Monitor 70 vs RTi10's

UWisconsin97
UWisconsin97 Posts: 6
edited June 2007 in Speakers
What sort of difference am I to expect from Polk's Monitor 70's and Polk's RTi10's?

Both are in my price range, and both have exceptional reviews..

I'm 80/20 (HT/music), and I will be adding a SVS cylinder sub in the future.




-Nick
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  • duksbak
    duksbak Posts: 134
    edited June 2007
    I'm still pretty new to home audio but you have 2 very different speaker sets there...

    The Monitor series are polk entry lvl speakers. All the components are on par for speakers of that price range. The RTi series on the other hand are Polk mid-lvl speaker line. You are getting better cones, better (real wood) cabnents, Polks' Power Port

    I have demo'd both speaker sets in the store I work at and although the M70's are great speakers, they just cannot compare to the RTi 10's. The 10's have a richer more fuller sound.

    Also keep in mind that the 10's are going to require more power to be effective. If you are planning on running a seprate amp, I would lean toward the 10's.
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  • UWisconsin97
    UWisconsin97 Posts: 6
    edited June 2007
    duksbak wrote: »
    I'm still pretty new to home audio but you have 2 very different speaker sets there...

    The Monitor series are polk entry lvl speakers. All the components are on par for speakers of that price range. The RTi series on the other hand are Polk mid-lvl speaker line. You are getting better cones, better (real wood) cabnents, Polks' Power Port

    I have demo'd both speaker sets in the store I work at and although the M70's are great speakers, they just cannot compare to the RTi 10's. The 10's have a richer more fuller sound.

    Also keep in mind that the 10's are going to require more power to be effective. If you are planning on running a seprate amp, I would lean toward the 10's.


    Thanks for your post.
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited June 2007
    10's.
    H/K Signature 2.1+235
    Jungson MagicBoat II
    Revel Performa M-20
    Velodyne cht-10 sub
    Rega P1 Turntable

    "People working at Polk Audio must sit around the office and just laugh their balls off reading many of these comments." -Lush
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  • UWisconsin97
    UWisconsin97 Posts: 6
    edited June 2007
    aaharvel wrote: »
    10's.

    Thanks.
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  • VXR8
    VXR8 Posts: 291
    edited June 2007
    I'm 80/20 (HT/music), and I will be adding a SVS cylinder sub in the future.




    -Nick[/QUOTE]

    10s definitely with the above ratio :D
    Regards - Gaz from the land of Oz

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  • ViperZ
    ViperZ Posts: 2,046
    edited June 2007
    RTi series were made for HT, IMHO. I was listening to 10's for about an hour in the store. They are so much brighter than LSis..
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  • Ern Dog
    Ern Dog Posts: 2,237
    edited June 2007
    Go with the Rti10's
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  • UWisconsin97
    UWisconsin97 Posts: 6
    edited June 2007
    Thanks for your replies guys.. :)
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