2 Channel on the Cheap

weavercr

I got my pre amp in last night. Yamaha C-40. I purchased the preamp thru Polk for sale forum from Peterng. The equipment Worked Flawlessly. Peterng is A fine example of a Mousekateer. If he is selling equipment don't hesitate to buy from Him. Equipment is as described. I will do busines with Peterng again.




Polk RT55i (for now) 400.00
Yamaha C-40 Pre amp 50.00
Dennon POA2400a 200wpc amp 25.00
Denon DCD 596 cd player 15.00
Monster Cable interconnects 5.00
Generic 10awg, (2) 6 ft runs. 3.00


Under 500.00 for a 2channel rig.

TroyD

Peter is a good dude who has put up with quite a bit of good natured ribbing, not to mention he has a lot of cool stuff....

You still need to bring that Denon by to test with the DQ-10's

Troy (of the Big Dumb Dions)

joe logston

hi weavercr, or is it peter, dont feel ashame of of all your goodies, thats one of the best setups i seen for the money,

i have the poa-2400 amp i modified it and got rid of the cheessey binding post and put good ones and wired it so that i elimited the two volume controls and ran it straight two channel its a good amp

RuSsMaN

Nice rig, no news on the Dahl/Krell gear?

Cheers,
Russ

weavercr

joe logston I'm NOT ashame of of all my goodies. The only part I may change out it the RT55i s.

I have my eye on some DQ10 that Troy called to my attention or maybe some SDAs CRS or an RTA11T ot some monitor 10's

Troy I may take you up on the offer after I get done with my house. It takes ALL of my time. Hopeing to have it done by mid July.


No word on them BUT I have a very good Ideal where they went.

Aaron

Don't waste your time with the RTA-11T's.

Aaron

RuSsMaN

Why is that Aaron? Just your personal preference? Because they aren't brand new?

I don't think you can take anyone's audio opinions TOOOO seriously, when their main system in the past couple of years consisted of Bose cubes.....

Cheers,
Russ

TroyD

OUCH! That's going to leave a mark!

If you know who ganked your stuff and they need a good **** kicking...I'm in.

Troy

weavercr

Aaron what dont you like about the RTA-11T's? What do you like about the SDA CRS. The 10a are sold already.

I am looking for your opinion? Both pros and cons. Thats why I posted my options on the forum. Give more info....

Aaron

I'm probably going to offend the RTA-11T owners here, but you asked for it. I don't feel that these speakers do anything particularly well. My RT55's are superior in every respect except for deep bass extension. The 11T's are not detailed in the mids or the highs. The speakers sound hallow, like something is missing from the midrange (kind of Klipsch-like). The mid bass is fairly weak, but the low bass can be strong at certain frequencies. The bass seems to have nodes that are caused by the different tuning of the passive radiators. This creates for very uneven bass response. The RT55's have smoother and tighter bass. This speaker makes it clear how far Polk has come in the past 10 years. By the way, the 11T's were being driven by a 425W Carver amp.

Aaron

TroyD

Well, I mean really, how could ANYTHING compare to a pair of RT55's biamped by a Sony and a Yammie......not too mention a pair of full range cubes.

Jeez, I crack myself up.

BDT

RuSsMaN

I hear ya, and the RT55 is a crowning acheivement for Polk too.....

Those ears will dry off over time....

Cheers,
Laughing Russ

nascarmann

Does anyone else think Aaron is starting to sound a lot like mantis?

Aaron

Tough crowd, tough crowd.

Aaron

joe logston

hey weaverer, if you come across a set of rt-7 they are a real good speaker, there a bookshelf but if you got a good musical sub, it will make a dynamite system.

joe logston

aarron you are right, because thats a good amp you got there if that amp cant make them sound good nothing will

mantis

I read that........Aaron is starting to sound like me???
whats that suppost to mean?
fromwhat I read Aaron doesn't like the rta11t's.It also sounds like he tested them.It didn't sound like he was talking out of his **** like some people do.
Talk is cheap but experience goes along way.

TroyD

UHHHHH.......how 'bout, lighten up?

I think we were just having a little fun with Aaron, who seemed to take it in stride.....

RuSsMaN

That's twice now, who is talking out of their ****?

Cheers,
Russ

TroyD

EXCUSE ME! does anyone have a mint or perhaps some binaca??

Chief Whisper From **** (of the Asstalker tribe)

mantis

Having fun with Aaron at my expense...thats cool.Glad I could be of service.:rolleyes:

TroyD

no problem.....

lemme check....nope, didn't say anything at your expense. However I have a strong suspicion that I may be one of the folks that you refer to as talking out of thier backsides

Chief WFR

MxStYlEpOlKmAn

"The speakers sound hallow, like something is missing from the midrange (kind of Klipsch-like). "

Dude I have some news for ya, but klipsch do not sound hollow...maybe the new ones, but the ones 15-17 years ago are AWESOME!!!!!!!!

mantis

the reference was at nascarman not you troy.
its all good.....
the talking out your **** comment is meaning this.....if you havent tested it/demoed it yourself......its just talk.....still fun but weightless words....you guys sound like you could post some real good posts about your experiences,you have.

TroyD

...absolutely....

If someone can get a good yuk at my expense, I say have at it!

The Chieftan

weavercr

MxStYlEpOlKmAn Are you talk about the Klipschhorns, Lascala and Herseys from 20 - 30 years ago (70's) or the KG3 and Tangent series from 15- 20. (80's). Sorta like the Tangent 30 that setting in a local pawn shop for 200.00. Dated 1988. What are these like. Good ones or bad ones. I Have listened to the Klipschhorns from the 70's. They are the Good ones but have a unique sound to them.

TroyD

I like the Hersey's, a coworker has a pair.....the KG series - I don't know about the KG3 but I spent a lot of time with the KG4 and don't have much good to say about it....

BDT

nascarmann

the reference was at nascarman not you troy.

Thank you for the reference! Need all I can get!

MxStYlEpOlKmAn

Their the ones with the horn tweeters, and the dual woofers, woofer on the front and back...they sound awesome

raycomics

I have Klipsch Heresys (1984 vintage) and Klipsch Tangents (80s?
Bookshelf) incorporated in my all Klipsch HT Setup.

Like the sound very much, especially for Action and Sci-Fi Movies.

$200 sounds bout right for the Tangents. Orion (2001) has them MSRP $380.

The Guy probably would take $175 if you give it a try.

Akhenaten818

Hello Polk people. I have read about the Polk RTA 11t's for a while now, and heard ao many distictive applause and sneers that I feel I need to speak my piece about this speaker. I have had the Magnepan MMG, the Paradigm 9semk3 and the highly reviewed 5semk3 and the 7se mk3, the Infinity Kappa 8.1 and various Pinnacle speakers. As you can see, I love to listen and try them out.

I must say, that while all the sepakers mentioned above are really good speakers, there can be something wrong found with all of them. The Infinity Kappa 8.1 were the most expensive speakers but the worst built in my opinion. I had to track down rattles, buzzes, a fawlty circuitbreakers for the tweeters that made the tweeter pop at low volumes. Once that was all fixed, they were great, but the tight bass was so tight it was less than life.

The Pinnacles were great for the price paid. I always wanted to change the look of them though. PN8+ was a bit lean on the bass. Very clean though.

That Paradigms were impressive. Solid. The 7se were bigger sounding than the 9semk3 but both had subdued midrange and the praised 5semk3 had a desert dry sound in the tweeter--all three speakers had the same tweeter but this sounded worst on the 5's.

The Magnepan MMG, wow. But needs oodles of power to wake them up. Distant though, to me, and that is what people love about them I guess. Lots of depth, not enough forward to me. Too sentive in room placement for my real world.

The lone survivor is the RTA 11t. I have the Stereophile review on these by JA, who was peeved that he had to buy the speakers and Polk didn't volunteer a pair for review, as I understand it. Who cares. Pshycho-acoustics... What I love about the RTA 11t's is that they aren't "dry" in the highs, not overly lean in the bass and look awesome. The best imaging I had of all these speakers. I think they do everything well. I removed the bass, and put Dayton chrome spikes where the screwholes were. SL2000 is a kind of analytical tweeter not all that different from the Infinity's. For the fun of it I am going to try the new upgrade tweeter and see how I like them, which will take about 3-6 months before I really know. If they degrade the imaging, I will go back to the SL2000.

I have sold all my speakers but still have the RTA 11t, and the RTA 8t, one of which is being used as a center channel speaker, its mate is storage. I am using the sweet Yamaha RXV-657 home theater receiver which I switch to driect pure audio when listening to music only on the 11t's.

I have never had an ideal listening room. My place is a small house with a 16 x 20ft loft, with a stairwell in the middle and lots of wierd angles in the ceiling. I sit and listen to music of all kinds from Mozart to new age to rock and never at levels that can be heard away from the house on my 75 x 85 lot on the coast of Oregon. When listening to the music and forgetting about the speakers, the Polk 11t's are a satisfying speaker.

Thanks, and hope you enjoyed this post.

Akhenaten818