R50's $220 a pair at CC!

MacLeod

Circuit City has the R50's for $220 a pair! http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Polk-Floorstanding-Speaker-R50-/sem/rpsm/oid/51513/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

Isnt this ridiulously cheap? Too good to be true actually.

Its not in stock in any store so Id have to order them online but damn!

How good are these speakers? I know theyre $640 MSRP so a $420 discount seems pretty damn good. I may have to put my transmission servicing on hold to grab these up.

What am I missing?

VR3

RTi4 is better for music.

ND13

Mac, I don't want to burst your bubble, but Fry's just had them on sale for $139 a pair within the last couple of weeks, so you might want to check Outpost, cause they seem to alternate their sale prices. But with that said, $220 is still a great deal.

MacLeod

I dont listen to music that much at home. Im probably 15% music and 85% movies, tv and games. Plus with no sub, the dual 6.5's may be usefull. Plus, floorstanding speaker just look cool!

Outpost has them for $200 each right now.

Hmmmmm. I wish I could go listen to them but nobody within a light year of me has them.

Schris22

hmmm....shipping is a killer on outpost...so it's up to you.
I bought my R50's and want to sell them soon pending a upgrade but theres no point in me putting money into shipping these "big and heavy " speakers when they aren't worth "that" much. But the problem I had was listening to too many speakers better than the r50...then I knew what I was missing and really really want it....so anyway back on subject...

tax might hit you? not sure if there is a fry's in TN...but if you pick it up at CC definatly...so just factor in the cost of outpost (waiting, tax?, shipping) vs CC (local, tax, no shipping, no wait)

Good luck and I would upgrade to a pair of better bookshelves if you can...this is coming from someone (happily owning) r50's.

Hmm this post seems to downgrade r50's...just know I think they are great for movies for the price....so just ignore everything else and hopefully you'll like them

Chris

Ron Temple

I like mine quite a bit. I like them for music too. It depends on what you are looking for. Anyway, Outpost puts them up about twice a month for either $79 or $69 ea. I'm told by someone from Michigan he paid about $200 a pair shipped. TN will probably be cheaper.

Not too much difference between CC and Outpost.

Good luck

Mike682

I have the R30's which are excellent for HT, and good for music. Depending on what type of music you are listening to, the R30's can get overwhelmed..Not sure if the R50's would be similiar.

Regardless, those prices are excellent

MacLeod

Bah. Ill just wait for a set of RTi4's. Its better to wait than to skimp and regret it later I guess.

AsSiMiLaTeD

MacLeod wrote:

I dont listen to music that much at home. Im probably 15% music and 85% movies, tv and games. Plus with no sub, the dual 6.5's may be usefull. Plus, floorstanding speaker just look cool!

Outpost has them for $200 each right now.

Hmmmmm. I wish I could go listen to them but nobody within a light year of me has them.

There isn't a Circuit City near you? What are you, about two hours from Atlanta? I know there's one there, probably several. How far are you from Knoxville, I went in one there about a month ago when I was out there and they had a good selection on Polk stuff...

MacLeod

There is a Circuit City not 5 minutes from my house but they dont have the R50's. All they carry are the R15's and they arent hooked up.

Hell, all the Monitor speakers are in the middle of the floor running as a HT display right next to a bunch of Infinity speakers. They dont have much in the way of listening opportunity.

aaharvel

Vr3MxStyler2k3 wrote:

RTi4 is better for music.

+1.

The reason it seems too good to be true is because it is.
IMO (IMO) the r polks are terrible for everything.

MacLeod

The R15's would make good surounds!

Mike682

aaharvel wrote:

+1.

The reason it seems too good to be true is because it is.
IMO (IMO) the r polks are terrible for everything.

I have to disagree...The R series are very good HT speakers, but ok for music. Are they as good as the RTi series? No, but for the money, they are excellent. Build quality is also excellent..

aaharvel

Mike682 wrote:

I have to disagree...The R series are very good HT speakers, but ok for music. Are they as good as the RTi series? No, but for the money, they are excellent. Build quality is also excellent..

i stand corrected Mike. For the pricepoint alone.

MacLeod

For what its worth, they get smokin' reviews from consumers on various websites.

ND13

I don't think that there is a "new" pair of towers out there, in the $200/pr range, that can touch the R50s for HT or music. If there.is someone please hook a brother up

aaharvel

ND13 wrote:

I don't think that there is a "new" pair of towers out there, in the $200/pr range, that can touch the R50s for HT or music. If there.is someone please hook a brother up

here ya' go Noel!
http://www.abesofmaine.com/viewproduct.asp?id=klh9912&l=Froogle

of course i'm j/k

ND13

:rolleyes: Nice, I'll go right out and pick up a few sets of those :rolleyes:

Mike682

How about these:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Dual-DJL52P-New-Pair-DJ-Home-Speakers-Loudspeakers-NR_W0QQitemZ5797141073QQcategoryZ14993QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Nice description.....heheheh

j/kidding

ND13

Ya'll just keep making my point for me

Ron Temple

I like the Rtis better too, but for $190 for R50s & 15s, I have a superior HT setup in my family room to most entry level speakers. It's a question of taste, IMO, vs the monitors, though I give the 70s the edge.

neomagus00

well, i succumbed and bought a pair at CC last night... for my first-ever set of home speakers, i think they're pretty freakin good... i didn't need to change my pants or anything, but they'll be better than a lot of the other stuff in my dorm

Mike682

Nice!!....you found a pair of R50's at the store??

neomagus00

last ones, yep, bought em on the spot... you see, i have this horrible affliction, where somehow i'm allergic to money, so i have to give it to someone else as soon as possible...

they're sitting in my living room at the moment, playing some satellite radio into an empty house, breaking them in...

Mike682

neomagus00 wrote:

last ones, yep, bought em on the spot... you see, i have this horrible affliction, where somehow i'm allergic to money, so i have to give it to someone else as soon as possible...

they're sitting in my living room at the moment, playing some satellite radio into an empty house, breaking them in...

Good find....and yep, money burns a hole in my pocket too..

neomagus00

so, i have to ask, is there anything i should be aware of with these? do the tweeters die unusually quickly or anything like that? any xover mods i should consider?

i'm really liking them, yay polk... and if this is their budget line, it makes me shiver to think of the day that i finally acquire some of the really good stuff...

Mike682

neomagus00 wrote:

so, i have to ask, is there anything i should be aware of with these? do the tweeters die unusually quickly or anything like that? any xover mods i should consider?

i'm really liking them, yay polk... and if this is their budget line, it makes me shiver to think of the day that i finally acquire some of the really good stuff...

I've had my R30's for about two years with no problems at all. I believe the R30's use the same drivers/tweets as the R50's (of course the 50's have the extra driver).

ledhed

Macleod, I would reccomend trying them out through Crutchfield-If you don't like them, 30 days to send them back NO CHARGE not even Shipping. And if you do like them, send them back and find a better price
just my .02

MacLeod

I think Im gonna wait and get the RTi4's. I really dig this line of speakers, their SQ resembles Polk's Momo car speaker line.

Neo, you defintely want to go listen to the RTi12's. Bring a wetnap with you though!

neomagus00

where could i find them? that's the problem with where i live, there's only one good home audio place, and it's TOTL - their demo system is McIntosh's XRT line arrays and about 30 grand worth of McIntosh processing and amplification... just vaguely out of my league, atm...

Ron Temple

For those who are looking for R15s, Frys has them on sale in CA for $49/pr this weekend. Hopefully, in the rest of the country too.