Just ordered a pair of RT35i's

OrangeToupee
OrangeToupee Posts: 488
edited January 2002 in Technical/Setup
That's the good news, now here's the bad...

I have no "real" reason to explain my purchasing new speakers ... yet I have done just that. I've already a full line-up of Polks (fronts, center, surrounds); still, after having read about these bookshelf speakers on this forum, as well as others, I've gone and bought them. What will I do with them? I don't know, but I've got them nonetheless.

As much as I'm disturbed by this measure of recklessness, and I am, it's far worse than that. It's the way in which I went about it. The way that I stalked them, hiding behind this keyboard and monitor, staring at them like a soon to be jailed peeping tom. I'm sickened by who I have become. I'm sickened by the fact that it's just the beginning.
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  • wodom1
    wodom1 Posts: 1,054
    edited January 2002
    LOL!
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  • TrappedUnder Ice
    TrappedUnder Ice Posts: 975
    edited January 2002
    well...if you are running 5.1 now... you will have your upgrade to 7.1!
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  • juice21
    juice21 Posts: 1,866
    edited January 2002
    i feel your pain, 3 weeks after upgrading to my rt800i's, i got not only 35i's, but 25i's to upgrade my rear surrounds. after seeing trappedunderices 2000/55 mains combo, i am thinking of getting f/x500i's to replace the 35i's and move them up front to pair with my 800i's. not that this is a nessecity at all, just that polk has made me a speaker buying maniac.... must purchase....

    BTW TrappedUnderIce... i set up the 35i's w/ the 800i's just for a trial run... man pairing those is a sweet set-up. the 35i's really add to the hi and midrange of the speakers. they add clarity and transparency to the 800 sound pouding powerful output... i can just imagine how those 2000/55's sound... :D
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  • TrappedUnder Ice
    TrappedUnder Ice Posts: 975
    edited January 2002
    Juice... Ok..so I'm not crazy like I thought...:)
    I was realy surprised at how much detail mixing them can bring! Some may say its overkill (i do when I look at my wallet).. but its music to my ears.
    I had almost instead of getting the 55is' gone with the 35's and pick up a sub for my rears... but now..i'm glade I got the 55's since you cant get them new any more...

    oh well...
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  • juice21
    juice21 Posts: 1,866
    edited January 2002
    yeah, the 55i's are geting scarce, my local CC was down to their last pair today, open box, $129 each. i almost picked them up, but i have no idea what i would do with them??? too bad i can run into the f/x500i's i want at a aprice like that...:(
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited January 2002
    why are the 55i's getting scarce? I have not heard this. Not that i need any more Polk speakers.. what would I do with them anyway? :)

    seriously, are they being replaced with another speaker?
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  • starace
    starace Posts: 7
    edited January 2002
    Where would one go on the web to see pictures of trappedunderices setup?

    How are you guys using two sets of mains?

    Are you just using the A and B channels?

    If so are you dropping the ohm's to 4?

    Does this affect preformance?
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  • TrappedUnder Ice
    TrappedUnder Ice Posts: 975
    edited January 2002
    hey.. My yammie allows me to run a/b channels on all levels without loosing anything... with that said... here is a link to my site.

    http://www.homestead.com/thomas2307/thomasworld.html

    enjoy and comments always welcome!!
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  • starace
    starace Posts: 7
    edited January 2002
    4 or 8 with speakers on the A and B channels
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  • TrappedUnder Ice
    TrappedUnder Ice Posts: 975
    edited January 2002
    I flipped my switch on the back of my yammie to handle the load as I expected a drop..but I believe it jsut splits the amp and runs ohm normaly..I could be wrong
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