upgrade?

ronner
ronner Posts: 3
edited December 2005 in Speakers
I am debating whether to upgrade my surrounds (7.1 system) or replace my entire system. I have vintage polk all around except for sub. L/R are LS50's, Center is a CS350 and I have MIII for sides and rears. Sub is a Klipsch SW10II.
I am wondering if I were to upgrade just the surrounds, what would be a timber match to the Mains?
I have a new Denon 4806 and the room is about 20x20 with vaulted cielings (albeit low vaulted 8-13 feet). Will this system be enough to fill this room? I suspect the sub may need to be either replaced or supplemented with a second one.
This is used primarily for home theater with maybe 15% music.
Thanks,
Ron
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited December 2005
    If you like the sound of your speakers, just buy a separate 7 channel amp & plug all the speakers in to it!

    You will then have plenty of power to fill your room.

    http://www.outlawaudio.com/products/770.html
    Marantz AV-7705 PrePro, Classé 5 channel 200wpc Amp, Oppo 103 BluRay, Rotel RCD-1072 CDP, Sony XBR-49X800E TV, Polk S60 Main Speakers, Polk ES30 Center Channel, Polk S15 Surround Speakers SVS SB12-NSD x2
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  • ronner
    ronner Posts: 3
    edited December 2005
    Thanks for the reply. It wasn't very clear in my orig post, but my M3II surrounds(not MIII - sorry) seem to be the weak point. I am wondering if there is a timber matched surround in the current Polk line that I could use with my R/C/L?
    Would the FXi5 match? would they be appropriate for the LS50's?
    Would the FXi3's be a better match?
    I could fit either.
    Thanks
    Ron
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  • adam2434
    adam2434 Posts: 995
    edited December 2005
    The best matches would be vintage surrounds with the trilaminate tweeter:
    LS f/x
    RT f/x

    FX500i's are a little newer and also have a similar trilaminate tweeter. I'm using these with my LS90s and they match well.

    All of these pop up on eBay every once in a while.

    Anything newer than the FX500i's do not have the trilaminate tweeter and are moving farther away from an ideal match.

    However, many feel (self included) that getting an exact tonal match for the surrounds is not as critical as for the front channels, so the FXi3's or 5's will work fine if you can't find the older models. Both of those will probably match better than your current surrounds.
    5.1 and 2.0 ch Basement Media Room: Outlaw 975/Emotiva DC-1/Rotel RB-1582 MKII/Rotel RB-1552/Audiosource Amp 3/Polk LS90, CS400i, FX500i/Outlaw X-12, LFM-1/JVD DLA-HD250/Da-Lite 100" HCCV/Sony ES BDP/Sonos Connect. DC-1/RB-1582 MKII/Sonos Connect also feed Polk 7C in garage or Dayton IO655 on patio.
    2.1 ch Basement Gym: Denon AVR-2807/Klipsch Forte I or NHT SB2/JBL SUB 550P x 2/Chromecast Audio.
    2.0 ch Living Room: Rotel RX-1052/Emotiva DC-1/Klipsch RF-7 III/Sony ES BDP/LG 65" LED.
    2.0 ch Semi-portable: Klipsch Powergate/NHT SB3/Chromecast Audio.
    Kitchen: Sonos Play5.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,201
    edited December 2005
    You have an excellent receiver, why not go with a full new rti series home theater package? Replacing the rears you could do and probably improve over the damn M3's.I never really liked them fro rears anyway.

    The new rti series polks are nice and would make for a ery nice replacement speaker package.

    Good luck.
    Dan
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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  • ronner
    ronner Posts: 3
    edited December 2005
    Adam and Dan,
    thanks for that info. I was afraid that the newer surrounds would not be timber matched, not that the M3's were very close anyway. I'll see what I can find on ebay and other used equip sites.
    How are the rti's compared to the LS series? I haven't heard them. I was trying to avoid getting into a new set of speakers because I don't have much spare time to audition them.
    May do that in any case.
    Many thanks for your input,
    Ron
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