Center channel help

Rmorstein

Hello i just purchased my first set of polks. They are great and i want to continue with more. I have the 5jr i want 7's as fronts and the 5jr as rears. My question becomes what center to get because i dont beleive that any centers were made to match at this time. Let me know what to look for or flat out recommend a center. Thanks.

Joe08867

According to polk it would be the CSI-5.

Here is the link to which center works best.

http://www.polkaudio.com/education/showanswer.php?question_num=63

dkg999

If you are DIY capable, I built a center for a friend who had Monitor 10's and 5's. I bought a set of Monitor 10 mid/woofs, tweeter, and cross-over off of eBay, and built a center speaker type cabinet to house them. We experimented with box size by making the box deeper than needed, and then scooting the back in and out until we found what sounded right.

Rmorstein

CSi5 Sounds good to me. cheers

Joe08867

dkg999 wrote: »

If you are DIY capable, I built a center for a friend who had Monitor 10's and 5's. I bought a set of Monitor 10 mid/woofs, tweeter, and cross-over off of eBay, and built a center speaker type cabinet to house them. We experimented with box size by making the box deeper than needed, and then scooting the back in and out until we found what sounded right.

That is a great iIdea, Do you have a thread for it dkg999??

Rmorstein

Come on there has to be less labour intesive option and also one with lower price point like $200.

jakelm

Joe08867 wrote: »

That is a great iIdea, Do you have a thread for it dkg999??

I built one.:


http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45852

dkg999

You can pick up CSi5's for around $250 on eBay if you watch. I notice a hint of the Queen's english in your spelling, are you in the UK? That will add to shipping costs! I don't see why an older center like the CSi40 wouldn't work also. FWIW - the DIY option involved about $80 for the Monitor 10 components off of eBay, and probably another $50 in materials.

Rmorstein

I want rule out building it from scratch. I can put speakers in a box and connect cross overs but I do not want to fabricate a box. Might lose a finger.
thanks

jakelm

2 MW6503's $48 each
1 Peerless tweeter $15
1 Enclosure from PartsExpress $99
1 M10 crossover $12
16 screws <$1

Sound Quality Priceless!!

Rmorstein

SO the eclosure is already made. But i need to hunt down the rest of the parts except the screws. I will thave to think about this.

jakelm

Rmorstein wrote: »

SO the eclosure is already made. But i need to hunt down the rest of the parts except the screws. I will thave to think about this.

If you dont want to build, then your best bet is here in the FS, or Ebay. I would save alittle cash and buy "pre owned"