A3 Mount and as fronts

guinsdan
guinsdan Posts: 37
edited March 2009 in Speakers
Anyone use RTi A3's as fronts? If so, how do they sound?

If I do this, I will need to mount them on a wall. Any recommendations for brackets or can I use the keyhole on the back? I saw someone else recommend the BT-77's too...

I am thinking about A3's for the front and rear, and CSi A6 as the center. The only other option is A1's for the rear, but I'm not sure how much of a drop off there is...
f: RTi A5
c: CSi A6
r: RTi A3
s: BIC F12
r: Integra DTR 6.9
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited February 2009
    guinsdan wrote: »
    Anyone use RTi A3's as fronts? If so, how do they sound?

    If I do this, I will need to mount them on a wall. Any recommendations for brackets or can I use the keyhole on the back? I saw someone else recommend the BT-77's too...

    I am thinking about A3's for the front and rear, and CSi A6 as the center. The only other option is A1's for the rear, but I'm not sure how much of a drop off there is...


    Rti a3 up front is a great idea. While speakers stands are prefered wall mounting them will be ok .
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  • Retro152
    Retro152 Posts: 985
    edited February 2009
    Seen pictures a forum member posted using wall- mounted A3's for his fronts. Real nice setup.
    Receiver: Pioneer Elite SC-05
    Amp: Emotiva Xpa-3
    Front L/R: POLK Rti-a9s':D
    Center:POLK Csi-a6
    Rear surround's:POLK Rti-a1s'
    Sub: Klipsch Synergy sub-12
    Sony Kdl-46w4100 46" LCD
    PS3
    Audioquest type 4 wiring.
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited February 2009
    retro152 wrote: »
    Seen pictures a forum member posted using wall- mounted A3's for his fronts. Real nice setup.


    I think his name is ErikTracy
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited February 2009
    guinsdan wrote: »
    Anyone use RTi A3's as fronts? If so, how do they sound?

    If I do this, I will need to mount them on a wall. Any recommendations for brackets or can I use the keyhole on the back? I saw someone else recommend the BT-77's too...

    I am thinking about A3's for the front and rear, and CSi A6 as the center. The only other option is A1's for the rear, but I'm not sure how much of a drop off there is...

    I run the RTiA3s as fronts with the BT-77s:
    http://erikt.cts.com/Pictures/hometheater/home-theater-valor.JPG

    CSiA6 would be a great match for a center.

    RTiA3s for rears would be perfect symmetry, but you would not give up much if you chose RTiA1s...I run RTi4s as my rears and the balance between the fronts and rears is quite good.

    Personally, I think that the RTiA3s should be mounted away from the wall - they pack more bass than expected and having them too close to the wall would, imho, muddy the bass response with too much reinforcement with the power port right up against a wall using the keyhole mount.

    I think you'd be happy with the RTiA3s in a modest HT setup - good for music and movies - can really pump out some clean sonic goodness! :D

    H9: If you don't trust what you are hearing, then maybe you need to be less invested in a hobby which all the pleasure comes from listening to music.
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  • guinsdan
    guinsdan Posts: 37
    edited February 2009
    Thanks everyone! So far it's RTi A3's and a CSi A6. Now I need rears and a sub...
    f: RTi A5
    c: CSi A6
    r: RTi A3
    s: BIC F12
    r: Integra DTR 6.9
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  • kneedragger37
    kneedragger37 Posts: 108
    edited February 2009
    guinsdan wrote: »
    Thanks everyone! So far it's RTi A3's and a CSi A6. Now I need rears and a sub...

    Good choice -- I'm also running the RTi A3 / CSi A6 combo for my fronts. For rears, I was going to use TC60i in-ceilings in a 7.1 config, but have since taken the advice of folks on this board and I'm selling the TC's to get FXi A6's and going with a 5.1 setup. I'll let you know how it sounds, but by all accounts the FXi A6's are highly regarded as a good match and great sounding speaker for rears on a setup like yours...
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  • guinsdan
    guinsdan Posts: 37
    edited February 2009
    kneedragger37 wrote: »
    Good choice -- I'm also running the RTi A3 / CSi A6 combo for my fronts. For rears, I was going to use TC60i in-ceilings in a 7.1 config, but have since taken the advice of folks on this board and I'm selling the TC's to get FXi A6's and going with a 5.1 setup. I'll let you know how it sounds, but by all accounts the FXi A6's are highly regarded as a good match and great sounding speaker for rears on a setup like yours...

    Definitely! I was wondering about the A6's. I'm thinking A6, A3 or A1 for the rears.

    I debated going 7.1 but there's still a lot of 5.1 only and I have a small room. I will wait until its at least 11.1 and sit on speakers.
    f: RTi A5
    c: CSi A6
    r: RTi A3
    s: BIC F12
    r: Integra DTR 6.9
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  • kneedragger37
    kneedragger37 Posts: 108
    edited February 2009
    guinsdan wrote: »
    Definitely! I was wondering about the A6's. I'm thinking A6, A3 or A1 for the rears.

    I debated going 7.1 but there's still a lot of 5.1 only and I have a small room. I will wait until its at least 11.1 and sit on speakers.

    When I was looking for advice on my setup, I was originally going with a 7.1 system. Both the size and layout of my room dictated that 5.1 was the ticket, but I just WANTED the 7.1 -- fortunately the cooler heads here helped me come to my senses. I'm going with the FXi A6 because I've had bipole and dipole surrounds from Mirage and MB Quart in the past, and I've enjoyed them quite a bit.

    Whether you go with the FXi or RTi is mostly a matter of your personal preference for direct-firing or bi-pole/di-pole surrounds. If you do go with the RTi's my recommendation would be to go with the A3's for a perfectly consistent soundfield -- I wouldn't skimp on this last part -- the difference in price from A1's to A3's, especially if you get refurb from Polk Direct, wouldn't be enough to make it worth it, in my opinon.
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  • cdn5003
    cdn5003 Posts: 144
    edited March 2009
    I also have the A3's and A6 up front. They work very well together for music and movies. The A6 is a beast that does an excellent job with dialogue for movies and the A3's are no slouch. The bass response from them is quite good for a seamless transition to the subwoofer for LFE response.

    As far as price/performance goes these front three with a decent subwoofer are about as good as you can do imo.

    I currently have monitor 40's as rears and am awaiting fxi3's from polk direct. I am interested in testing monitor 40's vs. fxi3's vs. rti A3's as rears.
    HT Setup: Onkyo 706; Rotel RB-1075; Rti A3; Csi A6; Fxi3's

    2 CH: Squeezebox Touch; Dared SL-2000a; GoldenEar Triton 5 or Lsi9's; Parasound 2125; SVS SB12-NSD; Music Hall DAC 25.2
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  • guinsdan
    guinsdan Posts: 37
    edited March 2009
    BIC F12 arrives tomorrow. I can't wait!
    f: RTi A5
    c: CSi A6
    r: RTi A3
    s: BIC F12
    r: Integra DTR 6.9
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