Center and sats for RT400s?

sjboyer
sjboyer Posts: 5
edited November 2004 in Speakers
I am looking for suggestions for center and sat speakers to go along with my RT400s.
Post edited by sjboyer on
· Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Comments

  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited October 2004
    Welcome...
    As you may have guessed, not a lot of 400 owners here. Call or e-mail Ken Swaugger at Polk CS, and he'll give you some options...
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • sjboyer
    sjboyer Posts: 5
    edited October 2004
    Thanks Tour2ma. Ken suggested CSi3 and FXi3s.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited October 2004
    Should work...

    Just thought of another way to help (look and see what tweeters your 400's have), but again, I could find no info.

    If you know what tweeter they have, look through the parts lists for centers and surrounds that have the same tweeter. May well be that Ken's suggestions do, but if they don't, I am sure there are Polk's on the used market that will.

    This is especially worth the effort for your center channel... less critical for the surrounds...

    Happy hunting...
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • sjboyer
    sjboyer Posts: 5
    edited October 2004
    For what ever it's worth, here's the technical stuff on my RT400s:

    1 - 7 1/2" Dynamic Balance driver
    1 - 1" Dynamic Balance polymer dome tweeter
    Overall freq: 40Hz - 22 kHz
    -3db limits: 50Hz - 20kHz
    Recommended ammplification: 20 - 150 per channel

    The AV receiver is a Yamaha RX-V2300, 110W per channel
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited October 2004
    Originally posted by sjboyer
    1 - 1" Dynamic Balance polymer dome tweeter
    Really need the model number. Ken will know it, or you can remove one and it should be labelled on the back of the magnet...

    Then you can look through here for centers with same tweeter...
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • sjboyer
    sjboyer Posts: 5
    edited October 2004
    Tour2ma,
    Sorry I seem a little dense. I should have thought of removing the speaker. The tweeter model is SL5500. I wil take you advice and see what I can find. Thanks.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited October 2004
    I have a pair of RT400s. Not a bad speaker at all. I knew the the model # of the tweeter since I had to buy one from Polk recently. Sats are easy. RT f/x. Each one has 2 of the SL5500 tweeters. I may be wrong but I believe that the CS245 and CS400 (NOT i ) had the SL5500 but I am not sure. Ken would know. Ken was suggesting what is still availble new. At any rate if you can find them used, the CS245 and CS400 should be a relatively good match (even if it does not use the 5500 tweeter) as they were the centers that were sold at the same time as the RT400s.
    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

    "For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." - Stuart Chase

    "Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." - Bernard Berenson
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited November 2004
    From the parts list:
    RT f/x 2x SL5500 MW5806
    Can't find anything to confirm the 5500 being in the CS400... unless I pop one out of the CS on top of the TV (needs to be "undimpled" anyway).

    Talk about coincidence...

    This AM I just bagged a CS400 w/ a pair of RT f/x's on da 'bay for a below market BIN... They're local to boot.

    sjb,
    I'll post what they look like condition wise, and a couple pics here after I pick them up this week.

    This just may be your lucky day...
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • sjboyer
    sjboyer Posts: 5
    edited November 2004
    I took Ken's advice and picked up a CSi3 yesterday and thinking (convince wife) about the FXi3s.

    Thanks for all the help.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter