Matched Speakers? Overpowering my setup?
Would bigger floorstands overpower my current setup?
All connected to an Onkyo 674 (95 watts per channel minimum into 8 ohms, 20 hz-20khz, 0.08%, FTC ). I am running the Polk Audio RM20 set with the RM201 fronts, RM202 center, and RM101 surrounds and a Boston Acoustics XB6 Sub. I am only using 5.1 of my reciever now, but want to move it to 7.1. Sounds great as is, but i can't help but feel things feel a bit bright.. i was hopeing adding R30s, R50s, or Monitor 50s might take some of that out? If this will overpower things, i'll just order another two RM201s.. but i'd really like some of the pros input.
My friend says it would screw up the "matched" setup i have now which is greek to me. I should also mention he is an Infinity guy and could not BELIEVE the sounds coming from the tiny speakers.. but i'm thinking its the XB6 putting the oomph in there.. heh. Any time you guys could take to explain this to me i'd appreciate it.
FYI i just read through 42 pages of threads here all the way back to Feb 07 before i posted.
All connected to an Onkyo 674 (95 watts per channel minimum into 8 ohms, 20 hz-20khz, 0.08%, FTC ). I am running the Polk Audio RM20 set with the RM201 fronts, RM202 center, and RM101 surrounds and a Boston Acoustics XB6 Sub. I am only using 5.1 of my reciever now, but want to move it to 7.1. Sounds great as is, but i can't help but feel things feel a bit bright.. i was hopeing adding R30s, R50s, or Monitor 50s might take some of that out? If this will overpower things, i'll just order another two RM201s.. but i'd really like some of the pros input.
My friend says it would screw up the "matched" setup i have now which is greek to me. I should also mention he is an Infinity guy and could not BELIEVE the sounds coming from the tiny speakers.. but i'm thinking its the XB6 putting the oomph in there.. heh. Any time you guys could take to explain this to me i'd appreciate it.
FYI i just read through 42 pages of threads here all the way back to Feb 07 before i posted.
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For HT it's always best to have your speakers timbre matched. That is, all from the same series.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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So it would be best to buy the RM20s and forget about the large floorstanding speakers?
I wish i would have gotten in on that WOOT deal (for the set of the RM40T/RM7400s) for $299 a few months back.
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For HT it's always best to have your speakers timbre matched. That is, all from the same series.
Can you explain this to me? More specifically what is timbre and how is it measured? Speaker size? Woofer size, tweeter size, or simply just any speaker within its group??? RM?
Sorry to be so clueless, but home audio is definately not my forte..
Thanks!
