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sargeant
sargeant Posts: 1
edited August 2005 in Speakers
When one looks at the specs of a speaker fore.g. the freuency range and it says 35- 20 hz etc and one says 82-25 hz is the lower range better ? what does one look for.

I have selected this set of speakers for my purchase which set is better for mostly watching movies on dvd and hd satellitte. my room has 16 foot celings its 15 feet wide and 23 feet long.

1. polk audio: rti10 (floors) : centre csi 5 : fxi 3 (surround) velodyne 12" woofer

2. Klipsch: Rf-5 (floors0): centre RC-7 : RS-7 (surround) velodyne 12" woofer

Which one of these are better stats wise ? no bias opinions please
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  • Mike682
    Mike682 Posts: 2,074
    edited August 2005
    You have a pretty large room, what would you be using to drive these speakers??
    Receiver: harmankardon AVR235
    Mains: polk R30
    Center: polk CSi3
    Rear Surrounds: polk R20
    Subwoofer: polk PSW404
    DVD: Panasonic DVD-S29
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  • marker
    marker Posts: 1,084
    edited August 2005
    If you can, try to audition them both and see which one sounds better to your ears and forget about the specs.

    You will have the Velo sub to take care of the bottom bass in either case, and not only can most people not hear past 20 khz, but there really isn't a whole lot of recoded material that extends out that high anyway.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited August 2005
    I would go by which speaker has the tonal characteristics you prefer. They are both very different sounding speakers. IMO I enjoy the sound of Polk more. I like the vifa tweeter on the Polk and the horn tweeter on the Klipsch makes my ears bleed. :D
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  • louthewiz
    louthewiz Posts: 581
    edited August 2005
    I used to also own klipsch and I gave them up for polks which are smoother and better sounding than the klipsch which are too bright and are harsh when turned up.
    My gear,
    Acer PH530 720P PJ
    100 inch Da-Lite Video Spectra screen
    Yamaha HTR 5790
    Toshiba HD-A3
    Denon 1600 dvd player with sdi out,
    DVDO iSCAN HD+
    Panasonic Dmr E-80H
    Dishnetwork HD pvr
    1 Audiosource amp300 150 wpc Fronts
    1 Audiosource ampone bridged 200 watts powering center
    1 Onkyo M-282 105 wpc amplifier sides
    polk cs400 center
    polk RT400 mains
    Polk mkII back surrounds,
    Polk FX300fxi dipole surrounds
    Velodyne DPS-10 sub
    Klipsch KSW-10 sub.:cool:
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited August 2005
    You will most likely be crossing over the low end at 80Hz with your AVR and sending that info to the subwoofer, so keep that in mind.
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  • BrentMcGhee
    BrentMcGhee Posts: 548
    edited August 2005
    HAHA it is kinda funny to post a poll that on a polk forum.... i think i know who will end up winning. Go ask that same question on a klipch forum and see what happens. For some reason i do beleive it will be just the oposite. :)
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited August 2005
    Yes, it would be kind of like asking about solid-state versus tubes on this forum.


    Go to a neutral corner and ask speaker questions.

    George Grand (of the Jersey Grands)
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