My RT's sound more expensive with time...

Ethancf
Ethancf Posts: 458
edited June 2008 in Speakers
It's an interesting thing, but my speakers (see signature) just keep sounding better and better with time and technology. These speakers played VHS movies in Dolby Pro-Logic through a $300 receiver, and sounded pretty good at the time. As I've evolved my system through numerous receivers, dvd players, etc, about the only component that's remained constant through all this is my speakers. Now with my Parasound gear and high definition lossless media, my speakers sound 10 times better than they did years ago. Garbage in, garbage out I guess. I remember demo'ing a B&W CDM in my home and comparing them to my Polks and thinking...the B&W's look really cool, but they don't sound any better than my Polks....where's the 1000's of dollars more money?

Anyway, interesting how technology in pre/pros and HD media can rock your speakers in a whole new way! :)
THE SYSTEM
Polk Audio LSi25 Mains
Polk LSiF/X Surrounds
Polk Audio LSiC Center
Definitive Technology PowerField 1800 Subwoofer
Parasound Classic 7100 Pre/Pro
Parasound 2205A Amplifier
Pioneer Elite BDP-05FD Blu-ray Player
Monster HTS 2600
Microsoft XBox 360
Samsung PN64D550 64" Plasma
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  • RutgersFTW
    RutgersFTW Posts: 458
    edited June 2008
    I'm glad you're stoked with your gear after all these years and hope to feel the same in a decade. The more I listen to my RTi6s, the more I love them and realize there's nothing I've heard (LSi series included) within ~$500 that can touch them.
    Currently listening to:

    Marantz SR5004
    Sony BDP-S370
    Apple TV V2
    Audio Technica AT-LP120
    Mirage CMD-5 x 5
    Bic H-100
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited June 2008
    Yup, buying better equipment & proper amplification will give just about any speaker new life! Enjoy.
    Marantz AV-7705 PrePro, Classé 5 channel 200wpc Amp, Oppo 103 BluRay, Rotel RCD-1072 CDP, Sony XBR-49X800E TV, Polk S60 Main Speakers, Polk ES30 Center Channel, Polk S15 Surround Speakers SVS SB12-NSD x2
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  • Meechsterlee
    Meechsterlee Posts: 73
    edited June 2008
    Kinda miss my old RT16's...wish Polk would have done something other than cover the cabs in that vinyl crap. Other than that, they were a great speaker.
    SAMSUNG HL-S42 DLP
    harman/kardon AVR225
    SONY PS3
    polkaudio RTi8's
    " CSi3
    " RTi6's
    Velodyne VRP1000
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  • BrettT1
    BrettT1 Posts: 560
    edited June 2008
    I had a pair of RT16s. They had the clear sound Polk is famous for.

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