Upgrading to 5.1 using RT10/PSW350
DerekL
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-Hello. I have a pair of RT10's and a PSW350 I have loved for years in stereo. I'm upgrading to 5.1 and want to get the best match for my RT10's. Polk's Vintage site recommends CS400i or CS245i center and F/X500i or F/X300i surrounds. Finding these is difficult and knowing what you're buying is a crap-shoot so, any other RT10 owners willing to share your systems and secrets using these or more current Polk products?
-I'm also wondering about the dipole F/X's. My room configuration is a tough one. It's been great in stereo, but the surrounds will be the problem. We watch/listen from a loveseat with walls next to and behind the left end, so that speaker would be almost overhead, and the other speaker would be about 7-8' from the right seat. It wouldn't be bad for the right seat (mine...She gets the end-table) but the left seat will be far from perfect. If it was up to me I'd just move the couch over, block the opening, and make people walk around, but I hear it's NOT... Anyone have any experience with dipoles in a corner? Any muffling or reflection issues? I guess I could mess with how they're angled but only after I own them. Thanks!
-I'm also wondering about the dipole F/X's. My room configuration is a tough one. It's been great in stereo, but the surrounds will be the problem. We watch/listen from a loveseat with walls next to and behind the left end, so that speaker would be almost overhead, and the other speaker would be about 7-8' from the right seat. It wouldn't be bad for the right seat (mine...She gets the end-table) but the left seat will be far from perfect. If it was up to me I'd just move the couch over, block the opening, and make people walk around, but I hear it's NOT... Anyone have any experience with dipoles in a corner? Any muffling or reflection issues? I guess I could mess with how they're angled but only after I own them. Thanks!
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Perhaps you could mount them on the back wall toward the center of the sofa, or ceiling mount them.
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Perhaps you could mount them on the back wall toward the center of the sofa, or ceiling mount them.
Thanks for the input. Unfortunately, the wall behind the couch is only about 4' wide so the speakers would have to be almost side by side. I'm tempted to try a friends speakers just to get some idea how the receiver will compensate for various placements and angles.
