Rti8's vs 10's vs 12's

jojomgee
jojomgee Posts: 198
edited July 2011 in Speakers
Obviously the 12's are gonna be the champ
But being as though the 10's only have the 1 mid and 2 woofers wouldnt that take away from midrange tones?

And the 8's have the 2 mids and no woofers but if u have seperate woofer would the 2 mids provide better clarity?
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  • GTB
    GTB Posts: 87
    edited July 2011
    I ran the 8's for a couple of years, and truly enjoyed them with a good sub or two. Without a sub they still produce surprisingly good bass which I suppose is a result of Polk's good cabinet design.

    If you run 8's, get subbed.
    Home Theater
    Polk RTi8
    Polk Monitor 40
    Polk CSi5
    Polk MicroPro 2000
    Visio 42 LCD
    Denon AVR 790
    Samsung BD 1600

    Two Channel
    Polk SDA 2B
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  • SRTer
    SRTer Posts: 372
    edited July 2011
    jojomgee wrote: »
    Obviously the 12's are gonna be the champ
    But being as though the 10's only have the 1 mid and 2 woofers wouldnt that take away from midrange tones?

    And the 8's have the 2 mids and no woofers but if u have seperate woofer would the 2 mids provide better clarity?

    With the right power, the RTi10 will sound great. Still run a sub for HT but not necessary for music.

    RTi8's are great but a sub is a must for HT or music. They are the first speakers from Polk that I bought and have made me a fan. They sounded great with the Pioneer Elite VSX-23. So put 90 watts or more to them and enjoy.
    Fronts: Polk RTi A9
    Center: Polk CSI A6
    Rears: Polk RTi A7
    Receiver: Pioneer Elite SC-35 (140 watts x 7)
    Amplifier: Adcom GFA-555 Mk.II (200 watt @ 8 ohms)
    Sub: Polk DSW PRO 500 (10 inch, 200 Watt)
    TV: Samsung 59 inch 3D Plasma 600 Hz PN59D7000
    Sources: Samsung BD-D6700 3D Blu-ray Player, DirecTV, PS3, iPhone 4 and IPod Classic with Apple Lossless Tracks
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  • specd_out
    specd_out Posts: 505
    edited July 2011
    I run the RTI a5's which if I understand correctly are basicly the same as the rti8 but with newer drivers. They are fantastic speakers but they do need a sub. They also seem to sound better if you have them set to small and use a sub for the lows.
    HT Rig Samsung 64F8500 |Pioneer Elite BDP-52FD|Pioneer Elite VSX-32| Two Carver TFM-15cb Bridged for mains|Polk Audio RTiA5 Cherry|Polk Audio CsiA6 Cherry|Polk Audio T-15 Heights|Polk Audio FXia6 Surround|DIY 8cuft Dayton Ultimax 15" powered with a Crown XLS1000
    2Channel Rig Polk Audio LSi9 Cherry| Carver C-1BillD Mod|Carver M1.0t MkII Opt2|Pro-ject RM 1.3|SpeedBox S|AQ King Cobras|AQ Rocket88|
    ISF Level 2 Certified Calibrator
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited July 2011
    I like my 10s, because they are bigger than the 8s, and are smaller than the 12s, which are too big for the space in which I needed to place them. It's just as simple as that. :wink:
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited July 2011
    The rti8 has great bass and sound great .They are cheap and can be powered very easily and sing with receivers that have very little power . I thought they had great bass but then I ran a tube integrated through them and it turned them into totally different speakers .They just vanished when I hooked them up to the marantz cdp I was stunned at the diff . the mids really came alive and more air was presant in the recording and the bass was just fantastic and very musical . I love hooking up the tubes with the rti8 and playing video games and watching netflix on 2 channel with the pj in the video game room . A great bargain and now I would never consider selling them like I originally had planned

    Another great thing about them I might add is that they have nice sturdy binding posts that fit my MIT banana plugs
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