Updating RM8 Speakers from kit
atigerseye
Posts: 2
Hey all,
Recently moved to a new home and set up my home theater again. I got everything hooked up and decided that maybe I want to add to my setup a little bit to fill in the gap in the midrange. Here's what I have right now:
I am looking to upgrade my center channel since I feel like it's very anemic right now (hard to hear characters talk in movies, turning up during lots of dialog but turning down during loud parts where it's kinda tinny and annoying). I think I could fit something as big as an A6 in my media center but wondering if that's just overkill.
This system is used about 40% for movies, 40% for gaming, and 20% for music when cleaning up the house or reading (classical, electronic). The room itself is about 15x15', but opens right to a kitchen seating area and the main kitchen area (think of a rectangle where the right-third of it is actual media area).
Cheers!
Recently moved to a new home and set up my home theater again. I got everything hooked up and decided that maybe I want to add to my setup a little bit to fill in the gap in the midrange. Here's what I have right now:
- Polk RM95 Kit (4 x RM8s + 1x RM8 Center)
- BIC Formula F-12 12" Sub
- Onkyo HT-RC260 Receiver
- Sources (PS4, AppleTV)
- Video (Vizio M70-D3)
I am looking to upgrade my center channel since I feel like it's very anemic right now (hard to hear characters talk in movies, turning up during lots of dialog but turning down during loud parts where it's kinda tinny and annoying). I think I could fit something as big as an A6 in my media center but wondering if that's just overkill.
- What's a center channel that'll fill in that midrange that my RM8s can't do with 2.5" drivers?
- If I got a bigger center channel, would my Receiver even be able to power it on its own? (I don't listen at tremendous volumes...)
- What would be a center channel that would match my current speakers, I don't want to upgrade those atm.
This system is used about 40% for movies, 40% for gaming, and 20% for music when cleaning up the house or reading (classical, electronic). The room itself is about 15x15', but opens right to a kitchen seating area and the main kitchen area (think of a rectangle where the right-third of it is actual media area).
Cheers!
Comments
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An RM302 would be an upgrade to the RM8 center. I happen to have one I haven't used in a while and would move it on if you are interested.
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DollarDave wrote: »An RM302 would be an upgrade to the RM8 center. I happen to have one I haven't used in a while and would move it on if you are interested.
It's really hard to find anything on that speaker. Did this line of speakers just not last very long or what? Are there some other alternatives? Is the RM302 what eventually became like the TL3?
PM me a ballpark for that speaker to the Midwest.
