Should I Be Nervous?

jerrymb
jerrymb Posts: 278
edited February 2008 in Speakers
I just ordered a pair of rti6's.They'll be here tomorrow.I keep reading how bright the rti's are and I'm getting nervous.I have a Yamaha rx 797 stereo only receiver that cost me almost 500 bucks.I read different customer reviews.Some say warm sounding and some say bright.I'm wondering if I should just refuse the shipment and rethink this.
Jerry
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  • SolidSqual
    SolidSqual Posts: 5,218
    edited February 2008
    It's all relative. When I first started out in this crazy hobby the Rti6s floored me.
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited February 2008
    I owned the 6's as well at one time. I think you will be impressed for a small speaker. Sit back, relax and enjoy.
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  • Yashu
    Yashu Posts: 772
    edited February 2008
    They are good speakers for HT. Some like them a lot with music as well. The advantage with the 2 channel receiver, it only has to drive the one pair. I think the 6s are about the best Polk speaker that you could run well with that receiver. How much are LSi7s these days? You might be able to run those as well.

    RTi speakers are bright, but they are also very clear, spacious, and image well. As long as you have a good source, you should be ok. They are going to easily reveal the flaws in any lossy format, mp3, itunes, XM or sirius radio, ect...
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  • jerrymb
    jerrymb Posts: 278
    edited February 2008
    Will bi-wiring them make a difference? Also how come no one mentions the brightness of the rti6 on the 41 seperate reviews here on the Polk website? I hear just the opposite on the reviews.The word warm pops up often.They are either bright or warm but they can't be both.
    Jerry
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited February 2008
    It's a little early to start making judgement calls on a pair of speakers you don't even have yet. Get your ears on them and then let us know what you think. The Rti6's are a nice set of speakers, both for HT and music. After you listen to them for about 40 hrs or so, then ask for advice on what you may not like. Until them, get your listen on!
    DKG999
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    Music System: Magnepan 1.6QR, SVS SB12+, ARC pre, Parasound HCA1500 vertically bi-amped, Jolida CDP, Pro-Ject RM5.1SE TT, Pro-Ject TubeBox SE phono pre, SBT, PS Audio DLIII DAC
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  • Mike Reeter
    Mike Reeter Posts: 4,315
    edited February 2008
    dkg999 wrote: »
    It's a little early to start making judgement calls on a pair of speakers you don't even have yet. Get your ears on them and then let us know what you think. The Rti6's are a nice set of speakers, both for HT and music. After you listen to them for about 40 hrs or so, then ask for advice on what you may not like. Until them, get your listen on!

    "Sound" advice
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  • Yashu
    Yashu Posts: 772
    edited February 2008
    They do not need biwiring. They should be fine without it, and probably better to run that way anyway. Biwiring only starts showing it's use when you are spending thousands on speakers and more thousands on monoblock amps.
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  • jerrymb
    jerrymb Posts: 278
    edited February 2008
    Yashu wrote: »
    They do not need biwiring. They should be fine without it, and probably better to run that way anyway. Biwiring only starts showing it's use when you are spending thousands on speakers and more thousands on monoblock amps.

    Then why do the rti6 have that capability?
    Jerry
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited February 2008
    jerrymb wrote: »
    Then why do the rti6 have that capability?

    In case you have spent thousands on high quality amps. Now do you feel better about your speaker choice?
    DKG999
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    Music System: Magnepan 1.6QR, SVS SB12+, ARC pre, Parasound HCA1500 vertically bi-amped, Jolida CDP, Pro-Ject RM5.1SE TT, Pro-Ject TubeBox SE phono pre, SBT, PS Audio DLIII DAC
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,236
    edited February 2008
    Let your own ears decide and don't let the reviews change what you think about them.....or any other piece of gear for that matter. When you get them, you may be happy enough to believe us.

    Bi-wiring leads to a whole-'nother discussion. Start at whether or not you like them or not. You may be surprised as many folk love them. Anything after that, get back to us and we will do our best to help you, if needed of course. ;)
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 1,394
    edited February 2008
    You should let your ears be the judge of all things! It will be in your place with your setup!

    Unless you bought from a white delivery van, try it out.. They should have a return policy!
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  • vonnie123
    vonnie123 Posts: 326
    edited February 2008
    I own a set of RTi6s and use them in conjunction with 2 sets of RM8000Ts for my mains. My main use is for music listening both 2-channel and SACD. The RTi6s have a good crisp sound and do not need to be bi-wired or bi-amped. You'll be surprised on how good they sound for a bookshelf speaker. I pre-amp my system with a Yamaha HTR (although amp-ed through separate power amps). I think you'll be satisfied unless you are downgrading from something far more sophisticated.
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  • vonnie123
    vonnie123 Posts: 326
    edited February 2008
    Keiko wrote: »
    Wrong! The RX-797 does not incorporate YPAO. It's a 2 channel 200W stereo receiver.

    http://www.yamaha.com/yec/products/productdetail.html?CNTID=200028


    I stand corrected. Post edited. Thanks for the clarification.
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  • jerrymb
    jerrymb Posts: 278
    edited February 2008
    Just got them by UPS an hour ago.Hooked them up and there's nothing bright about them! They sound fine.
    Jerry
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited February 2008
    jerrymb wrote: »
    Then why do the rti6 have that capability?

    This is...a very good question.
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  • Yashu
    Yashu Posts: 772
    edited February 2008
    If there is one thing I do not disagree with my comrades about, it is that the RTi speakers truly open up as they break in. If you like them now, wait a bit, and you are going to really like them.
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited February 2008
    Congrats! Well you just proved to yourself that you should ALWAYS let your own ears be the ones to decide. Not what anyone else says.

    Enjoy.:)
    jerrymb wrote: »
    Just got them by UPS an hour ago.Hooked them up and there's nothing bright about them! They sound fine.
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  • jerrymb
    jerrymb Posts: 278
    edited February 2008
    Which set of binding posts do I use for a regular hook up? The instructions are pretty poor.
    Jerry
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  • AndyGwis
    AndyGwis Posts: 3,655
    edited February 2008
    That looks like a beefy stereo receiver you have there. Looks like the Yamaha equivalent to the HK 3480 / 3485 with even more functionality. It should do very well for your Rti6s.

    Enjoy the sound! If you have some spare speaker wire around and banana some banana plugs, you can take off the brass jumpers and run a nice 12 gauge speaker wire screwed in between the highs and lows, then connect your speaker cables from the yamaha to the lows using banana plugs. That's what I've done with all my bi-wireable speakers and seems to work great. The brass jumpers work fine, too, but, if you're into tweaking, I think speaker wire jumpers look cooler.
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  • jerrymb
    jerrymb Posts: 278
    edited February 2008
    I just bi wired them.I hooked one set of wires to the A terminals on my reveiver and another to the B terminals and set my reciever to A+B.Will that be ok?
    Jerry
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  • lakesailor
    lakesailor Posts: 319
    edited February 2008
    jerrymb wrote: »
    Just got them by UPS an hour ago.Hooked them up and there's nothing bright about them! They sound fine.

    Glad to hear that they are working well for you and not surprised. Generally I find that many products these days end up with what I call IRS. IRS stands for Internet Rating Syndrome. Because you read it on the Internet it must be true and before you know it everyone is saying the same thing about something based upon what others have said when really they have no clue.
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  • jerrymb
    jerrymb Posts: 278
    edited February 2008
    Keiko wrote: »
    Think that's more under the catagory of bi-amping Jerry, buy yeah, that's fine. I have 2 pairs of speakers hooked up to my 797 already but I'm interested if you notice a big improvement doing this.

    I don't know about a big improvement.There's no way to switch back and forth between regular hook up and bi wire-bi amp hookup.
    Jerry
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,236
    edited February 2008
    jerrymb wrote: »
    I just bi wired them.I hooked one set of wires to the A terminals on my reveiver and another to the B terminals and set my reciever to A+B.Will that be ok?

    Glad to hear it Jerry! It's refreshing to see that someone is actually using their ears to decide what sounds good to them and not other people's comments. Enjoy.

    Oh, and yes. That's ok.
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  • jerrymb
    jerrymb Posts: 278
    edited February 2008
    Where's the best place to get speaker wire with the banana plugs already attatched? I'll need 2 - 10 foot pairs.Maybe an extra set if I decide that bi amping is worth it.
    Jerry
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited February 2008
    www.bluejeanscable.com

    The will terminate them any way you want them, and won't cost too much.
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  • ShinAce
    ShinAce Posts: 1,194
    edited February 2008
    To bi-amp, you need 2 amps(or 4 channels total) and a crossover to treat the signal before it gets to the amp.

    You are not bi-amping and should return to the old wiring scheme(only 'A' speaker set) as it is simpler for the same result.
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  • jerrymb
    jerrymb Posts: 278
    edited February 2008
    Are all banana plugs the same? Will they all fit into the speaker terminal?
    Jerry
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  • ShinAce
    ShinAce Posts: 1,194
    edited February 2008
    Same quality? No.

    Same size? Pretty much yes. If there are 2 bananas 'ganged' together, the spacing is not guaranteed to fit the speaker, so double check.
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