questions for speakers

bproe

First post.need advise on new towers to replace bose in new house.theater room size is 16 by 24.considering monitor 60 or 70.currently using yamaha rx-v650 reciever. already have hsu stf2 sub. any recommendations for center and surrounds would be appreciated. thanks

Conradicles

Welcome to the forum bproe. I have a few in mind, but was wondering how much you are willing to spend?

PS: I would go with the Monitor 70 for sure. Your amp with it's pre-outs will allow you to upgrade to an additional power amp in the future to help feed the Monitor 70's more power.

wutadumsn23

+1 on the 70's, they are the best bang for the buck in the Monitor series, IMHO. Center channel I would get a CS2 and for surrounds I woudlook into Monitor 30's or Monitor 40's. Very similar setup to what I had not too long ago and it was awesome. Good luck and welcome to Club Polk.

-Jeff

hearingimpared

Welcome to the best audio club on the net bproe!

cnh

wutadumsn23 wrote: »

+1 on the 70's, they are the best bang for the buck in the Monitor series, IMHO. Center channel I would get a CS2 and for surrounds I woudlook into Monitor 30's or Monitor 40's. Very similar setup to what I had not too long ago and it was awesome. Good luck and welcome to Club Polk.

-Jeff

WELCOME TO CLUB POLK!!

I'd pretty much go with Jeff's system above....M70s, CS2 and M40s are surrounds, your AVR and sub look good for now..but they won't for long if you hang around 'here'!

cnh

packetjones

Welcome to the CP.

I also agree with the statements above. The monitor series is very budget friendly. It is definetly a great place to start. Depending onthe budget that you have I would also recommend the RTiA series. The RTi's are more for HT and are a step up from monitor series.

Wjhat is your room size and budget?

bproe

thanks for all the help guys.wasnt sure if 70's would need seperate amp to play well enough for ht.would tsi's be appreciable difference for mostly ht.would like to keep towers around 500$

cnoat

Welcome.If you want to spend your money,This is the place to be.
Onkyo 898 center rears
Parasound 1000a fronts
Rti 12's fronts
Csi5 Center
Rti's8 Rear
505 sub

hagmanm2

bproe wrote: »

thanks for all the help guys.wasnt sure if 70's would need seperate amp to play well enough for ht.would tsi's be appreciable difference for mostly ht.would like to keep towers around 500$

Nah, stick with the 70s, they'll outmatch the 500s bang for the buck. There are several threads out and about that compare the two.
http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=90419&highlight=500s+70s
The general consensus is regardless of which you end up preferring (500s or the 70s), for the money the 70s are the better deal.


I will say I heard a discernible difference in my 500s when I amp'd them separately via my M-40 (then tried bi-amping and liked it most). However, I don't know how much of a difference that would translate to over in HT (most of my listening is music)... though it would free up the AVR to send more power to your center. I'm very happy with my M-40, 120Wx2 channels and can be found on ebay for cheap cheap!

wutadumsn23

+1 on the 70's, I own both the TSi 500's and the Monitor 70's and IMJHO the 70's are the better speaker regardless of the price.

-Jeff