differences between M and R series??

maltesefalcon

Hi fellow polkies.....

Im trying to understand the basic differences between the M and R series speaker lines....can anyone shed some light on this?

There seem to be speakers with almost the same specs but different cabinet designs...im wondering is this just cosmetics or is there a real difference in the sound?

Schwingding

There is no doubt that there is a sound difference between the M and the R series. The Rs, properly amp'd, sound "tighter and brighter". They more accurately recreate instruments and vocals. The difference between the M and the R center channel speakers is extremely noticeable.

I had both M70's and RTi8 and RTi10 models at one point for side by side comparisons. I kept the RTis.

WilliamM2

I think he is asking about the R and M series (R15 and M10 for example), not the RTi and monitor series.

As far as I can tell there is no difference bewteen the two model lines, other than cosmetics.

RuSsMaN

They are sold at different retailers who don't wish to price-match / compete with identically named models.

Schwingding

WilliamM2 wrote:

I think he is asking about the R and M series (R15 and M10 for example), not the RTi and monitor series.

As far as I can tell there is no difference bewteen the two model lines, other than cosmetics.

Ah, I think you are correct! Nevermind...

jwhitakr

maltesefalcon wrote:

Hi fellow polkies.....

Im trying to understand the basic differences between the M and R series speaker lines....can anyone shed some light on this?

There seem to be speakers with almost the same specs but different cabinet designs...im wondering is this just cosmetics or is there a real difference in the sound?

I've been wondering the same thing myself...unfortunately, the closest electronics store in town doesn't have the two models available to demo so that I could hear them both and compare.

Anyone heard the two side-by-side and can share their experience?

johnADA

The M's use a different set of drivers than the R's,.
I know this from starting our with a pair of R-15's and M10's with a CS-1 center.
IMO the R's were noticeably alot more neutral in sound versus the much brighter M series which includes the CS-1 because it uses the same type of drivers.
I liked the R's better and ended up getting rid of the CS-1 due to it didnt come close to timbre matching.
You'll see a few series of posts about the CS-1 not matching the R series lineup. Why because its using M series type drivers.

WilliamM2

The CS-1 is part of the Monitor series, not the M series, it uses different drivers than the R15 and the M10.

RuSsMaN

jwhitakr wrote:

I've been wondering the same thing myself...unfortunately, the closest electronics store in town doesn't have the two models available to demo so that I could hear them both and compare.

RuSsMaN wrote:

They are sold at different retailers who don't wish to price-match / compete with identically named models.

Cheers,
Russ

George Grand

Cerwin-Vega did it with a line of speakers "exclusive" to the military base exchanges. They were "exclusively" called the MX series (military xchange, a real deep thinker there) and aside from that were the exact same as the unlistenable C-V's available outside the base gate.