Best $500 I have ever spent???

squeeb
squeeb Posts: 426
edited April 2010 in The Clubhouse
My Atrium 60s just arrived from Polk eBay to finish my outdoor system.

Denon 1708 (return at BestBuy w/o remote or manual) - $150
Polk Atrium 45 (6) from Polk eBay - $150
Polk Atrium 60 (2) from Polk eBay - $165
Remote from online retailer - $35

Will pickup an IR extender and iPod dock before summer.

Listened to it for a little while tonight - I am going to be outside a lot this summer! Plus, I won't connect 2 of the 45s until we open the pool later on. And yes, if I can manage to keep myself from getting banned from the forum, I plan on having a Colorado gathering sometime this summer.
7.3 HT: Sunfire TGR-3, Sunfire Series II, Mirage OMD-28, OMD-5 (x4), REL T1 (2), T2, Oppo 103D, Optoma HD8200PRO, 106" screen, SB Touch
Family Room: Yamaha RX-V2700, RT25i, 42" Samsung, SB Duet
Pool: Yamaha V2700, SQ Duet, Atrium 60 (2), Atrium 45 (3), Atrium 65sdi
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  • 1fastz28
    1fastz28 Posts: 122
    edited March 2010
    i have the atrium 30/sub 10 and i am outside all the time, love my outdoor speakers almost as much as my indoor
    setup
    Panasonic 46pz85
    Polk RTi A9's
    Polk CSi A6
    FXi A6's
    Energy s12.3 sub
    Denon 3808ci
    Pioneer elite dv-79
    Monster 1850
    Denon dp500m w/ grado green
    PS3,XBOX 360, NES
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited March 2010
    Awesome, I feel the same way too. Would rather have sound outdoors than be confined to the 2 channel rig.

    Outdoor speakers rock!
    polkaudio RT35 Bookshelves
    polkaudio 255c-RT Inwalls
    polkaudio DSWPro550WI
    polkaudio XRT12 XM Tuner
    polkaudio RM6750 5.1

    Front projection, 2 channel, car audio... life is good!
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  • NotaSuv
    NotaSuv Posts: 3,849
    edited April 2010
    Thats my next project..........tunes on the patio
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited April 2010
    You were probably the one bidding against me in one of the auctions. One I lost by 99 cents. I scored a pair eventually and they too are on the way to me. Congrats bro. How do they sound, any pics? I can't wait to get mine, I'll run them off my Sony 7100ES and see how they perform.
    Shoot the jumper.....................BALLIN.............!!!!!

    Home Theater Pics in the Showcase :cool:

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showcase/view.php?userid=73580
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  • packetjones
    packetjones Posts: 1,059
    edited April 2010
    I plan on adding some atriums to my patio when we build our new house this summer. Still have not decided on which ones to use and will be doing a lot of research in the coming months. Glad to hear that it is a good investment.
    Front - RTiA5's
    Rear - RTiA3's
    Center - CSiA4
    Sub - PSW110
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited April 2010
    packetjones wrote: »
    I plan on adding some atriums to my patio when we build our new house this summer. Still have not decided on which ones to use and will be doing a lot of research in the coming months. Glad to hear that it is a good investment.

    The Atrium 60s are a steal if you can score them for less than $200.00 Some of the listings on Polk Ebay store are well below that price.
    Shoot the jumper.....................BALLIN.............!!!!!

    Home Theater Pics in the Showcase :cool:

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showcase/view.php?userid=73580
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  • squeeb
    squeeb Posts: 426
    edited April 2010
    1fastz28 wrote: »
    i have the atrium 30/sub 10 and i am outside all the time, love my outdoor speakers almost as much as my indoor

    I was thinking about adding those next. But after the 60s and repositioning the 45s in the corners of the deck, I am going to have to turn down the bass.
    packetjones wrote: »
    I plan on adding some atriums to my patio when we build our new house this summer. Still have not decided on which ones to use and will be doing a lot of research in the coming months. Glad to hear that it is a good investment.

    The 60s are quite large. They are about the same size as my RTi6s. I wanted to do a comparison listening with my indoor speakers but was in too much of a hurry to get them up outside. I will try and help you with a review on them after I get the setup tweaked.

    Pics will be added soon. Got a little too dark last night and I just wanted to sit and listen while I could.
    7.3 HT: Sunfire TGR-3, Sunfire Series II, Mirage OMD-28, OMD-5 (x4), REL T1 (2), T2, Oppo 103D, Optoma HD8200PRO, 106" screen, SB Touch
    Family Room: Yamaha RX-V2700, RT25i, 42" Samsung, SB Duet
    Pool: Yamaha V2700, SQ Duet, Atrium 60 (2), Atrium 45 (3), Atrium 65sdi
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  • rayslifecycle
    rayslifecycle Posts: 511
    edited April 2010
    I just got the 60s yesterday but haven't hung them yet -
    I cannot wait!
    Unbelievably - I got them for free - as well as a micro-pro 1000 sub.....which is so cool compared to the PSW I had.

    It was due to an error double order between our purchasing agent and the install company. I got to reap the benefits of bad paper work and good relationships.

    We set up our new office with two fun rigs I spec'd and had a very good company called casaplex perform the install - all polk speakers & panny plasmas - the large AV conference room has a 65"screen w/5.1 - onkyo/TSI in-wall & FXi - the small conf room has a 50" screen w/ stereo using a Music Hall 25.2 integrated amp and the Atrium 60s - spec'd cause they are white :rolleyes:


    I will be posting on this with pics soon

    Sometimes good things happen

    Rock on
    http://rayslifecycle.blogspot.com/
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