TSi300 or Monitor 70's for 5.1 rear surrounds?

JohnCWillis
JohnCWillis Posts: 32
edited January 2010 in Speakers
polk just shipped my refurbished rti12's in cherry today and i suddenly am lost as to which surrounds i should get. The monitor 70s are the same price as the TSi300s and are WAY more speaker. The receiver i am buying is the VSX-21THX from pioneer with 110wpc. I will later be amping up the rti12s. I also bought a cs10 compulsively for a $100 a week ago and i think i might eat the 10% restocking fee and buy the CS2 in cherry (sorry i can not find a CSi3 or CSi5 in cherry and i want it all to match, plus i cant afford a CSi A4 or A6 right now). i already have a yammy sw315 sub sitting at home also. The living room is about a 17x10ft room. man oh man am i stoked for my first system =)
RTI12's cherry
Adcom GFA-555 driving them
CSI3 cherry
FXI3's white
Yamaha SW315 sub
Onkyo SR876
PS3
AppleTV
Nintendo 64
Vizio 55" 120hz
Ultrafocus 8000 :eek::cool:
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  • rcrook317
    rcrook317 Posts: 280
    edited January 2010
    look@ my sig,those speakers rock.....i would strongly suggest an amp,i added one thru my hk 354 avr and the difference is HUGE!
    as far as the center,i got the csi3 but the 2 should be fine.
    I would go with the 70s on the rears,im debating rti8s or those same 70s

    enjoy the system!
    fronts=rti12s(cherry)
    center=csi3(cherry)
    sub=psw125(cherry)
    emotiva xpa-2
    harmon kardon 354
    sony cdp
    ipod 8gb
    audioquest diamondback 1m
    "Maesto" straightwire cables
    pangea ac-9
    playstation3/120gb=blu-ray/media server
    monitor=lg 55inch lcd(1080p)
    TT Set-up=Pro-Ject RM 1.3
    Kenwood Phono
    bren1 Clamp
    Herbies Slipmat

    "It doesnt mean that much to me,to mean that much to you"
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  • JohnCWillis
    JohnCWillis Posts: 32
    edited January 2010
    but do you think the monitor 70s on 110w will be fine for rear surrounds?
    RTI12's cherry
    Adcom GFA-555 driving them
    CSI3 cherry
    FXI3's white
    Yamaha SW315 sub
    Onkyo SR876
    PS3
    AppleTV
    Nintendo 64
    Vizio 55" 120hz
    Ultrafocus 8000 :eek::cool:
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  • wutadumsn23
    wutadumsn23 Posts: 3,702
    edited January 2010
    JohnCWillis wrote: »
    but do you think the monitor 70s on 110w will be fine for rear surrounds?


    They will be fine, the 70's are a very easy speaker to push. May be a bit of overkill though, IMHO. Not much is going to the surrounds and seems to me like a lot of speaker for what you will be getting out of them. IMHO it would be a better idea to sink that money into a matching center. The CSi5 is the matching center for your 12's and can be had for $250 from Onecall. Your room isn't overly huge and the FXi5' are the matching surrounds for your 12's but timbre matching isn't as important with the surrounds as it is with the front 3. Hope this helps and welcome to Club Polk.

    -Jeff
    HT Rig
    Receiver- Onkyo TX-SR806
    Mains- Polk Audio Monitor 70
    Center- Polk Audio CS2
    Surrounds- Polk Audio TSi 500's :D
    Sub- Polk Audio PSW125
    Retired- Polk Audio Monitor 40's
    T.V.- 60" Sony SXRD KDS-60A2000 LCoS
    Blu-Ray- 80 GB PS3


    2 CH rig (in progress)
    Polk Audio Monitor 10A's :cool:

    It's not that I'm insensitive, I just don't care.. :D
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