New Speakers

KJB
KJB Posts: 10
edited January 2003 in Speakers
I have had 10b monitors for 15 years and have been very pleased.

I was thinking of buying a pair of RTi70's to begin building a home theatre system.

Is this a good place to start?

What sub-woofer would you buy with these?

Thanks for your help.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited January 2003
    KJB,

    A lot of variables there. Any reason why you wouldn't want to build an HT around the Monitor 10B's?

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  • KJB
    KJB Posts: 10
    edited January 2003
    The tweeter in one of the 10B's is not working (see post under technical issues). I hope to repair it and I have other uses for them.
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  • nikhil
    nikhil Posts: 7
    edited January 2003
    Originally posted by KJB
    ....

    I was thinking of buying a pair of RTi70's to begin building a home theatre system.

    Is this a good place to start?

    What sub-woofer would you buy with these?


    KJB, you're definitely in the right direction. towers are a good idea any day. if you're really set on the RTi170 system then take a look at the product page for matching sub-woofers here http://www.polkaudio.com/home/products.php?category=3&speaker=176

    have you thought of the R30s (save a little dough). take a look here http://www.polkaudio.com/home/products.php?category=3&speaker=180

    nik

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  • KJB
    KJB Posts: 10
    edited January 2003
    Thanks for your help. I went out and listened to the RTi170's and was very impressed. I'm picking them up on Monday.
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  • abmarsh
    abmarsh Posts: 109
    edited January 2003
    I owned a set of Monitor 10Bs for several years. I sold them after buying my SDAs. I later bought them back to have speakers while my SDAs were in storage (I'm in the Navy and was in the middle of a transfer). I was amazed at how good they sounded compared to the SDAs. Even their imaging was excellent. I haven't been able to give any of the RTi series much of a listen yet, so I can't provide any help there.
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  • KJB
    KJB Posts: 10
    edited January 2003
    I'm keepng the 10B's. One need to be repaired and I will use them in another room. They do sound great!
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  • Gary Robertson
    Gary Robertson Posts: 201
    edited January 2003
    Yes the R30's are the way to go,
    good and clean--looks nice too-packe a punch..
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  • Zen Dragon
    Zen Dragon Posts: 501
    edited January 2003
    KJB:
    You and I are in a similiar boat. I just got a new home with a living room, and a downstairs rec room. Put my 10B's downstairs and am looking to replace them on the upstairs HT system. I have been considering the RTi70 amoung others.
    I actually went out and bought the R-50's on a whim, and am likely going to return them. They sound very very good, but I was looking for great. The bass is a tad to muddy for me, and seems to be almost on a seperate sound stage from the highs, instead of the 10B's where it is all one seamless full sound stage. Polk does seem to market the R- series as their entry level speaker. They do have a good bottom end, just not defined enough for me.
    Be interested in your opinion of the RTi70's once you get them compared to the 10B's.
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  • KJB
    KJB Posts: 10
    edited January 2003
    Zen,

    I bought the Rti70's and also a PSW350 (Polk was running a Holiday special, I think because they are phasing in a new line of sub woofers).

    I installed them last night and they sound GREAT!

    I am very, very pleased. I thought my system sounded good before (at least before I blew the tweeter on my 10b that started this exploration into new speakers) but I'm hearing music like I've never heard it before.

    I moved my Monitor 10b's to another room and they work very well there.

    Polk customer service sent me a new tweeter for one of the 10b's ($48 for Club members). I installed it in minutes and they are sounding as good as ever.

    I hope this is helpful.
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