Ques. for Rti70 Owners...

Early B.

What has been your experience with placement? Since the power port is on the bottom, do you still move them away from the wall?

How far are the towers from your listening position?

VR3

Towers are right up on the wall, and about 7-8 foot from listening position. Rock on! PC EZ!

- Sid

DarrenS

Mine are on both sides of my bigscreen and sound great there, no need to worrie about bass from RTi70s I have a Shiva EBS 250w sub that rocks my house, If you dont have a sub you gotta get one and set those RTIs to small they sound alot better that way.

Frank Z

Here's a cut and paste from the Polk Audio Home Theater Hand Book that may help with placement questions and help you get better sound from your gear.

Since the left and right front channels are
responsible for bringing music as well as
movies to life, the “stereo pair” requires the
most careful setup. For best performance,
the speakers should be placed at least two
feet from room boundaries, such as large
pieces of furniture, walls and especially corners
(Fig. 13). Placing a speaker closer to
room boundaries increases bass, but may
result in a “boomy” or bass-heavy sound
and degradation of stereo imaging. Try varying
the speakers’ distance from the rear
walls, side walls, and corners until the best
balance between low frequency extension
and clarity is achieved. If your system has a
subwoofer, chose a main speaker placement
that provides the best imaging and most
natural midrange balance, usually far from
room boundaries. If you cannot get the
speakers at least two feet from the room
boundary, treat the adjacent room boundaries
with absorbing or diffusing material
(refer back to the section on Room
Treatment, page 35).
Avoid symmetrical placement. A speakers’
distance from the front wall should not be
within 33% of the distance from the side
walls. For example, if the speakers are 24"
from the side walls, place them at least 32"
from the front wall.
Place the main speakers at least a few inches
in front of the front of your TV. Unless a
large projection screen monopolizes your
wall, don’t place the speakers too close to the
sides of your television, as such placement
constricts the width of the stereo soundstage.
Small satellite speakers are designed to
provide good sound when placed on a wall
and often come with wall mounting brackets.
But, as with other types of speakers, you
should avoid placing the satellites within
two feet of side walls. Since wall mounting
satellites precludes placing them in front of
the TV screen, place wall mounted satellites
higher than the top of the TV (Fig. 14).

Airplay355

if you have to stick them in or close to corners, like i do, then toeing them in will help. this means that you angle the speaker towards your listening position.

you might want to look at peoples setups in the system showcase to give you some ideas or to just see what other people did.

good luck

Early B.

I was just wondering how other folks with the Rti70 dealt with placement. My limitations of speaker placement are aesthetics and WAF. If I move the speakers two feet from the wall, they will overwhelm the den (no dedicated home theater room yet). Since I prefer not to move the speakers every time I watch a movie or listen to music, I was hoping I wouldn't lose too much sound integrity by leaving the speakers against the wall.

Airplay355

if you want to know what you will be missing then watch a movie or listen to music with the speakers against the wall, then watch the same movie or listen to the sae song with the speakers 2 feet away from the wall. if you dont notice a difference then dont worry about it. if you do notice a difference then you may have to compromise and settle for 1 foot away from the wall, or 6 inches away from the wall.

my mains are about 2.5 feet away from the wall and are toed in towards the back wall. heres pictures of it will help http://clubpolk.polkaudio.com/showcase/view.php?userid=38451

if you have pictures of your system, post them, it will help us help you

Grimster74

Here are some pics of how mine are setup.

http://clubpolk.polkaudio.com/showcase/view.php?userid=40818