YAmaha's and Polks

Kchill
Kchill Posts: 262
edited April 2008 in Speakers
Thinking of an upgrade of reciever, I found a 2 year old yamaha reciever RXV659 for 238.00 or a RXV2700 for 550.00 ....How would they sound with my 10's....The RXV659 have pre-outs that I would need for a future amp and the price ain't half bad.
Retired Onkyo 520 (returned broken HK 247)
Now a Pioneer 1018
CSi3
2- RTI10's
2- R50's
2- Fxi3's
Onkyo 250W Sub
Polk psw-10

"Inch by inch lifes a cinch, yard by yard life is hard"
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  • Ron Temple
    Ron Temple Posts: 3,212
    edited April 2008
    My son has the 659 driving some Rs. It's a solid upper entry level AVR. My only concern would be the Yammie/RTi matchup. Bright + bright = too bright...maybe. It has YPAO so maybe you can tame it. I'm just repeating what I've read here, so take it with a grain. You might want to check out the refurb HKs. They make for a very solid pre/pro and I like the way they treat the RTis.

    Combo rig:

    Onkyo NR1007 pre-pro, Carver TFM 45(fronts), Carver TFM 35 (surrounds)
    SDA 1C, CS400i, SDA 2B
    PB13Ultra RO
    BW Silvers
    Oppo BDP-83SE
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  • polkseller
    polkseller Posts: 184
    edited April 2008
    the yam 659 is not bright at all.
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  • Kchill
    Kchill Posts: 262
    edited April 2008
    Guess I could have them hook it up to some rit's at the store and take a listen
    Retired Onkyo 520 (returned broken HK 247)
    Now a Pioneer 1018
    CSi3
    2- RTI10's
    2- R50's
    2- Fxi3's
    Onkyo 250W Sub
    Polk psw-10

    "Inch by inch lifes a cinch, yard by yard life is hard"
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited April 2008
    I used a RX-V1500 with the RTi series and was not that bad for what I had at the time.
    Michael ;)
    In the beginning, all knowledge was new!
    NORTH of 60°
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  • Teejai
    Teejai Posts: 43
    edited April 2008
    I'm using a RX-V661 with my Polk RTi6s and that combo doesn't sound bright. I also used an HK AVR325 with the same speakers and could recommend either HK or Yamaha with the RTi line.
    Yamaha RX-V661
    RTi6
    CSi5
    FXi3
    PSW303
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  • rskarvan
    rskarvan Posts: 2,374
    edited April 2008
    I've found a Yamaha receiver to lack the umph needed to really drive a set of Monitor 10's. Also, they tend to be kind-of shrill sounding.

    Now, when I hooked up the Monitor 10's to my Krell 250wpc amp, THEY ROCKED!!!
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  • lockmart
    lockmart Posts: 107
    edited April 2008
    I have a Yamaha RX-V663 that just came out running my Rti-8's, Rti-4's, Csi3, and Bic H100 and it sounds great. The YPAO does help, it can be a little bright on pure audio but you get used to it anyway, I like hearing the detail. With my PS3 for movies it is great too.
    TV Samsung 61" 1080P DLP LED

    TV Samsung 50" 1080P DLP
    HD-DVR
    Receiver Yamaha RX-V663
    Fronts 2 Rti 8's
    Surrounds 2 Rti 4's
    Center Csi 3
    Sub Bic H100
    PS3 40GB
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  • dfranks
    dfranks Posts: 207
    edited April 2008
    Got a Yammy RX-v861, Lot's of juice and not too bright at all, with my RTI A5, CSI A6 and RC85I's.
    As my budget allows I upgrade to a decent 2 Channel for the fronts and bi wire my centre.
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