CS10 vs CSI a4

gudnoyez
gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
edited March 2011 in Speakers
Hello all, new to the club and HT setups so please be easy on me.Purchased a denon AVR-891 at best buy got a free psw111 sub if you spent over 600 dollars that day I also bought a CS10 center channel. I didnt have the extra funds at the time and figured I would get the Tsi 400 as fronts and the Tsi 300 as rears at a later date. I hooked up the amp, sub, cs10, and used 2 pair of vintage acoustic research speakers AR18 in front ar58 in back I thought that sounded great and would get me buy until I got the tsi 400 and tsi 300
The time had come to get those when the american tv had a sale 11% over invoice when I got there they had the rtia5 at the price that the tsi 400 were going for at 299.99 each and rtia3 were 329.99 a pair I listened to those and they sounded better than the tsi's so I bouught the rtia5 and the rtia3 instead which was a no brainer as the savings on those rti"s were not going to happen any time soon. I was worried that the cs10 was not a good match for the rtIa5 and rtia3 so I bought a csia4 center as they were on sale for 199.99 the sale ended that day. I hooked up the rtia5 up front the rtia3 as rears and tried them out with the cs10 first they sounded fantastic together, then I hooked up the csia4 with them and fond the csia4 was to bright for my tastes and thought the cs10 had a smoother sound and complimented the rti speakers better.I think my ears are fooling me as the csia4 is the match for the rtis but I like the sound of the cs10 better.I think I will return the csia4 and keep the cs10 are my ears decieving me? Thoughts anyone.
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Parasound Halo A 31 OnkyoTX-NR838 Sony XBR55X850B 55" 4K RtiA9 Fronts CsiA6 Center RtiA3 Rears FxiA6 Side Surrounds Dual Psw 111's Oppo 105D Signal Ultra Speaker Cables & IC's Signal Magic Power Cable Technics SL Q300 Panamax MR4300 Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables Audioquest Forest USB Cable

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JD LABS C5 Headphone Amplifier, Sennheiser HD 598, Polk Audio Buckle, Polk Audio Hinge, Velodyne vPulse, Bose IE2, Sennheiser CX 200 Street II, Sennheiser MX 365

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Polk Audio Boom Swimmer, Polk Audio Urchin B)
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  • ShadowTowel
    ShadowTowel Posts: 89
    edited March 2011
    Your ears may be. Let it break in. Much better speaker than cs10. I just upgraded from cs10 to rti a4.
    Polk Audio RTi A3 (mains)
    Polk Audio CSi A4 (center)
    Polk Audio RC60i (rears)
    BIC Acoustech PL-200 (sub)
    Denon AVR-590 (receiver)
    Samsung LN46B550 (LCD)
    Sharp BD HP22U (Blu-ray player)
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
    edited March 2011
    ShadowTowel wrote: »
    Your ears may be. Let it break in. Much better speaker than cs10. I just upgraded from cs10 to rti a4.

    rtia4 are those newer than the csia4? or another series?
    Home Theater
    Parasound Halo A 31 OnkyoTX-NR838 Sony XBR55X850B 55" 4K RtiA9 Fronts CsiA6 Center RtiA3 Rears FxiA6 Side Surrounds Dual Psw 111's Oppo 105D Signal Ultra Speaker Cables & IC's Signal Magic Power Cable Technics SL Q300 Panamax MR4300 Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables Audioquest Forest USB Cable

    2 Channel
    Adcom 555II Vincent SA-T1 Marantz SA 15S2 Denon DR-M11 Clearaudio Bluemotion SDA 2.3tl's (Z) edition MIT Terminator II Speaker Cables & IC's Adcom 545II Adcom Gtp-450 Marantz CD5004 Technics M245X SDA 2B's, SDA CRS+

    Stuff for the Head
    JD LABS C5 Headphone Amplifier, Sennheiser HD 598, Polk Audio Buckle, Polk Audio Hinge, Velodyne vPulse, Bose IE2, Sennheiser CX 200 Street II, Sennheiser MX 365

    Shower & Off the beaten path Rigs
    Polk Audio Boom Swimmer, Polk Audio Urchin B)
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  • ShadowTowel
    ShadowTowel Posts: 89
    edited March 2011
    Sorry, typo. I do that all the time. I meant CSi A4.
    Polk Audio RTi A3 (mains)
    Polk Audio CSi A4 (center)
    Polk Audio RC60i (rears)
    BIC Acoustech PL-200 (sub)
    Denon AVR-590 (receiver)
    Samsung LN46B550 (LCD)
    Sharp BD HP22U (Blu-ray player)
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