Need to replace RTI 150's
tanman05851
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Bought them back in 2004 when Cruchfield was running their deal.Put them together with an Onyko AVR(can't remember model-cost about 700),a cs 2 center ,an rca branded 12 inch pws and two small rear rca branded rear speakers.Sonically ,life was good.
Then-about a year ago I decided I needed to upgrade.A pioneer 9040 seemed to be a pretty good deal.I really liked the sound of the new PIO but I did notice that it did tend to shut down when playing movies on my ps 3-sometimes at not really loud volume.(I had to crank on my Onkyo for a while to get it to shut down.Optical doesnt quite have the whatever compared to hdmi from Blue Ray.)I lived with it-I work 6 days a week yada yada only so much time etc.
Last week I blew them out-my fault entirely.Cranked on some distorted material and they are not the same.I was considering looking into repairing them but thought I'd poke(polk?)around the internet first.Ran across this site with a thread from 2004 from a customer who was having similar issues.It appears that even if I repair these speakers I will continue to have the same shutdown problem.I don't want to add a seperate amp.
What current speakers would you recommend to replace the RTI 150's?Obviously I need something that the 9040 can drive but with similar sonic characteristics.Thanks
Then-about a year ago I decided I needed to upgrade.A pioneer 9040 seemed to be a pretty good deal.I really liked the sound of the new PIO but I did notice that it did tend to shut down when playing movies on my ps 3-sometimes at not really loud volume.(I had to crank on my Onkyo for a while to get it to shut down.Optical doesnt quite have the whatever compared to hdmi from Blue Ray.)I lived with it-I work 6 days a week yada yada only so much time etc.
Last week I blew them out-my fault entirely.Cranked on some distorted material and they are not the same.I was considering looking into repairing them but thought I'd poke(polk?)around the internet first.Ran across this site with a thread from 2004 from a customer who was having similar issues.It appears that even if I repair these speakers I will continue to have the same shutdown problem.I don't want to add a seperate amp.
What current speakers would you recommend to replace the RTI 150's?Obviously I need something that the 9040 can drive but with similar sonic characteristics.Thanks
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Doesn't matter what speaker you buy if you're cranking it and sending distorted power they will all more than likely end up like your rti150's.
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Yes I know you can destroy just about any speaker with just about any amp if you abuse it-that's not what I'm concerned about.
I'm more concerned with the 9040 shutting down while not playing all that loud.Seems that was a problem with the 150's that I don't want to repeat.
Do the RTI A7's have the same problem?(Need a huge amp to drive them?)
