Setting Up a 7.1 System

hbarea

I own a pair of vintage Monitor 7C speakers. I recently bought a Denon AV receiver (AVR-689). I will like to add additional speakers to complete a 7.1 surround set up. The room is 15’ by 21’. I am looking for recommendations of other Polk Audio speakers that would complement the ones that I already have. Thank you in advance.

digitalvideo

hbarea wrote: »

I own a pair of vintage Monitor 7C speakers. I recently bought a Denon AV receiver (AVR-689). I will like to add additional speakers to complete a 7.1 surround set up. The room is 15’ by 21’. I am looking for recommendations of other Polk Audio speakers that would complement the ones that I already have. Thank you in advance.

I can only share with you my personal 7.1 setup which works for me.

Center speaker - Polk CSi A6
Front floor/tower speakers L/R - Polk RTi A9
Side speakers - Polk RTi A3
Rear speakers - Polk RTi A3
Sub - SVS PB12 Ultra

I'm thinking of replacing my side and rear speakers with Polk FXI A6's

apphd

Not able to help much with specific recommendations. But I will offer up this; try to get as good of a quality center speaker that will timbre match the 7's as you can get

I'm sure some of the people here familiar with the 7C's can offer a suggestion or two on what will be a good timbre match, but I can't. Being the age they are it may not be easy, but I think there are some others here that are using them in a HT application.

That's not a real powerful AVR and a medium sized room, but since you already have the AVR go with it and see if it meets your expectations. Just saying with that room you may want to buy a 5.1 set up first and see how it goes. The fewer speakers you try to drive with it, the better chance you have of being happy with the results.

Welcome to CP

danz1906

Try the RTiA series.