center channel speaker

ews6
ews6 Posts: 3
edited July 2005 in Speakers
I am using rti70's for my right and left front speakers with a sony center channel. I really like the 70's but the sony center is horrible.I am also using a onkyo 601 receiver and kenwood 3 way floor standing speakers for my surrounds which I think sound great.Could someone please tell me what center I should get?
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  • tecmo04
    tecmo04 Posts: 421
    edited July 2005
    cant go wrong with the csi3 or csi 5
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  • ews6
    ews6 Posts: 3
    edited July 2005
    Thanks for your reply techmo. Do you think the csi5 would be overkill?:confused:
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  • TheReaper
    TheReaper Posts: 636
    edited July 2005
    The correct matching center for RTi70s is a CSi40.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited July 2005
    Yep, if you can find a CSi40, it's timbre matched to your fronts (that's what I run, check the link in my sig)

    If you can't get the CSi40, then go for the CSi5. It won't be overkill, trust me. If the budget doesn't allow for the CSi40 or 5 right now, then go for the CSI30 or 3 now and upgrade later down the road - you could always buy the bigger center when you can afford it and move the smaller to the back and have a 6.1 setup
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  • ews6
    ews6 Posts: 3
    edited July 2005
    Thanks guys for all the input. I think I'm going to go with the csi5 . hopefully this will be the right choice . Any ideas on where I could get one at a decent price? thanks again for all your help.
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited July 2005
    man that CSI-5 is HUUUUUGE!!

    :D
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  • tecmo04
    tecmo04 Posts: 421
    edited July 2005
    im pretty sure that cc or abc warehouse has it for 280ish which is a steel from when i bought mine at 400...:( but dam do i love it
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,817
    edited July 2005
    Originally posted by aaharvel
    man that CSI-5 is HUUUUUGE!!

    :D

    Polk dosn't make any BIG speakers any more. What are you talking about?

    Look up the CS1000P - its like a horizontal tower. Eff the CSi5.

    RTi12 is big? Nope. Look at the 1.2TL and SRT.

    Oh yeah, just save your cash and get the CSi5 or CSi40. Forget the whole CSi30 or CSi3 thing. Thats just a waste of time and money. Thats 100-200 bucks you could of saved to get the "big" boy.
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited July 2005
    Psycho Sid's right. If your front speakers have 6.5" drivers, then the csi5 or csi40 is your only true option. I have a csi3 to match my 5.25" drivers in the rest of my setup.


    SID GET SOME SLEEP!
    ;)
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    Velodyne cht-10 sub
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,817
    edited July 2005
    http://www.polkaudio.com/home/products.php?category=5&speaker=40&recent=1

    Big Center... Really Big.

    That center is 2" "taller" than my surrounds! They are 32" tall! I want those as my surrounds.

    Sleep Abandoned Me! And Frankly...I abandoned sleep. We refuse to talk!

    You can never have a big enough center. You could have 2" midbasses, I'd recomend the 6.5" midbass center. The center is the most important, unimportant piece of a HT. Its important if you use one - because it does alot. And its unimportant because you dont really need it... ;)

    Ok....maybe 2" midbass was kind of an exageration. 4" midbass would be the min. for a 6.5" midbass center.

    Ok, I am going to sleep.
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