LSiFX vs FX1000 vs FX500i

slider2828
slider2828 Posts: 118
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I currently have a set of FX500i's for my surrounds and now looking for rears. LSiFX are available and FX1000 but the 1000's are at 2x the price.

What would you guys do?

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  • slider2828
    slider2828 Posts: 118
    Or FXi5?
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    Whatever matches your mains and center.
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  • slider2828
    slider2828 Posts: 118
    Thanks Dennis. Make sense, but they are all very close. Currently a CSi5, RTi8, RT500is. This is just for the rear....

    What do you think?
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  • slk55amg
    slk55amg Posts: 305
    Keep what you have they currently match your other speakers. I use a pair of FXI 3's for my rear surrounds with an LSI Front and LSIC center. Sounds great, not much goes to rear surround speakers.
    Emotiva XPA5, Sony ES 5300,: Lsi 15,s LSIC, Monitor 70,s, ( side surrounds) FXI 3,s, (rear surrounds)Micropro4000, Velodyne DEQ 10, Sony 55inchXBR 930D Sony BDP 790 Bedroom rig SonyES 3200 RTIA1,s CSIA4 FXI3,s polk PSW 10 SONY 34inch XBR960:cool:SONY BDP550
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    The only time that I suggest going for surrounds that have the extra woofers like the LSi or 1000s is if you are going to listen to a lot of music in 5/7 channel stereo/music mode where they get a full signal all the time. Used this way, they would fill out the back end more, otherwise movies and music concert tracks just don't have much info that requires the range or power handling.
    HT Optoma HD25 LV on 80" DIY Screen, Anthem MRX 300 Receiver, Pioneer Elite BDP 51FD Polk CS350LS, Polk SDA1C, Polk FX300, Polk RT55, Dual EBS Adire Shiva 320watt tuned to 17hz, ICs-DIY Twisted Prs, Speaker-Raymond Cable

    2 Channel Thorens TD 318 Grado ZF1, SACD/CD Marantz 8260, Soundstream/Krell DAC1, Audio Mirror PP1, Odyssey Stratos, ADS L-1290, ICs-DIY Twisted , Speaker-Raymond Cable
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  • bluecomet
    bluecomet Posts: 1,118
    The Lsi and F/X 1000's are huge speakers compare to the 500's. Make sure you have the room if you are going in that direction. I agree that your best move is to keep what you have if it is used only for movies.
    Polk HT system 1: LSIC, LSI25 mains, LSI F/X rears, Lsi F/X rear centers,
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    Polk HT system 2: , SRT system with f/x 1,000's rear speakers on 7.1 system currently using Onkyo TX-RZ820 receiver, powered by Sunfire Grand Theater amp

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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    For rears I would either match what you have for surrounds, or go with a direct radiating speaker from the same line.

    Personally I would go with direct radiating rather than bipole/dipole speakers for surround rears. I believe that is what the THX suggested settings are.
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • slider2828
    slider2828 Posts: 118
    Thanks Everyone! I am really happy I got the answer. DTS HD suggests direct fireing speakers placed 60 degrees from listening position.... Going to go with that....

    Probably bookshelf speakers from my RTI would be a good match? Is there a rear speaker for hte RTI lines?
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    slider2828 wrote: »
    Thanks Everyone! I am really happy I got the answer. DTS HD suggests direct fireing speakers placed 60 degrees from listening position.... Going to go with that....

    Probably bookshelf speakers from my RTI would be a good match? Is there a rear speaker for hte RTI lines?

    There is, IIRC the RTi4 (RTi A1) or RTi6 (RTi A6) are what your looking for.


    RTi4 (black) Polk eBay - 179 a pair
    RTi4 (cherry) Polk eBay - same price as above

    RTi6 (black) Polk eBay - 212.49 for the pair
    RTi6 (cherry) Polk eBay - same price as above
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • slider2828
    slider2828 Posts: 118
    Cool thanks Enders! I saw that on the polk direct store.... RTI6 is probably what I am getting. Wish they had white. Weird the surrounds were white.
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