any suggestions on tower speakers

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1niteryder
1niteryder Posts: 10
edited March 2013 in Speakers
I would like to get some tower style speakers for my system. Any suggestions on what to get or what not to get?

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  • zane77
    zane77 Posts: 1,696
    edited March 2013
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    What are you using these for, music, home theater, and what's your budget?
    Home Theater
    Onkyo PR-SC5508 Sharp LC-70LE847U
    Emotiva XPA-5 Emotiva XPA-2 Emotiva UPA-2
    Front RTi-A9 Wide RTi-A7 Center CSi-A6 Surround FXi-A6 Rear RTi-A3 Sub 2x PSW505
    Sony BDP-S790 Dishnetwork Hopper/Joey Logitech Harmony One Apple TV
    Two Channel
    Oppo 105D BAT VK-500 w/BatPack SDA SRS 2.3 Dreadnought Squeezebox Touch Apple TV
  • RamZet
    RamZet Posts: 792
    edited March 2013
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    I did a martinlogan setup for my sister, I am very impressed with them.
    We used the Motion 10's. They are very powerful and crystal clear ( due to that ribbon tweeter). They sounds great in both HT and 2ch audio. We were able to get them onsale at newegg for $99 each! (marked down from 600 each).
    I found them at amazon for $199 each. Great deal, Great buy, awesome speaker. They aren't very big, maybe 3 feet tall.

    http://www.amazon.com/MartinLogan-Motion-10-Floorstanding-Speaker/dp/B0035FZ142/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1362925183&sr=8-1&keywords=martinlogan+motion+10

    If you want something bigger they next step up is a motion 12 or motion 20.
    http://www.amazon.com/MartinLogan-Motion-12-Floorstanding-Speaker/dp/B0035FZ14M/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1362925519&sr=1-1&keywords=motion+12

    http://www.amazon.com/MartinLogan-Motion-Gloss-Black-Floorstanding/dp/B007THXXXS/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1362925572&sr=1-1&keywords=motion+20


    I did toss in a small polk sub for bass. If they had more or a budget I would have tossed in 1 or 2 B&W ASW608.
    Cool thing about ML is that BestBuy has them in Magnolia, so you can go hear them yourself. They are very directional speakers so make sure they are aiming near you to get the most out of them.

    Good luck, hope this helped.
    B&W CM9Classé Sigma
  • Irrenhaus
    Irrenhaus Posts: 1,105
    edited March 2013
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    1niteryder wrote: »
    I would like to get some tower style speakers for my system. Any suggestions on what to get or what not to get?

    Dont know were you are located. But Frys has the RTi8 for $334.00 a pair this week.

    Cheers
    HTAVR-Pioneer SC99XPA-DR3 Differential Reference AmpPolk R-700Rear- RT150Side- RT150Center-CSi5Sub-Rythmik audio F25Player- Panasonic DP-UB9000Projector- Optoma CinemaX P2Screen- Silver Ticket Products STR Series 6 120"Audio Room 2ch rig.Cary AE-3, Onkyo M-504, Marantz SA8005, Azur 851NWharfedale - Linton, SVS SB12-NSDMinis Forum PC (streamer) and Panamax MX5105Headphone rig;Schiit JOTUNHEIM and different headphones.Samsung 42" flat screen TV.
  • vinyladdict
    vinyladdict Posts: 32
    edited March 2013
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    Newegg has some Monitor 75T's for $219 a piece . Anxiously awaiting their arrival .
  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited March 2013
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    I love my pair of Martin Logan Purity powered speakers.
  • David R
    David R Posts: 134
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    I picked up some RTi8's at Fri's for $300 the pair. They sounded great for home theater. My wife didn't like they way they looked so I sold them to my brother along with the Onkyo 609 at 100 wats per channel and a CSi center. They played louder than I could stand. I then picked up the RTIa7 with the Onkyo 809. Both speakers are fine for the price for home theater.
    Panasonic 65" Plasma - Panasonic Blu-ray. Onkyo TX-NR809 RTi A7s fronts - MK CS150s surronds.
  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,077
    edited March 2013
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    1niteryder wrote: »
    I would like to get some tower style speakers for my system. Any suggestions on what to get or what not to get?

    JM labs Grand Utopia, Legacy Whisper HD, Wilson Sophia, PBN Montana Was or Kas.....dude.....without a budget or associated gear to drive said towers, the results here will be all over the map.
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
  • kuntasensei
    kuntasensei Posts: 3,263
    edited March 2013
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    Since you're at Polk's forum, there's always the Polk eBay store: http://stores.ebay.com/Polk-Audio-Direct?_trksid=p2047675.l2563
    Equipment list:
    Onkyo TX-NR3010 9.2 AVR
    Emotiva XPA-3 amp
    Polk RTi70 mains, CSi40 center, RTi38 surrounds, RTi28 rears and heights
    SVS 20-39CS+ subwoofer powered by Crown XLS1500
    Oppo BDP-93 Blu-ray player
    DarbeeVision DVP5000 video processor
    Epson 8500UB 1080p projector
    Elite Screens Sable 120" CineWhite screen
  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,642
    edited March 2013
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    Hard to go wrong with SDA's. But not knowing budget or listening tastes....yeah, crap shoot.
    --Gary--
    Onkyo Integra M504, Bottlehead Foreplay III, Denon SACD, Thiel CS2.3, NHT VT-2, VT-3 and Evolution T6, Infinity RSIIIa, SDA1C and a few dozen other speakers around the house I change in and out.
  • Monster Jam
    Monster Jam Posts: 919
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  • Irrenhaus
    Irrenhaus Posts: 1,105
    edited March 2013
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    Wow yeah those are Bad **** and they come with special delivery.......
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    :lol:
    HTAVR-Pioneer SC99XPA-DR3 Differential Reference AmpPolk R-700Rear- RT150Side- RT150Center-CSi5Sub-Rythmik audio F25Player- Panasonic DP-UB9000Projector- Optoma CinemaX P2Screen- Silver Ticket Products STR Series 6 120"Audio Room 2ch rig.Cary AE-3, Onkyo M-504, Marantz SA8005, Azur 851NWharfedale - Linton, SVS SB12-NSDMinis Forum PC (streamer) and Panamax MX5105Headphone rig;Schiit JOTUNHEIM and different headphones.Samsung 42" flat screen TV.
  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,490
    edited March 2013
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    I found one of these at the local GW (Digital Research PT-1100)
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Digital-Research-Speakers-/150989135459?pt=Speakers_Subwoofers&hash=item2327a75e63&nma=true&si=i4by36n2cGyJiS6QFFRGs4CqnKI%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
    Obviously not affiliated

    I like how they show the back and not much of the front.

    The cabinets were so thin that it felt like you could pop a hole with a good whack.
    Stan

    Main 2ch:
    Polk LSi15 (DB840 upgrade), Parasound: P/LD-1100, HCA-1000A; Denon: DVD-2910, DRM-800A; Benchmark DAC1, Monster HTS3600-MKII, Grado SR-225i; Technics SL-J2, Parasound PPH-100.

    HT:
    Marantz SR7010, Polk: RTA11TL (RDO198-1, XO and Damping Upgrades), S4, CS250, PSW110 , Marantz UD5005, Pioneer PL-530, Panasonic TC-P42S60

    Other stuff:
    Denon: DRA-835R, AVR-888, DCD-660, DRM-700A, DRR-780; Polk: S8, Monitor 5A, 5B, TSi100, RM7, PSW10 (DXi104 upgrade); Pioneer: CT-6R; Onkyo CP-1046F; Ortofon OM5E, Marantz: PM5004, CD5004, CDR-615; Parasound C/PT-600, HCA-800ii, Sony CDP-650ESD, Technics SA 5070, B&W DM601
  • 1niteryder
    1niteryder Posts: 10
    edited March 2013
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    These are for my home surround system. It is used for both music and home theater. Under $500.
  • 1niteryder
    1niteryder Posts: 10
    edited March 2013
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    thanks I will check them out.
  • 1niteryder
    1niteryder Posts: 10
    edited March 2013
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    I will go check them out tomorrow. Thanks.