so it helps in some respects. To hook them up just use one small piece of speaker wire as a jumper (a single conductor approx 10" long) to connect a red terminal on one speaker to the black terminal on the other. Then just connect the regular speaker cables from the receiver to the open red (the one not connected to the jumper) on the one speaker and the open black on the other. See the attached pix of my system when I had this setup.
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post #1578 of 18657
12/16/07 at 4:05pm
How much better is the CS2 compared to the CS1. I want to get the monitor 60s and use my monitor 40s as surrounds.
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post #1579 of 18657
12/16/07 at 4:24pm
Why would you use two R15s as a center?

Did you compare with using one R15?
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post #1580 of 18657
12/16/07 at 6:04pm
Well, they were out of the 10s, so a pair of RTi12's were purchased.
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post #1581 of 18657
12/17/07 at 8:42am
I have a question for you guys, I currently have the following setup :

Denon AVR587 receiver

Fronts : Rti8

Center : Csi3

Rear : monitor 20

Sub: Bic H100

I was going to get a pair of Fix3's to replace my rears but with the deal going on with the Rti8's they would come out to almost the same price so I was thinking of using the rti8's as my front and rear surround. Is this a good idea? Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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post #1582 of 18657
12/17/07 at 9:33am
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Originally Posted by jsf0656 View Post

hey guys, i need clarification on something. i just picked up a pair of R50's and CSR center channel speakers from frys and am looking at the onkyo 304 and 505 receivers and wanted to know if these receivers will power these ok. thanks for your input.

My 505 works great with the R50s and CSR. Also have R150s for rear, and an 8" Polk sub. Great sounding setup.
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post #1583 of 18657
12/17/07 at 10:28am
I have a Onkyo 705 in my 15x15 bedroom with no speakers. I need the rear and side channels to be in wall (wife thing). Can I run the 551's read and side and use a cs1 center and Mon 30's in front with a psw10 sub?

I know this is strange for a bedroom, but I have a sammy 4071 in there.
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post #1584 of 18657
12/17/07 at 10:43am
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Originally Posted by userx View Post

I have a question for you guys, I currently have the following setup :

Denon AVR587 receiver

Fronts : Rti8

Center : Csi3

Rear : monitor 20

Sub: Bic H100

I was going to get a pair of Fix3's to replace my rears but with the deal going on with the Rti8's they would come out to almost the same price so I was thinking of using the rti8's as my front and rear surround. Is this a good idea? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

If you have space for Rti8's as rears go for it.
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post #1585 of 18657
12/17/07 at 12:46pm
so I went to Fry's picked up the rti12s, fxi5s, psw505 and csia4. Running it with my onkyo 605. Sounds good so far, but I wonder if the csi5 would be better as the center since its the recommended center for the set up on polkaudios website. I got amazon prime, but debating crutchfield cus of their return policy.

~G
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post #1586 of 18657
12/17/07 at 1:08pm
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Originally Posted by skipsterut View Post

For quite a while I used 2 R-15's connected in series as a center and it worked very well. The fact that is presents a 16 ohm load to your receiver doesn't usually matter as most are rated up to 16 ohms, and 16 ohms actually draws less current so it helps in some respects. To hook them up just use one small piece of speaker wire as a jumper (a single conductor approx 10" long) to connect a red terminal on one speaker to the black terminal on the other. Then just connect the regular speaker cables from the receiver to the open red (the one not connected to the jumper) on the one speaker and the open black on the other. See the attached pix of my system when I had this setup.

Thank you, I had no idea how to use "jumper" method before. Just curious, if two speakers are connected by "Y" method, what would happen?
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post #1587 of 18657
12/17/07 at 3:05pm
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Originally Posted by gspin2k1 View Post

so I went to Fry's picked up the rti12s, fxi5s, psw505 and csia4. Running it with my onkyo 605. Sounds good so far, but I wonder if the csi5 would be better as the center since its the recommended center for the set up on polkaudios website. I got amazon prime, but debating crutchfield cus of their return policy.

~G

I'm not familiar with the csia4 but I got the CSi5 after comparing it with the CSi3.
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post #1588 of 18657
12/17/07 at 3:21pm
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Originally Posted by bilbo3660 View Post

I'm not familiar with the csia4 but I got the CSi5 after comparing it with the CSi3.

Hows the comparison between the CSi3 and CSi5?
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post #1589 of 18657
12/17/07 at 4:08pm
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Originally Posted by gixxerjoe View Post

Hows the comparison between the CSi3 and CSi5?

I just ordered the CSi5 from Crutchfield, free shipping, and free return in case in dont like it (i have a feeling it wont be the case). I have a feeling the Csia4 is just the updated model of the Csi3. So i'll see how it sounds and give an update when i get it. Considering the Csi5 is an older model or discontinued model..and it still costs more than the new csia4, i'm going to assume it's better. But i guess it'll still depend on how it sounds to the ears, right now my Csia4 makes the voices sound a little muffled.

~G
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post #1590 of 18657
12/17/07 at 4:59pm
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Originally Posted by gixxerjoe View Post

Hows the comparison between the CSi3 and CSi5?

The CSi3 was good but I found dialogue to be crisper and clearer with the CSi5...probably because it is huge. I have it between two RTi8's.
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