Polk Audio RTi A7

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  • Meechsterlee
    Meechsterlee Posts: 73
    edited April 2008
    my fault...I should have never responded to Lasereath's produce joke. Sometimes, it is pretty funny to read "Caddyshack" humor in a forum. Let's put the critical issues to rest and all go out for a Slurpee and a Spicy Big Bite...eh?
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  • AudioFilet
    AudioFilet Posts: 235
    edited April 2008
    ^^ How about a nice big fat pork burrito & a beer instead??
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  • AudioFilet
    AudioFilet Posts: 235
    edited April 2008
    ^^ But where's the PORK??? ^^
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited April 2008
    What is that? I wouldn't eat that with someone elses fork and mouth.....
  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited April 2008
    So you can get 2 Matzah balls and 1 baby carrot? :eek:


    That'd be an interesting dish to photo for their website.
  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,965
    edited April 2008
    Fongolio wrote: »
    This is why there is still war in our modern world. Everybody needs to step back take a deep breath and relax. The post that started it although insensitive and inappropriate was not meant to be hurtful. The reaction and the things said after that do appear to be hurtful on both sides. It only excalates from here to total hatred and for what? Everyone ask themselves if this is worth it.

    Hmm.....nice thought,but in reality,can you tell me a time in history when their was no war being waged somewhere on this globe?

    Truth be told,this thread got ugly really quick,and both party's should back up and move on.Just my .02,......where's Chuck Norris when you really need him??:p:)
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited April 2008
    I just noticed my spelling mistake in my above post (excalates should read escalates). Kinda funny all things considered and nobody pointed it out. Is a Matzah ball made of mozza (relli) cheeze? Looks pretty good.
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  • meirco11
    meirco11 Posts: 47
    edited April 2008
    i thank you and forgive you! iam sorry too.
    we are here to speak about what we realy like-speakers and good sound'we are not enemys. my english is not so good,its ok. i dont mad about your joke anymore and i do sorry if i heart you, i was wrong.:o

    meir cohen.
  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited April 2008
    Yay!!! Peace is reached. Congratulations.
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  • meirco11
    meirco11 Posts: 47
    edited April 2008
    fongolio,you are smart person.
    not only the fact that you keep rti a7.:)
  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited April 2008
    Thankyou meirco11.
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  • meirco11
    meirco11 Posts: 47
    edited April 2008
    keiko,happy ending is the best.
    my polk rti a7s are more then the best:)
    i want to ask if bi wiring to my rti a7 will be better then the stndart conecting?????
  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited April 2008
    meirco11 wrote: »
    keiko,happy ending is the best.
    my polk rti a7s are more then the best:)
    i want to ask if bi wiring to my rti a7 will be better then the stndart conecting?????

    You can try bi-wiring, but if anything the change will be very subtle.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,965
    edited April 2008
    I hear John Lennon in the back ground..........

    .....all we are saying,is give peace a chance......

    Meirco,please give us some more info and we can best help you get the most out of your new speakers.Happy listening!!
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  • meirco11
    meirco11 Posts: 47
    edited April 2008
    steveinaz keiko and tonyb,i think you all right,i will keep the stndart conection of the basic wiring. i real alot about bi wiring and even tryed it once on the lsi9 and on the rti6 but i didnt impresed at all.
    lasareath-this is very impresive cable. i hope to get it in tel-aviv soon, i will try it gladly, i think that my monster z1 us not bad but theres always better scables.until then,my jazz music sound pretty good on my rti A7:D
    I THANK YOU ALL!!!::)
  • meirco11
    meirco11 Posts: 47
    edited April 2008
    hi....after 10 days of listening to the rti A7 i realy can say that there is some improvment. i do know that the rtia7 needs more time and i feel that they can sound much better,from day to day i can hear the improvment of the sound:the mid much more tight and the bass much more full and warm.yet,stil punchy and deep. i know that the rti a7 can do more then that,therefor i will waitting another week or two,or even more time:D
    Lasareath-i hope to find the nice cable that you show me(us)maybe its better from the z1,its always nice to tray somthing else.
    if i may say,i realy think that the monster cable z1 referene is a great cable.
    right now i listening to SPYRO GARA(LIMELIGHT) and its sound just sweet,from the rti a7.
    thanks for reading my speach:)
    meir cohen.
  • meirco11
    meirco11 Posts: 47
    edited April 2008
    i remove the 'gold' jumpers from the back of the rti a7 and insted them i put monster cable(xp). now its sound better, i read a bout this a few muonth a go on some intersting artical on speakers.
    the bass now more punchy and deep.i can realy hear and feel that.:)
    does someone heard a bout this??
  • meirco11
    meirco11 Posts: 47
    edited May 2008
    the RTI A7 is not a five star speaker.after two weeks i give up. my JBL 14 years old speakers (LX60,the floorstanding virsion of the LX44)are much better then the polkaudio rti a7. the single 8" woofer of the JBL is much more deep'full and warm then the two 7" woofers of the rti a7.
    the titanum tweeter of the JBL is also better then the silk tweeter of the polk rti a7.
    this is a big disapointment to me:(. i think that i waited a resneble time for the rti to break in but this is not happen.
    my amp.(nad c372)and my cables are good. soooo??? what left?
    3 stars from 5 to the rti a7.:mad:
    what a petty.
  • lukdev
    lukdev Posts: 5
    edited May 2008
    I have had my A7's for about 4 months now and am just finally starting to hear fuller bass from them, they definately are taking awhile to break in!!!

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  • meirco11
    meirco11 Posts: 47
    edited May 2008
    its not a long time? to much time???
    it is not a shame to say the true, the rti a7 is a avrage speaker, it is not a great speaker at all. somtimes we have to admit, even if we pay good money and get disapointed. 4 months to break-in?? the only choice that i have now is to belive you, thats the only choice that left to me: to wait more time.
    thanks on your responce bro.
  • maximillian
    maximillian Posts: 2,144
    edited May 2008
    It depends what you are trying to do with the A7. It is a great home theater speaker and a good music speaker. However, you can't compare it to the LSi series, or more expensive speakers from other brands. Most speakers need some burn in time (typically up to 100 hours), but if you are really disappointed now then I doubt the burn in will make the world of difference that you are looking for.
  • meirco11
    meirco11 Posts: 47
    edited May 2008
    i dont use h.t at all. iam a pure 2 chanel music person. so its seems like my money go with the wind and i payd 10.000 nis(2500$) for vain.in israel,polkaudio speakers are very very expensive.
    i do like very much the rti6, i sold my lsi9,idid not like the ring rediator tweeter sound. i guss the rti are mainly for h.t and not for 2 ch. music. i asked polkaudio resident before i boght them and he said that the rti are excellent for music.:rolleyes:
    naybe i have to stop to belive to people:o
    maximillian,i liked what you wrote, its a logical and smart things.
    i realy dont now what to do now:mad:
    i feel sadness and i wonder what els can i do.:confused:
  • fossy
    fossy Posts: 1,378
    edited May 2008
    meirco11 wrote: »
    so its seems like my money go with the wind
    :eek::eek: You are not gonna be the first or last to feel this way but the way you typed that gave me a big laugh.I have a truck that came to mind immediately --- my money go with the wind for sure on my truck.:D

    I have a pair of lsi9's that i bought in December and i swear they took 3 months to break in so don't give up !!!!

    Maybe a bigger amp with 250 or 300 wpc ????
  • maximillian
    maximillian Posts: 2,144
    edited May 2008
    I have not heard the LSi9's but am looking to buy them. They are considered the best in the current Polk series for music. Their imaging and detail is the best of the current line. I don't know much about vintage Polk's but there are many people that prefer them. You shouldn't consider all lost. If you are really dissatisfied with you A7's, then I am sure you could sell them and not take too much of a loss. Does the store you bought them at have a trade in (or trade-up) policy?

    I admit I didn't read this entire thread, but I assume you are driving them and the LSi9's with a good amp. If you aren't, then there is your problem. Since you didn't like the A7's or the LSi9's then it might be that Polk Speakers are not for you. This hobby is about what YOU like so go treat yourself to another brand of speakers. Many people are unpolked (there is a thread by that name). Most important, listen to your next speakers before you buy them. Bring music you are familiar with and spend some time in the shop's demo room. Second, even if you decide to unpolk, feel free to hand out around Club Polk. There are many great people with some wonderful advice about audio in general.
  • meirco11
    meirco11 Posts: 47
    edited May 2008
    the lsi9 is a great speaker, they has amazing bass for abookshelvs speakers. they looks great and they very havy(15 kg each!!)i gave them to the dealer he is kinda my frind,and i promised him that thus is the last trade in about the polk speakers. its take a lot of time to new speaker to break-in.
    fossy,keep on smiling'its is a good thing:D
    to maximillian-i use NAD c372 amp. with the rti 7. it is a power slave amp:p and i like the 150wx2. it is realy powerfull 2 ch amp:D
    the rti a7 are good speakers.i even can say very good speakers indeed but were is the hell the two 7" woofers??????:mad: i hardly can feel or hear them:rolleyes:
    i have those rti a7 cherry finish about 2 weeks and its a short time to now them and to reviews them truely.
    iam so glad that i didint gave my JBL and i still keep them for myself. iam also have the rti6 and they great!

    thank you people:)
  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,561
    edited May 2008
    Two weeks is not enough break in time. Give them more time. Do you play them all day or just a few hours a day?

    JBL speakers tend to pump up the mid bass, creating the illusion of bass, but it's just boom-boom noise.
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited May 2008
    Using my Hafler amp and Carver pre-amp my RTiA7's have much better bass playing vinyl than playing cd's. That said, the bass is still very large but well controlled with cd's. Maybe you are just used to the big sloppy bass of the JBL's and the RTi'A7's much more controlled bass sounds weak to you.
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  • meirco11
    meirco11 Posts: 47
    edited May 2008
    hi F1 nut.i will give them more time, two weeks are not enough time to the rti7 to breaking in.i hope to feel the two 7" woofers soon, i know that can be much more punchy and deep. i dont like to use a subwoofer(i sold my JAMO e6 sub)the real thing is to enjoy from the speakers only,without a sub.
    fongolio,i do respect what you said. idont like boomy bass like i had on my lsi9. i like strong punchy bass but not so much deep or boomy.i dont like flat dry bass. but i do will give more time to my rti a7.
    i belive they great speakers after all.:D
  • meirco11
    meirco11 Posts: 47
    edited May 2008
  • meirco11
    meirco11 Posts: 47
    edited May 2008
    two 7" woofers??? were are them??? were is the bass from them?? the rti a7 is such a lazy-bass speaker!! i wonder' were is wonder women to help me??:D
    superman cant help anymore:( (r.i.p)

    were are you brothers? israel is 60 years old today, lets wish health and happyness to you all.