Does this make me

CaligulaPolk

offically polk member? i bought em at good deal RT800i, center and 2 med sized rear speakers for $75 from someone who is spiritual ex-polk in st. petersburg. It is in really goooood condition, just really minor stratches (considering its used and ill live with that) Dude did not have pets, kids or wife :rolleyes:











and dont know about this speaker and it came with the package





My wife and i just talked and we are keeping it for ourselves and will give my daughter monitor 50 for christmas. we are going to order brand new speakers for her xmas. maybe monitor 20...... We will put Rt800i in our library room as 2channel when we buy rti a9 and others for HT. Im gonna test how its performance for HT.

So whatcha think? Its damn nice for 75 dollars. Am going to hook up soon and do i need amp since i have onkyo 805? will onkyo drive em fine without harming it? lets hope it powers up and sounds excellent... of course i will have my wife to listen.


NO I DONT MIX LIQUOR WITH PILLS!! :eek: maybe i do, i forgot to include the rt800 grill in pic

kawizx9r

As stated in prior thread, these came out aimed torwards HT applications. Awesome deal nonetheless though!

comfortablycurt

Very nice...congrats! That's a great price. I've never heard the RT800i's...but I'd imagine they sound very similar to my RTi8's. Some great HT speakers. I don't really care for them too much for music though.


One point though...you might have trouble ordering those Monitor 20's for your daughter...seeing as there is no such thing as a Monitor 20.;)...lol

CaligulaPolk

comfortablycurt wrote: »

Very nice...congrats! That's a great price. I've never heard the RT800i's...but I'd imagine they sound very similar to my RTi8's. Some great HT speakers. I don't really care for them too much for music though.


One point though...you might have trouble ordering those Monitor 20's for your daughter...seeing as there is no such thing as a Monitor 20.;)...lol

Will hook em up tomorrow. but need to know what i have to do to run them. do i need AMP?


Ohhh i meant m20

BlueFox

CaligulaPolk wrote: »

Will hook em up tomorrow. but need to know what i have to do to run them. do i need AMP?


Ohhh i meant m20

Of course you need an amp. Just use the amp in your AVR to see if they work.

comfortablycurt

I can't imagine them doing much of anything without an amp...lol

Your AVR will be fine.

dkmuch

...except those aren't RT800i's. They are RT800's. Still a killer deal.

Sherardp

Nice purchase and can't argue with the price paid at all. Man, how come I never find good deals in Japan? Geesh..............

danz1906

Sweet Deal!

nguyendot

I can't tell if he's being serious or not anymore.

AudioGenics

$489.95 each msrp $979.90 for a pair and that is just for the rt800i.

it may be too good to be true... it is a buyer's market
very nice deal !

Pauly

So how is Cliff doing nowadays?


Pauly

CaligulaPolk

nguyendot wrote: »

I can't tell if he's being serious or not anymore.

what do you mean?

Pauly wrote: »

So how is Cliff doing nowadays?


Pauly

Whos cliff?

Pauly

"spiritual ex-polk in st. petersburg....."

Thought maybe it was a old CP member that lives in St Pete


Pauly

nguyendot

CaligulaPolk wrote: »

what do you mean?



Whos cliff?

On your posts I thought you were quizzing us! so i thought you were trying to be funny.

CaligulaPolk

Pauly wrote: »

"spiritual ex-polk in st. petersburg....."

Thought maybe it was a old CP member that lives in St Pete


Pauly

his name was ricky

kawizx9r

nguyendot wrote: »

On your posts I thought you were quizzing us! so i thought you were trying to be funny.

Exactly why I didn't know how to come off in caligula's center speaker thread "help identify"etc.

ntculenuff

my rt800i's are great the were promoted to rear status about 5 years ago and are still rockin'

CaligulaPolk

Should i reset my onkyo 805 settings for the Rt800?

Am trying to hook it up see if i can get it to work. Pauly is gonna help me this saturday but i would like to try for myself until then. I have never hooked up speakers to onkyo before.

CaligulaPolk

Which do i hook cable to HF input or LF input?

Erik Tracy

CaligulaPolk wrote: »

Which do i hook cable to HF input or LF input?

Either set of terminals will do - just so long as you make sure the jumpers between the HF and LF terminals are installed and snuggly fastened down.

cnh

Great price caligula!!

What exactly do you mean about resetting the Onkyo....do you mean Ohms or the redoing the Audyssey set up?

You do know that you can run analog sources to a second zone with that Onkyo and power the new Speakers that way depending on how much power the HT speakers are sucking up.

PS, I've never seen a pair of KLH speakers that look like that. The name was bought out quite a while back and the KLH reputation went bye-bye!

cnh

CaligulaPolk

cnh wrote: »

Great price caligula!!

What exactly do you mean about resetting the Onkyo....do you mean Ohms or the redoing the Audyssey set up?

You do know that you can run analog sources to a second zone with that Onkyo and power the new Speakers that way depending on how much power the HT speakers are sucking up.

PS, I've never seen a pair of KLH speakers that look like that. The name was bought out quite a while back and the KLH reputation went bye-bye!

cnh

SPEAKERS SEEMS WORKING FINE. I HAD TO PUT U-571 WITH SCENE WHERE DESTROYER BOAT WAS DUMPING BOMBS FOR AMERICAN UNDERWATER. BOOOOM!! MY WIFE SAID SHE CANT WATCH MOVIE WHEN ITS DAMN LOUD LOL
YEA SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I SET MY ONKYO TO 4 OHMS OR SHOULD I CHANGE IT TO 6 OHMS?


You do know that you can run analog sources to a second zone with that Onkyo and power the new Speakers that way depending on how much power the HT speakers are sucking up.

PLEASE EXPLAIN MORE AND THANKS

cnh

On the back of the onkyo there are two terminals that allow you to connect a pair of REMOTE speakers that it will power in another room...select Zone 2 on your remote and it will turn that on...then you can select any analog source you have hooked up the Onkyo and play it in that second room in 2 channel--even if the Onkyo itself is powering and running a different source in your main room...

The New speaks should be 6-8 ohms. So yeah, get that ONKYO back to 8 ohms. The 4 ohm setting limits your current and wattage. If you think things are loud at 4 ohms...it will blow you out of your room at 8 ohms where it can excede its 130 watt/channel rating in 2 channel easily! There's a reason it weighs over 50 pounds.

cnh

CaligulaPolk

cnh wrote: »

On the back of the onkyo there are two terminals that allow you to connect a pair of REMOTE speakers that it will power in another room...select Zone 2 on your remote and it will turn that on...then you can select any analog source you have hooked up the Onkyo and play it in that second room in 2 channel--even if the Onkyo itself is powering and running a different source in your main room...

The New speaks should be 6-8 ohms. So yeah, get that ONKYO back to 8 ohms. The 4 ohm setting limits your current and wattage. If you think things are loud at 4 ohms...it will blow you out of your room at 8 ohms where it can excede its 130 watt/channel rating in 2 channel easily! There's a reason it weighs over 50 pounds.

cnh

I seem unable to turn it to 8 ohms? maybe i m missing something here... i only see 6 and ill set it at 6.

Onkyo manual is somewhere in the box in garage. i turned volume up to 67db and i can feel bass about 10 feet away from rt800. im impressed... How many db is loudest for you guys??? IM CURIOUS!!

ill try zone 2 since i have some ceiling speakers in the house and porch. Thanks for ur time explaining.

cnh

I have the same unit Caligula and there are only 2 settings...sorry if I misinformed.

6 ohms for 6 ohm or greater

And 4 ohms.


So you're OK!

cnh

CaligulaPolk

Heres my temporary HT setup

cnh wrote: »

I have the same unit Caligula and there are only 2 settings...sorry if I misinformed.

6 ohms for 6 ohm or greater

And 4 ohms.


So you're OK!

cnh

Ok... i set onkyo to 6ohms and i set speakers 10 feet away from couch. i think bass felt different.

CaligulaPolk

What bookshelf will timbre match rt800?

is my center speaker timbre match?

CaligulaPolk

CaligulaPolk wrote: »

What bookshelf will timbre match rt800?

is my center speaker timbre match?

Anyone?

kawizx9r

RT25/35/55's and yes your center is a timbre match, enjoy!

comfortablycurt

kawizx9r wrote: »

RT25/35/55's and yes your center is a timbre match, enjoy!

Yep.

Any of the newer RTi and RTi A series speakers will be timbre matched as well. The same for the CSi and CSi A series center channels.