Buying Polk in Canada - And RTIA9 VS A7

whisky23
whisky23 Posts: 3
edited January 2010 in Speakers
I am new to this site but have always come here for information, so I will start by saying thanks to everyone in advance :)

My Dilemma is Future shop.... They only carry the RTIA9's as “Web only” purchases and only in Cherry Finish, But the rest of my Polk’s are Black. Also Future shop’s price is $999.99/speaker, and has not come on sale in the past year (I have been watching weekly); however, the RTIa7's come on sale regularly and I believe I can get 4 RTiA7's for the price of 2 RTiA9's, and could hook them up as Front A&B (2 Left Channel and 2 Right Channel) to my Yamaha RXV2500... would anyone recommend doing this over the RTiA9's? And if not does anyone know where I can get a good deal on the A9's. I live in Ontario Canada, between Kingston and Toronto,

Additional information = The bass from the A9's is not a huge deal, I have a 10"polk sub and the DLS5000 Veloydine 15inch 1000W Sub...

Also with the 4 RTia7's I could also look at getting another amp to push them and use the Yamy for Surround only...

Well let me know what you think :)

Thanks,

Kyle
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  • adabro
    adabro Posts: 212
    edited January 2010
    As a fellow Canadian buyer I had the same problem - Crutchfield Canada sells them a little cheaper then FS and has the occasional sale. There's also a place called Gibby's Audio online that sells them in black and seems to have more frequent sales.
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  • tugzy
    tugzy Posts: 46
    edited January 2010
    I bought my RTI A9's from Gibbys in St. Catherines... $1299/pair over the Christmas season, Im sure you can find a much better price than what you see at FS.... I would wait and check Gibby's regularly for a sale

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  • Xuser
    Xuser Posts: 10
    edited January 2010
    You can try Visions at http://www.visions.ca
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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited January 2010
    Xuser wrote: »
    You can try Visions at http://www.visions.ca
    +1, exactly what I wanted to propose. If you already auditioned the gear you want, visions is a good place for deals if you are patient. I live in Quebec and bought from them online in the past for my upgrade. Delivery is double boxed and delivered in a timely fashion. My only beef was that I couldn't see them on the Polk site as authorized dealers but they referred me to our Canadian rep for confirmation. I had the opportunity to visit a couple of their store while on a business trip and they don't have anything to envy to FS or BB. To my surprise, I have also noticed some Lsi which seems to be somewhat hard to get in Canada. Welcome to CP and good luck on your quest.

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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited January 2010
    Welcome to Club Polk whisky23!
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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited January 2010
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    Welcome to Club Polk whisky23!
    I am sure everyone will welcome some whisky around here/them ;)
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  • Midnite Mick
    Midnite Mick Posts: 1,591
    edited January 2010
    The visions here skips the rti line. They have the Monitor line as well as the Lsi line. That is where I bought my Lsi15's before.

    Good luck,
    Mike
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited January 2010
    Welcome to the Club!
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  • whisky23
    whisky23 Posts: 3
    edited January 2010
    Well thats the problem... The A7's are easier for me get a deal on... but I love the Power and Bass that the A9's can provide... and I took some advice a while back that has served me well... "1 good pair of speakers will often out performs multiple pairs"... I was just wondering if anyone had tried a set up of ... say... 4 A7's... ?
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  • whisky23
    whisky23 Posts: 3
    edited January 2010
    I will check out those sites, thanks for the info! ... I used to use a site called e-tronics in New York... they were great (shipping to Canada)... until they started to get over priced.

    non the less thanks again everyone! :)

    kyle
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  • sTiLlLeArNiNg
    sTiLlLeArNiNg Posts: 805
    edited January 2010
    I got my a9's from FS and picked them up in store, had them special delivered. I didn't pay MSRP as i got them as part of a complete setup but there is room to move on them that's for shure ;)

    The a9's are a better speaker overall as compared to the a7's

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