Polk series conundrum - Got myself into a little series trouble here...

Mike Sedai
Mike Sedai Posts: 49
edited March 2006 in Speakers
So, I have somehow ended up with monitor series floors as my mains, and a Csi3 for a center, and I am now ready to buy my surrounds. My seating is up againt the back wall, and the crown molding in my house makes weall mounting impossible. this means I will have to use stands for my surrounds, and many people have mentioned dipole/bipole as the solution for such limitations. The thing is, the Fxi stuff is apparently timbre matched only to the other i-series stuff. Have I blown it? My front soundstage appears to be seamless to me, which is I guess what matters.

Still, some folks insist the whole system should be the same series, others just say to stay on the same speaker brand, while others say they have all sorts of different brands in their system.

I guess my question is, are the Fxi3s the way to go? Monitor 40s? Rti4s?

I was going to grab some Fxi3, as the dipole/bipole functionality seems like it's necessary... just want to make sure I am not making (maybe another) mistake with my system...
Harman Kardan AVR 630
Sony DVPNS665 DVD
Polk TB 90 Front Mains
Polk CsI3 Center
Polk FxI3 Surrounds
Velodyne VX-10
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited March 2006
    I wouldnt look at stands absolutly requiring bipole/dipole.

    man, your front soundstage is allready not timbre matched, I dont know if I would put a 3rd type of tweeter in the mix for the all around. go nonitor series with the surround. any of the bookshelves should more than suffice, especially the mon 40.
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited March 2006
    Hey Mike. Get some Fxi 3's & enjoy.
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited March 2006
    Get the FXi3 regardless. It is matched to your Csi3 anyway. Enjoy!
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  • Mike Sedai
    Mike Sedai Posts: 49
    edited March 2006
    Third type of tweeter? Not seeing that in the mix...

    I have monitor series floors and and i series center, and I would add i series surrounds... Fxi3 is I series, is it not?

    Wouldn't front firing monitor surrounds not be that good right next to the listening position? Hence the bipole concerns...

    I wish I could actually listen to the Fxi3s, but there doesn't seem to be a place that carries them anywhere near me...

    Thanks for the help folks
    Harman Kardan AVR 630
    Sony DVPNS665 DVD
    Polk TB 90 Front Mains
    Polk CsI3 Center
    Polk FxI3 Surrounds
    Velodyne VX-10
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited March 2006
    fxi3's on stands, to the sides, set to dipole.
    if you don't want fx's, get a pair of rti4's.
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  • Mike Sedai
    Mike Sedai Posts: 49
    edited March 2006
    excellent advice, thank you...
    Harman Kardan AVR 630
    Sony DVPNS665 DVD
    Polk TB 90 Front Mains
    Polk CsI3 Center
    Polk FxI3 Surrounds
    Velodyne VX-10
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