Help me pick.

c_nitty
c_nitty Posts: 38
edited July 2013 in Speakers
Which is the better speakerAcoustic Research AR 226 PS $130, Polk rt800 $100 , or Polk rt7 $100 ?
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,667
    edited July 2013
    I'd go with Polk RT800. That AR speaker look nice but I'd rather have a dome tweeter instead of a horn loaded.
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  • c_nitty
    c_nitty Posts: 38
    edited July 2013
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    I'd go with Polk RT800. That AR speaker look nice but I'd rather have a dome tweeter instead of a horn loaded.
    Thanks keep it coming.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited July 2013
    A horn loaded AR speaker? They don't have a great deal of experience with those.

    Polk.
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  • B Run
    B Run Posts: 1,888
    edited July 2013
    Polk Rt800 was my first speaker, and the reason I found this forum in the first place. Good all around speaker, especially for the price. I don't think you'll be disappointed and can always get your money back out of those.
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  • c_nitty
    c_nitty Posts: 38
    edited July 2013
    B Run wrote: »
    Polk Rt800 was my first speaker, and the reason I found this forum in the first place. Good all around speaker, especially for the price. I don't think you'll be disappointed and can always get your money back out of those.
    Thanks for the info anyone else?
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  • Yahzi
    Yahzi Posts: 38
    edited July 2013
    There is no "best" - it's a silly misguided question. You need to listen to each speaker and determine whether one sounds better to you. We can't tell you what sounds best, you need to go out and do the listening yourself and then make a decision.
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  • c_nitty
    c_nitty Posts: 38
    edited July 2013
    Yahzi wrote: »
    There is no "best" - it's a silly misguided question. You need to listen to each speaker and determine whether one sounds better to you. We can't tell you what sounds best, you need to go out and do the listening yourself and then make a decision.

    Thanks! Any more opinions for the silly and misguided ?
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  • Yahzi
    Yahzi Posts: 38
    edited July 2013
    c_nitty wrote:
    Thanks! Any more opinions for the silly and misguided ?

    Unfortunately for you, you received one too many.
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  • c_nitty
    c_nitty Posts: 38
    edited July 2013
    Yahzi wrote: »
    Unfortunately for you, you received one too many.
    And now I have one more GOD Bless you for your vast knowledge.
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited July 2013
    Yahzi is right about needing to get your ears on them but be didn't have to be a dick about it.
    If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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  • B Run
    B Run Posts: 1,888
    edited July 2013
    I agree that you need to hear them for yourself but there's a ton of members here with experience that can give you their opinion as well, it definitely doesn't hurt anything.
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  • ZLTFUL
    ZLTFUL Posts: 5,655
    edited July 2013
    Don't listen to Yahzi...this is the same guy who claims that there is no such things as "tube sound" or "solid state sound". We just happen to be the fortunate group that he has meandered to after being blasted off the last forum he visited.
    "Some people find it easier to be conceited rather than correct."

    "Unwad those panties and have a good time man. We're all here to help each other, no matter how it might appear." DSkip
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  • Yahzi
    Yahzi Posts: 38
    edited July 2013
    Are you stalking me? :mrgreen: What forum was I apparently "blasted off" from? Got a link? Proof? Pathetic.
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  • ZLTFUL
    ZLTFUL Posts: 5,655
    edited July 2013
    If you're not the same yahzi that has been banned from CarForums, Tripme and a few other places, then your posting styles are amazingly coincidental. But I am done wasting my time with you. You clearly haven't got more than a third of a clue and your own words do a much better job of indicting your ignorance than I ever could.
    Welcome to the Bozo list, Bozo.
    "Some people find it easier to be conceited rather than correct."

    "Unwad those panties and have a good time man. We're all here to help each other, no matter how it might appear." DSkip
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited July 2013
    My list just grew by one.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,002
    edited July 2013
    George Grand wrote: »
    My list just grew by one.

    Judging by his other posts....I have to agree.
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited July 2013
    Must be a slow day over on AVS.

    H9: If you don't trust what you are hearing, then maybe you need to be less invested in a hobby which all the pleasure comes from listening to music.
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  • Geoff4rfc
    Geoff4rfc Posts: 2,467
    edited July 2013
    decal wrote: »
    Yahzi is right about needing to get your ears on them but be didn't have to be a dick about it.

    Actually he does, yahzi translates to "Dick", "Unsightly and ****-ly", "Unable to present itself pleasantly", "Disgusting", "Dick"
    Source: BRP Panasonic UB9000, CDP Emotiva ERC3 - Display: LG OLED EVO 83 C3 - Pre/Pro: Marantz 8802A - Amplification: Emotiva XPA-DR3, XPA-2 x 2, XPA-6, Speakers, Mains/2ch-Focal Kanta No2's, C-LSiM706, S-702F/X, RS-RTiA9's, WS-RTiA9's, FH-RTiA3's, Subs - Epik Empire x 2

    Cables: AudioQuest McKenzie XLR's/CDP/Amp, Carbon 48/BRP, Forest 48/Display, 2 channel speaker cable: Furutech FS Alpha 36 12AWG PCOCC Single Crystal (Douglas Connection)

    EXPERIENCE: next to nothing, but I sure enjoy audio and video MY OPINION OF THIS HOBBY: I may not be a smart man, but I know what quicksand is.
    When I was young, I was Superman but now that old age has gotten the best of me I'm only Batman
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  • TSG_Cong
    TSG_Cong Posts: 1
    edited July 2013
    Polk Rt800 =]
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  • GFOviedo
    GFOviedo Posts: 353
    edited July 2013
    RTiA9 ;).
    AVR: DENON X4000
    FRONT L/R: ARX A3RX-C
    CENTER: ARX A2RX-C
    SURROUND L/R: ARX A3
    SUBWOOFER: PSA-XV15

    SERVER: UNRAID 15TB
    MEDIA PLAYERS: DUNE SMART SERIES D1
    HDTV: VIZIO M601D-A3R
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