RTi6 purchased

DanB · November 2003

Hi,

New to the board and to Polk speakers. Just bought a set of RTi6's with a PSW404 sub from Crutchfield. I'm powering them with a Denon 1804.

They had a bunch of RTi38's at close out and was considering those at 199/pr until I compared them. What a difference! Unless they had something set different between them there was a distinct difference in highs and mids. I was surprised as I thought the drivers were the same. The 6's just seemed brighter to me.

Got them home and set them up in a relatively small room (12x15) with hardwood floors, no curtains, and thought I would be seriously lacking bass but I was presently surprised. The system sounds just right to me and I couldn't be happier with the purchase.

Grimster74 · November 2003

Congradulations on your purchase and welcome to the forum. I'm sure you will enjoy them for many years to come unless your like the rest of us, always upgrading.

DanB · November 2003

Thanks! My plan is to wait until the end of next year and get a center and a pair of RTi4's for the back speakers so I have a full year to lobby the wife.

Dan

dorokusai · November 2003

The new RTi series uses Vifa brand, dome tweeters, that is the main difference in their sound. They sound very nice, I agree wholeheartedly.

Start the flowers now, and get those speakers sooner

RVJII · November 2003

Congrats! I have to agree with you on the new RTi series. Just wait till you've got around 30 hours on them and they are broken in. Have fun!

Telemundo · November 2003

Hi, RVJII. I'm planning on buying a system as a X'mas present to myself...since no one i know like me enough to buy that for me. I'm plannin on gettin the RTi12s for front, CSi5 for center, FXi5 for surrounds, maybe a CSi3 for rear and the SVS PCi20-39 for sub. I'm leaning more towards the Harmon Kardon/ Onkyo higher models for AVR. How do you like your setup? I've recently heard the Klipsch Reference 35's series and I have to admit they sound pretty darn good also....really really loud with alot of impact. I demo'ed the Klipsch Reference 35's series while watching the Star Wars I pod-racing scene. I demo'ed the RTi12's during the Matrix scene while Neo was fighting the never ending Agent Smiths. Could that be the reason why I'm leaning towards the sound of the Klipsch since the Matrix scene is not full with loud mechanical sounds, such as engine noises? Have anyone here ever compared the Klipsch with the Polk's? Which one has the most impact? Thanks for taking your time and reading this.

Airplay355 · November 2003

i would bet the difference has to do with what was powering them, i bet you most likely heard the rti12's running on a receiver at CC. let me tell you that the rti12's are not going to sound close to their best running off any receiver that CC sells. those 3 woofers take a huge amount of power to sound good. most people would reccomend 300 watts/ speaker. also the klipsch are probably much more efficient so they will sound louder with less wattage. i wouldnt trust the demo you get in CC, if you really want to see how they sound take them home and listen, then return them if you dont like them.

another thing, why would you get an SVS sub if you were buying rti12's? save the money from the svs and buy an amp for the rti12's, you will be surprised with how much bass you can get from them alone. when i had rti150s i prefered the bass from them to the M&K subwoofer i have, and the rti150s were running off my receiver. i think that you will be more then happy with the bass from the rti12's if you got a nice amp to power them.

its always a good idea to listen to speakers with music too. bring some cd's that you have listened to alot wen you demo speakers. dont just go by how a movie sounds. i wouldnt give up on the rti12's yet, and surely dont think you got a good demo of them at circuit city. i hope this helps. good luck

RVJII · December 2003

Telemundo...

I love my setup for both music and HT. I was watching the extended version of Two Towers last weekend and my neighbor came over and asked me to turn it down. (I live in a duplex.) Apparently, things started shaking on his walls when they took the battering ram to the gates at Helm's Deep.

I could tell from the way that he acted that it took him quite awhile to work up the nerve to come over.

Anyway, I am extremely happy with the RTi12's. I did notice that as they broke in the bass seemed to extend lower and hit harder. (and the mids and highs smoothed out quite a bit too) Of course, it might have been my imagination as well. I don't think that you'll go wrong with the 12's but in the end it is your ear that matters.

Good luck with your system!

RTi6 purchased

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