CSi5 Committed Suicide

XJRGUY
XJRGUY Posts: 258
edited December 2006 in Troubleshooting
While demoing our system to my mom today, our CSi5 launched itself off the top of our Sony SXRD and fell to the floor, breaking the front of the cabinet off and the top section of the speaker housing too.

The drivers, crossover, etc are all fine, its just the cabinet that is busted up.

I bought a new one, but then decided to go with another RTi12 as a center and took the new CSi5 back to the store.

Does Polk sell replacement cabinets without any drivers or electronics for situations like this?

It was a great speaker and I'd like to reuse it or sell it after restoring it to its former glory.

Thanks in advance!!

XJRGUY
http://www.laspeedgarage.com
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,559
    edited December 2006
    Give them a call at 1-800-377-7655.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

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  • XJRGUY
    XJRGUY Posts: 258
    edited December 2006
    Will do. Thanks for the reply.

    I'll keep the forum posted.


    XJRGUY
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,559
    edited December 2006
    You are welcome, sir and good luck.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • Midnite Mick
    Midnite Mick Posts: 1,591
    edited December 2006
    I would love to see photos of an all RTi12 front end :eek:

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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited December 2006
    Wow, who'd have thought. It seemed happy enough...
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  • XJRGUY
    XJRGUY Posts: 258
    edited December 2006
    Midnite Mick wrote:
    I would love to see photos of an all RTi12 front end :eek:

    Mike


    See this thread for pics. It's insane considering my amplification.

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?p=553660#post553660

    600 watts x 3 for the front.
    240 watts x 3 for the rears.
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  • MillerLiteScott
    MillerLiteScott Posts: 2,561
    edited December 2006
    What do you want for the suicidal CSi5?
    I like speakers that are bigger than a small refrigerator but smaller than a big refrigerator:D
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  • XJRGUY
    XJRGUY Posts: 258
    edited December 2006
    MillerLiteScott wrote:
    What do you want for the suicidal CSi5?

    I want to fix it, but tell me your thought process.

    XJRGUY
    http://www.laspeedgarage.com
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  • MillerLiteScott
    MillerLiteScott Posts: 2,561
    edited December 2006
    I want a CSi5 but the space I have is only 24" wide which is the exact width of a CSi5. I could probably make one fit but I thought since your CSi5 was already showing us its gut's it would not be as hard to perform the necessary liposuction in order to remove @ an 1/8-1/4 inch from its width to get it to fit in my desired location. The CSi5 cabinet would be completly concealed in my entertainment center so if it had brad nail holes from re-assembly they would not be seen. Besides I am sure one could find a black cabinet wax crayon to fill in the brad nail hole. That is my thought procees from my perspective.

    From your perspective I would say that you could put humpty back together but you may see some battle scars. But since you have upgraded to a RTi12, I would say you are ahead of the game.

    My local Tweeter has a CSi5 that has a damage grill that they can not seem to get rid of so I might offer them a number for theirs if it is still around after the holidays.
    I like speakers that are bigger than a small refrigerator but smaller than a big refrigerator:D
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  • XJRGUY
    XJRGUY Posts: 258
    edited December 2006
    If you want it PM me a number. The drivers are perfect along with the rest of it sans the cabinet as the picture showed.

    I can take more pics if necessary.

    The unit was purchased via authorized dealer back in March of 2006.

    Thanks for your reply.
    http://www.laspeedgarage.com
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited December 2006
    Never thought of a rti12 as a center, thats wild. How does that sound setup like that?
    Shoot the jumper.....................BALLIN.............!!!!!

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  • XJRGUY
    XJRGUY Posts: 258
    edited December 2006
    Ummmmm,

    It's insane.

    I set the DA777ES to all large for the fronts since they are all RTi12's.

    The Soundcraftsmens I have are set to 600x2 for the fronts, and 600 Center, 200 and change each channel for rear. Bringing up the lows is a PSW1000.

    I've noticed some mid/low end punch (ehhh, I guess i would) with the Rti12 as the center.

    The speaker resting horizontally underneath the TV looks pretty unobtrusive and natural.

    It's really overkill for the room/house (the entire system is since I added the two amps) but sounds very nice, at least to us. I am pretty confident I could take this rig to a football stadium and play some pretty loud and good sounding music/whatever.

    I really can't "turn it up" because even at 9 o'clock its pretty damn loud, and that is nothing considering the power I have waiting there if I turn the dial to reference (haven't ever done that yet)

    Watching Ice Age 2 right now. Dialogue is unaffected by the offaxis tweeter location since the top end of the Rti12 center is towards the right side of the television.

    The one good thing about this is that I cleaned the Soundcraftsmen's out. After using them for the past 6 +/- months there was some dust built up around the fans and inside.

    T
    http://www.laspeedgarage.com
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited December 2006
    Wow that's insane in a good way!:D Congrats XJR enjoy your system.
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