FXi3 pictures please

Giuseppe
Giuseppe Posts: 42
edited May 2007 in Speakers
Can someone please post pictures of how they setup their FXi3's I am having trouble picturing how these speakers should be mounted on the wall.
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  • millerman 3732
    millerman 3732 Posts: 1,488
    edited February 2006
    there are some in the system showcase I can't tell you which ones but I know there are some
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  • Giuseppe
    Giuseppe Posts: 42
    edited February 2006
    Well, I looked at about 50 different pictures and kinda got an idea on how the FXi3's work. The only thing that I don't understand is that in most of the pictures that I saw the speakers are pointed away from the people. Don't you want the speaker to be pointed toward the people and not diagnal to the people? The RTi4's that I am gonna have in the back are gonna be directed at the people directly and not diagnal so it makes no sense to me why you would have a speaker like the FXi3 pointed away??? :confused:
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    Monster MK II Power Center
    Logitech Harmony 890
    HSU VTF-3 MK2 Sub
    Polk Audio RTi10
    Polk Audio RTi6
    Polk Audio FXi3
    Polk Audio CSi5
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited February 2006
    the FX series and the RTi series are different types of speakers.. with the FX ones.. they can be run in bi pole or di pole.. meaning they don't are not direct firing.. the sound is diffused.. so placement isn't as critical as it would be with the RTi which are front firing.

    you have to experience a pair of FX type speakers to hear the difference between the two. my FX speakers are run in bi pole mode... with gives the sound a diffused sound to it. they are placed to the side of my seating position.. about 2 and half feet above my head.

    FX speakers have sound going to the front and the back.. where by RTi speakers only send the sound forward.
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  • StopherJJ1980
    StopherJJ1980 Posts: 267
    edited February 2006
    The FXi series is SUPPOSED to be firing away. The best layman terms I have heard it descibed is that it 'squirts' sounds around the back and sides of the room. When you are hearing mostly sound reflected from walls and other surfaces around the room it makes for a more diffuse surround, as sound in the surround channels should be less localizable and evelope you.

    However there are people of the opinion that bipole-dipoles are abad idea and prefer direct firing speakers. Even then, you dont want them to be pointed right at you. As with EVERYTHING in audio *sigh* do what sounds best to you. Why cant these things just be easy? :)
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  • EckoForce_1
    EckoForce_1 Posts: 8
    edited May 2007
    Any one willing to sell FXi3 wall mounts??? Roommate trashed them.
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited May 2007
    Hey how many times are you going to ask for mounts and in how many different threads, we heard ya the first time. Call Polk Audio customer support, explain your situation. They should be able to help you out. Thats an easy fix. Now STOP SPAMMING THE JOINT.

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