upgrade question

mrpergo

Hi All;
I've been reading this forum for about a month now and have learned alot.I think the main thing I've learned is how to spend lots of money:p
I recently purchased rt800i front l/r,cs400i & fx300i surround.
My receiver is Sony 835 dts 100w/5.TV is Sony 53V75.
I initially just wanted to upgrade the speakers from Sony satellites.Everyone knows you can't do just one:p
I have now decided to upgrade the receiver to a Denon 3802 to utilize 7.1.I have the fx300i on the sides set to dipole.I thought if I could find a pair of fx500i's I would put those on the sides and move the 300's to the rear.The 300's are about 3' above my listening position and about 3' over on the wall.The rears would be approx. 3 1/2 ft. behind and about 3 ft.up.Would that be the right choice or should I go with 25i or 35i.The room is 12x24 and I sit at 18ft from the screen.
The next upgrade is a Toshiba 57hx81.See it's a disease

Thanks for the help this is a great forum

shack

In my opinion you should go for a rear direct radiating speaker instead of the 300s. With the 500s to the side most of the rear sound in a 6.1 or 7.1 system is designed to come back to the listening position. With the 300s in the rear you get too much difusion of sound. Go with the 35s or 25s. In many 6.1 systems a center channel is used for the rear.

lax01

I agree with Shack. Use direct radiating speakers like RT35i or RT25i.

juice21

i'll third that. direct radiating is the way you want to go for the 6th and 7th channels...

welcome to the forum...:D

mrpergo

Thanks for the quick responses.Okey,the majority rules:)
I'll keep the fx300i's where they are and add the 25's or 35's.
Are either of them better matched with the rest of the system or wouldn't it matter.
Thanks again

Dr. Spec

I use CS245i's as my rear surrounds. It's a lot of speaker for the money, plays loud, and is flat to 55Hz so mid-bass surround effects like pounding hooves and helicoptors sound great.

Plus it's not too deep, and can fit on a shelf either flat or standing on end as a mirrored pair.

Mine are standing on end on a wrap around shelf in the back of the HT room. I have them angled towards the listening area for best imaging. They look kinda like mini towers, and match the black finish on my other Polks. The drivers are very similar to the RT800i and CS400i, so panning is seamless and everything is timbre matched.

I'm not saying it's necessarily better than a Polk bookshelf speaker, just a bit easier to manage and more flexible due to its smaller size and more reasonable depth.

Just my $0.02..........

shack

The 25s match better with the 300s and the 35s match better with the fronts and center. Either way is probably ok since they are both good speakers.

mrpergo

Would the 35's overpower the 300's seeing they would both be in the backfield?
I think I'll take a ride to CC and see if they want to give me a DEAL:D

shack

no the 35s would work fine

mantis

The rt35i's as surround back is perfect, they will not overpower the side's fx/300's, they aren't the speaker's I would use in that system but thats what you have.Surround back doesn't do much right now anyway, there's less than a handfull og movies out and you will be happier with the 35i's.Great little speaker's.I hop you can get a good deal on a pair.
Dan

mrpergo

Mantis what speakers would you use?
I'm always in to buy,sell ,trade:D

goingganzo

i have all 4 surounds 500i they sound great but i guess i am not in the majority but if you want souround to be not able to be pinpointed that is y you use di polar speakers and it might be hard to find the fx 500i

begbie

I own the Toshiba 50hx81. Awesome tv as well the 57" should be.

mantis

mrpergo,
This is how I would spec out your system.Use the rt800i's as fron't's, the cs400i as center, get rid of the fx300's and get a pair of fx/500's for side's and use the rt35i's as surround back, if you want to get really tricky, buy 2 pair's of rt35i's, use one pair as surround back,and the other as surround B for music.Just use the fx/500's as movie rears.
you didn't mention a sub, go with the pws450, perfect for this system.
So how do you like that Denon???good choice man good choice!!

mrpergo

Thanks for everyones help.
I'm off to go shopping:D

mantis

Good uck, and keep smiling!!!