Match Front towers for Surrounds or Bipole/Dipole?
I have RT800s and Cs400i for center channel along with some crappy klh for rears. I found a pair of RT800i towers for $150 locally and was thinking of moving my RT800s to the rear. My other options would be for the same price are the Polk fxi3s and for a little more Polk fxia6s. I primarily will be using this for movies. What would you choose and why?
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I have RT800s and Cs400i for center channel along with some crappy klh for rears. I found a pair of RT800i towers for $150 locally and was thinking of moving my RT800s to the rear. My other options would be for the same price are the Polk fxi3s and for a little more Polk fxia6s. I primarily will be using this for movies. What would you choose and why?
I'd hit the FXIA6's for that position. The design of those as well as many bi-pole designs is to give you a wider surround field over a traditional box speaker which is more directional.
If you can find some FX500'S OR 1000'S those would also do well. Obviously everything depends on your room and where you sit and personal preferences on whether a floor stander or FX style is right for you. Personally though, I would prefer the FX versions over a floor stander for the surround position.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 -
I just popped on the RT800is. I plugged them into the rear position and I am enjoying the sound and when I go to 5 channel for music it is excellent. I am in the process of getting a new TV stand so excited about that so I can fit and hook up the CS400i with these, going to move the RT800is to the front and the RT800s to the rear even though I heard they don't have much of a difference to most ears. Thanks for the replies now I need to purchase a good sub.
