what to do about fronts speakers?

htees

I am currently building a home theater system piece by piece(I know , what a mistake but budget constraints being what they are.....) and would like advice on what to do about replacing current fronts. I have an older(circa 1982) pair of baby Advents I am using as my fronts that sound great as stereo speakers(playing CDs, radio) but seem to fall short when watching DVDs/videos. I have a Polk CS175I center and two Polk MII3s as surrounds, no sub yet but am going to get a Polk 350. What Polk fronts(under 500$ a pr) would match or blend well with this setup? I have a Sony STR DE825 Receiver/Amp pushing a max of 110w a channel. I have tweaked distances and size setups on the rears(M3s) to keep them from overpowering the Advents. I humbly and eagerly await the intelligence of this forum. Sorry if this is way to verbose.

caseymou

Lots of stores are running specials on the RTXXi series now. I saw my local Ovation store buy one get one free for RT600i @380 something each.

nikhil

"If you have or are planning to get Polk front speakers, get a Polk CS center speaker. Despite the difference in size and shape, through Dynamic Balance technology, Polk CS Series speakers have the same sonic signature as our "main" speakers. In most cases Polk center speakers use identical drivers and tweeters as our front models. "

Read more about choosing your main speakers here: http://www.polkaudio.com/home/faqad/advice.php?article=selectcenter

For under $500 a pair I recommend floor standing fronts like the R40's ($ 240 each) which should match your centers and the PSW350 sub.

See the R40 product page here: http://www.polkaudio.com/home/products/floorstanding/r40/
(scroll to the bottom to see the recommended system setups)

nik