RT55i in a floor speaker
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rlightfoot
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Been thinking about going to floor speaker setup even though I've been a bookshelf guy up to this point (28yrs).
I love my RT55i's but am looking for it's relative equivalent in a floor speaker. Bear in mind I run the cs245i for matching purposes.
Any suggestions (including approx price)?
rlightfoot (wanting to post as mrpackerguy, but snubbed by the polk webmaster)
Thanks in advance
I love my RT55i's but am looking for it's relative equivalent in a floor speaker. Bear in mind I run the cs245i for matching purposes.
Any suggestions (including approx price)?
rlightfoot (wanting to post as mrpackerguy, but snubbed by the polk webmaster)
Thanks in advance
"I want to change my username to Gordo, but Club Polk won't let me"
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Here's the whole set-up
Denon 1802
Toshiba 2705
RCA 36"
Polk RT55i fronts
CS245i center
Velodyne CHT100
Monitor 5j's surrounds"I want to change my username to Gordo, but Club Polk won't let me" -
Read this thread for some good information:
http://clubpolk.polkaudio.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4661&highlight=RT55
If I were going to upgrade from my RT55's to a tower, I'd only look at one Polk speaker, the LSi15.
Aaron -
Originally posted by rlightfoot
I love my RT55i's but am looking for it's relative equivalent in a floor speaker.
To answer your question, the equivalent, would be the RT800i, or the new RTi70......
Cheers,
RussCheck your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service. -
I second that in favor of the rti70.
I know they changed the tweeter again but this time around,I think they made the rti70(800) a better speaker then last year.
It looks different with the new cabnet and speaker grill,the Polk symbol is new, but the sound in my opnion is much better.
Then again if your looking to move up in the world..the advice on the lsi 15's isn't bad advice at all.
Now findiing what mates good with them is another story.....
DanDan
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Aaron:
Your link makes it sound like the 55's are the best thing this side of buttered toast.
No doubt I love 'em, but you know how you're always wanting the next best thing....."I want to change my username to Gordo, but Club Polk won't let me" -
'They really show how far Polk has come in 10 yrs.....'
I LOVE that line..... tee hee.....
Cheers,
RussCheck your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service. -
Your link makes it sound like the 55's are the best thing this side of buttered toast. No doubt I love 'em, but you know how you're always wanting the next best thing.....
Aaron -
'They really show how far Polk has come in 10 yrs.....'
Aaron -
Originally posted by Aaron
They're better than the RT800 and RT12, though.
Aaron
In your opinion of course, right?Originally posted by Aaron
Blah, blah, blah. Ever listen to an RTA-11T?
No, but I have listened to the RT55, and RT800.
Blah blah blah? What are you referring to, the link you posted?
Cheers,
RussCheck your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service. -
In your opinion of course, right?No, but I have listened to the RT55, and RT800.
Aaron -
Originally posted by rlightfoot
I love my RT55i's but am looking for it's relative equivalent in a floor speaker.
Aaron, I refer you back to the original question.......Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service. -
All speakers arean opnion what sounds better.
I like the way the rt11's sounded as well as the rt16's.Monitor10b's, sda 2b's,etc etc etc.
There are many Polk's I don't care for....but as stated many times before ..it's a matter of opnion on what sounds good to you.
I will agree with the rt55's.They are one of if not the best overall sounding speaker in the rt line of past....very good...very good.
DanDan
My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time. -
IMHO you will have to go to the LSi series to beat the RT55is. I have them and liked them better the the RT800i and like them better than my brief listening encounter with the RTi70. The LSi9 (bookshelf) would be my next upgrade although many prefer the LSi15 towers. I think the RT55i is one of Polk's outstanding efforts of the last few years (pre LSi)."Just because youre offended doesnt mean youre right." - Ricky Gervais
"For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." - Stuart Chase
"Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." - Bernard Berenson -
Aaron, I refer you back to the original question.......
Aaron -
Originally posted by rlightfoot
Bear in mind I run the cs245i for matching purposes.
Once again, I refer you to the original question. How exactly will the LSi series mate with his current center?
Get it? Great.
Cheers,
RussCheck your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service. -
Once again, I refer you to the original question. How exactly will the LSi series mate with his current center?
Aaron -
Lsi's and RT's don't mix well at all.The cs245i would have to go if he went lsi nay of them.
This is just the evolution of upgrading.....it's starts with this and then that and now I need a better one of these'........now your broke........but happy.......untill the bank account fills back up.....then it starts all over again.....Dan
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Thanks guys."I want to change my username to Gordo, but Club Polk won't let me"
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how about the monitor 10's VS the rt55's?
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