RTI 10 is going for $400 at local Fry's

tcwong
tcwong Posts: 33
edited January 2008 in Speakers
Just saw the ad today, and Fry's dropping the price on RTI 10 further to $199.99 per speaker. Very good deal.
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  • djc9
    djc9 Posts: 37
    edited January 2008
    I saw this as well in the Dallas ad. It's hit or miss whether the Austin store has the same deals, but if so, I'll have a new pair of 10's this morning. I had been leaning towards the 8's from the online store but I can't pass this up.

    If only they had a CSi5 in-store as well...
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  • tcwong
    tcwong Posts: 33
    edited January 2008
    Last week, there were plenty of RTI10 in store at Austin, but the price were at 250 a piece, and Austin's store has a very bad inventory system. They said they have 5 RTI8 in the system, and there were none in store.

    So, Austin store doesn't have CSI5? Thanks, then i won't bother to go there this afternoon. Austin should have the same price on the RTI10 as dallas.
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  • djc9
    djc9 Posts: 37
    edited January 2008
    Last I saw on Wednesday, there was a black and cherry CSi3 for $199 but no CSi5's in sight. They did have the newer model centers though, no markdowns obviously. If I see any this morning I'll let you know.

    I almost bought the 10's for $249 earlier this week but waffled because I couldn't decide how much I wanted cherry. Looks like black it is. I'm sure I can find a way to get my total over $499 for that free sub as well.
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  • djc9
    djc9 Posts: 37
    edited January 2008
    Lots of black RTi10's (really heavy) left for $199. I grabbed two and since I couldn't find a CSi5, bought a pair of cherry RTi4's for $149. They then threw in the Polk 10" sub for free since I spent over $499. I already have a BIC H-100 so this will either be sold or put in another room.

    Not sure whether I'll keep the RTi4's or use them for rear surrounds. I still have a CSi25 as my center that I want to replace. I'm also tempted to exchange them for a CSi3, but I have my heart set on the big one.

    All in all, extremely happy with upgrading the R50 fronts.
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited January 2008
    If anyone picks up a black pair of RTi10's and doesn't want them, I'm looking at upgrading from my 8's to 10's down the road this year after I get a 5 channel amp... keep me in mind!!!
    Honoured to be, an original SOPA founding member
    Stuff...

    RTi12's - front
    CSi5 - center
    FXi3's - surrounds
    RTi4's - surrounds
    SVS PB12-NSD/2 - sub :D:D:D
    Denon 3805
    Rotel RB-985 5-Channel Amplifier

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  • tcwong
    tcwong Posts: 33
    edited January 2008
    Thanks for the update. Since I bought RTi8's outline, it's a hassle to return them. I will keep the 8s' for now although i'm very tempted to get the 10s. I am looking for a new center channel to go along with the RTi's. Is the CSi25 any good, or should I get the CSi3? I can't find any deal on the CSi5s anymore. Thanks.
    djc9 wrote: »
    Lots of black RTi10's (really heavy) left for $199. I grabbed two and since I couldn't find a CSi5, bought a pair of cherry RTi4's for $149. They then threw in the Polk 10" sub for free since I spent over $499. I already have a BIC H-100 so this will either be sold or put in another room.

    Not sure whether I'll keep the RTi4's or use them for rear surrounds. I still have a CSi25 as my center that I want to replace. I'm also tempted to exchange them for a CSi3, but I have my heart set on the big one.

    All in all, extremely happy with upgrading the R50 fronts.
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  • djc9
    djc9 Posts: 37
    edited January 2008
    No problem.

    I've been happy with the CSi25 but it matches with the R series and I've been running it with R50's and R300's. The best thing about it was when I bought it, it was $60.

    I've seen the CSi3 for $150-160 shipped online a few places and I would think the difference is worth it over the CSi25. I still can't find the CSi5 for cheaper than $300. There's a bunch of threads on CSi5 vs. CSi3 and while I've read them all, I still can't decide whether the CSi5 is worth twice the price.

    I figure I'll probably wait and upgrade to the CSi5 when I can so there's no upgrade path and hence I cannot spend any more money. At least on speakers.
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  • mrloren
    mrloren Posts: 2,465
    edited January 2008
    Now I am made at Fry's.

    I picked up a pair of RTi8's in november when they had them for $199ea. 32 day's later Fry's has them for $149ea I went back and asked for price match and was told by the clerk, a$$ manager and manager 30 day's is 30 day's so I did not get the price match. Now the RTi10's for $199ea. don't get me wrong I am very happy with my set of 8's but 10's for the same price, I need some cheese to go with my wine..... The one thing I am going to do is I took their extended warranty plan so in a couple of years I am going to blow them and get a new set of A5's

    ebay still has some CSI5's for about $200
    When I was a kid my parents told me to turn it down. Now I'm an adult and my kids tell me to turn it down.
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  • jwhitakr
    jwhitakr Posts: 568
    edited January 2008
    MrNightly wrote: »
    If anyone picks up a black pair of RTi10's and doesn't want them, I'm looking at upgrading from my 8's to 10's down the road this year after I get a 5 channel amp... keep me in mind!!!

    If anyone is upgrading from RTi8's to RTi10's, or from RTi8's to anything else ... keep me in mind as I'd love to snag some used RTi8's to upgrade from my R300's!
    My HT
    HDTV: Panasonic PT-61LCX65 61" Rear Proj. LCD
    AVR: Harman Kardon AVR 235
    Video: 80GB PS3, Toshiba HD-XA1 HD DVD
    Fronts: Polk Audio RTi8
    Center: Polk Audio CSi3
    Amp: Emotiva LPA-1
    Surrounds: Polk Audio R150
    Sub: HSU STF-3

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  • Acadian
    Acadian Posts: 60
    edited January 2008
    mrloren wrote: »
    Now I am made at Fry's.

    I picked up a pair of RTi8's in november when they had them for $199ea. 32 day's later Fry's has them for $149ea I went back and asked for price match and was told by the clerk, a$$ manager and manager 30 day's is 30 day's so I did not get the price match. Now the RTi10's for $199ea. don't get me wrong I am very happy with my set of 8's but 10's for the same price, I need some cheese to go with my wine..... The one thing I am going to do is I took their extended warranty plan so in a couple of years I am going to blow them and get a new set of A5's

    ebay still has some CSI5's for about $200

    I haven't found any Csi5 on EBay, except for 1 used one.
    Rti8
    CsiA6
    Rti4
    PSW505
    Yamaha 6050
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited January 2008
    jwhitakr wrote: »
    If anyone is upgrading from RTi8's to RTi10's, or from RTi8's to anything else ... keep me in mind as I'd love to snag some used RTi8's to upgrade from my R300's!

    As stated in the PM, you have first dib's on my 8's when i upgrade!

    Now, somebody get me that deal on some 10's! :D
    Honoured to be, an original SOPA founding member
    Stuff...

    RTi12's - front
    CSi5 - center
    FXi3's - surrounds
    RTi4's - surrounds
    SVS PB12-NSD/2 - sub :D:D:D
    Denon 3805
    Rotel RB-985 5-Channel Amplifier

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  • hydrostream
    hydrostream Posts: 549
    edited January 2008
    I just took a look at frys.com
    and they are 249.00 each.
    jerry
    Main- GTP-500II,GDC-600,GFA-555II and energy C-500s
    Basement-Audiosource pre/tuner,GFA-545,Onkyo
    DX-1400 and RTI10s
    Garage-GTP-450,onkyo M-282 and R50s with RTi55
    drivers and X-overs.
    My baby 18' V-king Mod VP with a merc 2.4 BP.
    KTM 620 Supermoto
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  • CATKILLER
    CATKILLER Posts: 7
    edited January 2008
    Picked these up today. They really sound sweet! I have about 200.00 left on my budget. Should I replace my center with a CSi 3 for about 150.00, or should I buy the RTi 4 for my surrounds for 200.00?
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  • CAvolleyballguy
    CAvolleyballguy Posts: 156
    edited January 2008
    picked up the RTi 10s today at frys for 199each..had to get them in black, cherry is original price. So I ordered a black csi5 online and I am sending back the cherry csi5 that came broken from crutchfield. So now I have cherry surround rti6s not the worse color mismatch right? Hey I tried to get all cherry but the center came broken and the sale was only on black 10s.... so I got the black oak up front and cherry's in the back...
    Rti10 front, csi5, Rti6 surrounds, PSW505, B&K200.7s2, Onkyo705.
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  • hydrostream
    hydrostream Posts: 549
    edited January 2008
    Is that price 199 for the RTi10 only at your local store?
    THey don't show that price on the web page.
    jerry
    Main- GTP-500II,GDC-600,GFA-555II and energy C-500s
    Basement-Audiosource pre/tuner,GFA-545,Onkyo
    DX-1400 and RTI10s
    Garage-GTP-450,onkyo M-282 and R50s with RTi55
    drivers and X-overs.
    My baby 18' V-king Mod VP with a merc 2.4 BP.
    KTM 620 Supermoto
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  • djc9
    djc9 Posts: 37
    edited January 2008
    Yes, local store only for the black RTi10's. They are $249 plus taxes and shipping online.

    Still a great deal online.
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  • CAvolleyballguy
    CAvolleyballguy Posts: 156
    edited January 2008
    the shipping is a killer though , another hundred plus... if you can get local go that way. Woodland hills had 10 speakers in stock. oxnard had a dozen. both locations in california. 430 bucks total, with tax out the door...not a bad deal for the 10s
    Rti10 front, csi5, Rti6 surrounds, PSW505, B&K200.7s2, Onkyo705.
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  • djc9
    djc9 Posts: 37
    edited January 2008
    Just FYI if you put in two separate orders for the speakers on frys.com, shipping is drastically reduced. I think it's about $20 per speaker instead of $100+ for a single order.

    I picked up a CSi3 off craigslist for $80, couldn't pass up that price.
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited January 2008
    Found this CSi5 here.. if anyone is still looking!

    http://buy.audiogon.com/cgia/cls.pl?spkrfull&1204839084

    Just a friendly FYI. NO affl.
    Honoured to be, an original SOPA founding member
    Stuff...

    RTi12's - front
    CSi5 - center
    FXi3's - surrounds
    RTi4's - surrounds
    SVS PB12-NSD/2 - sub :D:D:D
    Denon 3805
    Rotel RB-985 5-Channel Amplifier

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