Using old monitors as surrounds?

polksda
polksda Posts: 716
edited June 2007 in Vintage Speakers
One of my RTA11Ts that I've been using for my surrounds in my 5.1 setup just gave up the ghost... and I haven't been real thrilled with the performance anyway as of late.

So I'm unsure what I should replace them with.

I have an extra pair of Monitor 5b, as well as Monitor 7s, and Monitor 10s.

The 5bs would be the easiest to deal with from a size perspective. Anyone using them for rear surrounds? I assume I would want to change my receiver setting from "Large" to "Small" using the 5bs?

My front mains are SDA SRS 1.2s.

Thanks.
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  • NeilGabriel
    NeilGabriel Posts: 1,487
    edited May 2007
    I have 10Bs as fronts, 7's as my surrounds in 5.1 with a 5 as the center. I have them all as large since they all produce decent bass and that is all my small/large system set up is based upon. I am very happy with my sound, but I am far from the pickiest guy on the board. I did have 5s before I moved the 7s in, but I also had totally different equipment with them so I can't compare.
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  • jakelm
    jakelm Posts: 4,081
    edited May 2007
    I have 4's as surrounds, they work great.
    Monitor 7b's front
    Monitor 4's surround
    Frankinpolk Center (2 mw6503's with peerless tweeter)
    M10's back surround
    Hafler-200 driving patio Daytons
    Tempest-X 15" DIY sub w/ Rythmik 350A plate amp
    Dayton 12" DVC w/ Rythmik 350a plate amp
    Harman/Kardon AVR-635
    Oppo 981hd
    Denon upconvert DVD player
    Jennings Research (vintage and rare)
    Mit RPTV WS-55513
    Tosh HD-XA1
    B&K AV5000


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  • polksda
    polksda Posts: 716
    edited May 2007
    Bump. Any other folks using Monitors for surrounds?
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  • Polk65
    Polk65 Posts: 1,405
    edited May 2007
    5jr+ set to large and 4" from the rear wall. Sal, try adjusting the output level through your receiver or use pre-out and a seperate amp. 5's can play up to around a 100 watts clearly with a high current amp.

    Steve
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  • NeilGabriel
    NeilGabriel Posts: 1,487
    edited May 2007
    I have had no problem using 7s for rears. My 5 as center gets pushed a little when I am really cranking something and so I throttle back. When I tried to use a 5jr+ as center, it was just a little different in tone/timbre and noticeable. Even when I did test tone, it sounded different from 10s and 7s. That could be unique to my system.
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  • bamamusicfan
    bamamusicfan Posts: 25
    edited June 2007
    5jr's for years and then switched over to Atlantic Technology.
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited June 2007
    I've used Monitor 11's as rear/surrounds in my smaller 5.1 system with SDA 2B's and RTA-12C's as front/mains. Sounded great. Only reason I changed was the acquisition of two pair of RTA-8T's which gave me a smaller gear footprint in the room.
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  • rskarvan
    rskarvan Posts: 2,374
    edited June 2007
    I use a set of RT800i's as surrounds with exceptional results!
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