Polk Home audio suggestions..

Ejhocky313
Ejhocky313 Posts: 8
edited March 2009 in Speakers
Hello All,

I am new to Polk so please feel free to poke fun at me for not getting to these wonderful speakers sooner than just last week.

As of right now I have a Denon AVR-789 receiver with a Onkyo 6.1 surround sound set, I got the speakers in late 2004. Just last week I decided that I was going to revamp all of my speakers with Polk audio (minus the subwoofer - I will keep that for now)

I purchased a pair of floor standing Polk Monitor 50's from newegg for the front right and front left. Here is where my question comes in, I want to get some speakers to finish it up, so I need a center, and 2 pairs of bookshelfs, ( for a full 7.1). Out of the following options what should I get for the center, and the surrounds?

I would like to stay with newegg options since I have a newegg c.c. I will be using, and they have free shipping. The options for the surrounds that I am looking at are M10's, M30's, or TSi100's. is it a big differnce, and worth the extra cost to have a bigger tweeter in the M30's? and whats the differnce between the M30's and the TSi100's?

and my options for the center channel are Polk CSM's, or the Polk CS10's?

A lot of questions for a newbie, I know, but I do however appreciate everyone's help.

Thank in advance.

Eric
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  • Ejhocky313
    Ejhocky313 Posts: 8
    edited March 2009
    The reason It needs to be bookshelf speakers is because 2 will be going on the wall, and 2 will be be on large stands I have. My room is fairly small, but our sectional couch backs right up to the wall. Right now there is 1 speaker on the wall....it's actually kind of hard to explain. I do not think that the floorstanding speakers would be tall enough to reach over the couch.

    xcapri79 wrote: »
    For your center, they have a CS2 in cherry at a nice discount which will work well.

    I think that is no longer available, foe it says 'autonotify', which I think means that it's sold out.
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  • Mike21
    Mike21 Posts: 252
    edited March 2009
    Hi ej.

    Unless you have a large room, like over 300sf, I think the Monitor 50s and CS2 up front and 4 Monitor 30s will work just fine.

    However, if you can afford the 60s, you could put the 50s on top of some stacked coctail table books. Tweeters neeed to be up to ear level.

    But do get the CS2. Excellent center speaker.

    Mike
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  • Ejhocky313
    Ejhocky313 Posts: 8
    edited March 2009
    Well I went ahead and ordered the Monitor 30's but just one pair. and the CS10 because it had to be black.

    For now I will just do 5.1, and if I think I need to get another pair of Monitor 30's I will cross that bridge when I get there.

    Do you think I NEED to get a matching subwoofer, or will my 10" Onkyo 150W do just fine? i cant see spendin more if its not a huge difference...

    Thanks guys (and possibly gals?)
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  • candjhuntley
    candjhuntley Posts: 125
    edited March 2009
    Ejhocky313 wrote: »

    Do you think I NEED to get a matching subwoofer, or will my 10" Onkyo 150W do just fine? i cant see spendin more if its not a huge difference...

    Thanks guys (and possibly gals?)

    You don't need to timbre match the LFE channel. you could use whatever sub you wanted to with speakers. And if you feel your current provides what you need, save your money.

    But if you're really into HT, you might find that a much more powerful sub might really help enhance your experience - if you have the money to spend
    Not my setup - but what I have put together for a friend (i.e. what mine would be if i had the money to invest :D )
    Front: 2 x LSI-9
    Center: LSI-C
    Rear: 4 x M10
    Sub: Elemental Design A2-300
    AVR: Onkyo TX-SR806
    Amp: Acurus 200x3
    BD: HTPC
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  • mmadden28
    mmadden28 Posts: 4,283
    edited March 2009
    candjhuntley wrote: »
    ...

    But if you're really into HT, you might find that a much more powerful sub might really help enhance your experience - if you have the money to spend

    A BIG +1 to that
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  • Ejhocky313
    Ejhocky313 Posts: 8
    edited March 2009
    candjhuntley wrote: »
    You don't need to timbre match the LFE channel. you could use whatever sub you wanted to with speakers. And if you feel your current provides what you need, save your money.

    But if you're really into HT, you might find that a much more powerful sub might really help enhance your experience - if you have the money to spend



    Well I don't think the wife can take much more of me getting speakers so I will just go with what I have now.

    Thanks
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