Monitor 70's for surrounds

Sci-fi Polk Guy
Sci-fi Polk Guy Posts: 194
edited April 2011 in Speakers
Hi guys!! What do you guys think about using a pair of Monitor 70's for surrounds with RTiA9's as the fronts? (BTW, I plan on running the 9's with an Emotiva XPA-2, and running the center, which will be a CSiA6, with an Emotiva XPA-3. The room is approximately 2500 cubic feet, and the system will be used primarily for HT.)
Paradigm 11seMkIII mains, w/ Zu Audio jumpers
Paradigm CC 450 center, w/ Zu Audio jumpers
Polk Audio RTi6 surrounds
Paradigm SE sub
Sony BDP S5100 blu-ray player
Panasonic 50" plasma
Yamaha RX A1000 receiver
Parasound HCA 1205A amp
Audioquest Evergreen IC's
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  • Glowrdr
    Glowrdr Posts: 1,103
    edited April 2011
    Reported Smithadam
    65" Sony X900 (XBR-65X900E)
    Pioneer Elite SC-37
    Polk Monitor 70's (2)
    Polk Monitor 40's (4)
    Polk Monitor CS2
    Polk DSW Pro 660wi
    Oppo BDP-93
    Squeezebox Duet
    Belkin PureAV PF60
    Dish Network "The Hoppa"
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  • slk55amg
    slk55amg Posts: 305
    edited April 2011
    I am using my 70,s as side surrounds, work great.
    Emotiva XPA5, Sony ES 5300,: Lsi 15,s LSIC, Monitor 70,s, ( side surrounds) FXI 3,s, (rear surrounds)Micropro4000, Velodyne DEQ 10, Sony 55inchXBR 930D Sony BDP 790 Bedroom rig SonyES 3200 RTIA1,s CSIA4 FXI3,s polk PSW 10 SONY 34inch XBR960:cool:SONY BDP550
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  • mystik610
    mystik610 Posts: 699
    edited April 2011
    Do you already have the Monitor 70's? If not, it would be wasteful to buy these and use them as surrounds. The array of woofers in the monitor 70's will be under-utilized if delegated to surround duty....not a whole lot of low-frequency material (bass) is fed through the surround channels.

    You'd be better served picking up a pair of surrounds from the RTi-A line...ie FXi-a4. These would perform much better for surround duty.

    The exception this would be in the event that you're listening to a lot of DVD-Audio/SACD. But for strictly HT, booshelves or dipole surrounds are a better use of your money. I prefer the latter.
    My System Showcase!

    Media Room
    Paradigm Studio 60 - Paradigm CC-690 - Paradigm ADP-390 - Epik Empire - Anthem MRX300 - Emotiva XPA-5

    Living-room
    Paradigm MilleniaOne - Rythmik F12GSE - Onkyo TX-SR805 - Adcom 5400

    Headphones
    Sennheiser Momentum Over-Ear - Shure SE215 - Fiio E18 Kunlun
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  • slk55amg
    slk55amg Posts: 305
    edited April 2011
    I agree, I am using the 70,s as side surrounds, because I upgraded my front sound stage to the LSI line. I use a pair of FXI3,s as rears, they are terrific, the FXI4,s are better yet.
    Emotiva XPA5, Sony ES 5300,: Lsi 15,s LSIC, Monitor 70,s, ( side surrounds) FXI 3,s, (rear surrounds)Micropro4000, Velodyne DEQ 10, Sony 55inchXBR 930D Sony BDP 790 Bedroom rig SonyES 3200 RTIA1,s CSIA4 FXI3,s polk PSW 10 SONY 34inch XBR960:cool:SONY BDP550
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  • BtrSound
    BtrSound Posts: 123
    edited April 2011
    I am using the TSI 500's for mine. They work great.
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