Will Monitors work as surrounds for rti fronts?

27dnast
27dnast Posts: 255
edited September 2013 in Speakers
Just adding on to a thread I started yesterday...

I'm upgrading my 7.1 rm6750 surround speakers.

My new F/L speakers are rti4's and the center is an rtiA4.

I was planning on keeping the rm6750's surrounds... but now I'm thinking I might only keep the rm6750's for my rear surrounds and purchases some Monitor 30's and put them as the R/L surrounds.

Will this work ok? Will I notice a huge tonal difference since the Monitor 30's aren't part of the rti line?

Thoughts? Suggestions? Approvals?
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  • HTguru1982
    HTguru1982 Posts: 1,066
    edited June 2011
    Should work perfectly fine as surrounds. Timbre matching isn't as important for surrounds as it is the front. Any difference in tonality should be minimal.
    Display: Sony 42" LCD
    Sources: Harman Kardon DVD-27,
    Panasonic DMP-BDT110 blu ray player
    AVR: Sony STR-DA2400ES
    Amps: Sonance Sonamp 260(fronts),
    Kenwood KM-894(surrounds)
    Fronts: NHT 2.5
    Center: NHT VS-1.2A
    Surrounds: NHT Super One
    Subwoofer: SVS PB10-ISD
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  • packetjones
    packetjones Posts: 1,059
    edited June 2011
    Any surround is fine really. The amount of sound coming out of them is not that great it is mainly for ambient sounds. Now if you listen to a lot of multichannel music then I would match them.

    Would look at a sub or maybe a new piece of electronics. They will improve the overall sound a lot more than upgraded surrounds.
    Front - RTiA5's
    Rear - RTiA3's
    Center - CSiA4
    Sub - PSW110
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  • 27dnast
    27dnast Posts: 255
    edited June 2011
    I have a 12" Energy Sub....

    So are you saying that there will be relatively little benefit in changing out the L/R surrounds from the smaller rm6750's for Monitor 30's?

    If that is indeed the case... I might stop looking! ;-)
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited June 2011
    No. The larger M30s will most definitely give you a bit more sound back there and cross over more seamlessly at a lower frequency to your sub than the smaller satellites!

    cnh
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  • Chewie
    Chewie Posts: 80
    edited September 2013
    Should not be any problem.
    Samsung PN60E6500
    Denon AVR-E300
    Mains: LSI9s
    Center: LSIC
    Surrounds: LSIFX
    Subs: Two Atlas 12's with Rythmik 350W amps in ported 95L box.
    Power: Monster 2600 power conditioner
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  • Chewie
    Chewie Posts: 80
    edited September 2013
    Should work
    Samsung PN60E6500
    Denon AVR-E300
    Mains: LSI9s
    Center: LSIC
    Surrounds: LSIFX
    Subs: Two Atlas 12's with Rythmik 350W amps in ported 95L box.
    Power: Monster 2600 power conditioner
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  • HTguru1982
    HTguru1982 Posts: 1,066
    edited September 2013
    Chewie wrote: »
    Should work

    Whatcha selling?
    Display: Sony 42" LCD
    Sources: Harman Kardon DVD-27,
    Panasonic DMP-BDT110 blu ray player
    AVR: Sony STR-DA2400ES
    Amps: Sonance Sonamp 260(fronts),
    Kenwood KM-894(surrounds)
    Fronts: NHT 2.5
    Center: NHT VS-1.2A
    Surrounds: NHT Super One
    Subwoofer: SVS PB10-ISD
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    edited September 2013
    Chewie wrote: »
    Should work
    You're getting to 100 posts in a lame way. If you aren't here to add to the forum and only to sell things, well.... Good luck.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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