Need suggestions for rears

LoboTiger
LoboTiger Posts: 21
edited June 2005 in Speakers
I have the following setup in my living room so far:

RT800i - Mains
CS400i - Centre
PSW450 - Sub
Old tower speakers - Rears

I'm looking to replace my old towers as they're from the late 80s and I'm sure are showing their age now. I have tried getting RT600i/800is from ebay with no luck so far as I'm either too far to ship (Toronto) or it's just too expensive.

Are there any newer, equivalent tower speakers that I could buy which would somewhat match the existing Polk setup that I have now? I know that matching speakers is important for the front but how important is it for the rears? I also don't want to spend an arm and a leg so even if it's not Polk then I could probably live with that. Thoughts?
LoboTiger

RT800i - Mains
CS400i - Centre
Old tower speakers - Rears (soon to be FX/500i)
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  • LoboTiger
    LoboTiger Posts: 21
    edited May 2005
    Anyone?
    LoboTiger

    RT800i - Mains
    CS400i - Centre
    Old tower speakers - Rears (soon to be FX/500i)
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited May 2005
    Sure. Get a pair of the new RTi series and put them up front. Move the 800's to the rear.

    Alternatively, get a pair of Rti series bookshelf speakers for the rear. Timbre matching is not as important in the rear. IMO, get towers if you can afford them.
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited May 2005
    rti-4's if you like monopole (for music)

    fxi3's if you like dipole (movies) and bipole (music)
    The FX's are my preference.
    H/K Signature 2.1+235
    Jungson MagicBoat II
    Revel Performa M-20
    Velodyne cht-10 sub
    Rega P1 Turntable

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  • marker
    marker Posts: 1,084
    edited May 2005
    I'd say try to get a set of used RT35i off of ebay, audiogon, or in the flea market here at CP. They would be the perfect match for your mains and center in terms of driver size and type.
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  • LoboTiger
    LoboTiger Posts: 21
    edited June 2005
    Originally posted by Early B.
    Sure. Get a pair of the new RTi series and put them up front. Move the 800's to the rear.

    Alternatively, get a pair of Rti series bookshelf speakers for the rear. Timbre matching is not as important in the rear. IMO, get towers if you can afford them.

    Would the new RTi series match ok with my CS400i center though?
    LoboTiger

    RT800i - Mains
    CS400i - Centre
    Old tower speakers - Rears (soon to be FX/500i)
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  • LoboTiger
    LoboTiger Posts: 21
    edited June 2005
    Originally posted by aaharvel
    rti-4's if you like monopole (for music)

    fxi3's if you like dipole (movies) and bipole (music)
    The FX's are my preference.

    Originally I was going to go for F/X500is back a couple of years ago but now I need to use towers in the back because we have a toddler and he's already tried to knock down the old satellite speakers I had on stands. Hence why I had to use an old pair of tower speakers but why I'd like to now get proper Polk rears.
    LoboTiger

    RT800i - Mains
    CS400i - Centre
    Old tower speakers - Rears (soon to be FX/500i)
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited June 2005
    why don't you just hang them on a wall?
    H/K Signature 2.1+235
    Jungson MagicBoat II
    Revel Performa M-20
    Velodyne cht-10 sub
    Rega P1 Turntable

    "People working at Polk Audio must sit around the office and just laugh their balls off reading many of these comments." -Lush
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,092
    edited June 2005
    LSi/FX - They're awesome. As far as the rug rat goes, corral e'm in a playpen.
    "2 Channel & 11.2 HT "Two Channel:Magnepan LRSSchiit Audio Freya S - SS preConsonance Ref 50 - Tube preParasound HALO A21+ 2 channel ampBluesound NODE 2i streameriFi NEO iDSD DAC Oppo BDP-93KEF KC62 sub Home Theater:Full blown 11.2 set up.
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