Need advice on speakers for HT setup.

emjordan
emjordan Posts: 14
edited November 2008 in Speakers
I need some advice from the collective wisdom of this great Polk forum:

I'm searching for a pair of speakers to replace the front end of my home theater setup. My AV receiver is a Sony STR-DA5300ES, and my current speakers are a HSU Ventriloquist system (5.1 mini system) with a polk sub. It's a nice little satelite system, but I want a more robust speaker system to go with my new Sony AV receiver. I mostly use the system for movies rather than music.

Price is a major factor, so I am looking for a pair of used RTi10 or RTi12 (or possibly RTi8), with a matching center channel to follow. If a RTi150 pair ever came up for sale, I would consider that, too (I already have a pair of RTi150 in a separate 2-channel system and love them). I have a smallish room, but prefer tower speakers over bookshelf speakers.

(1) Any thoughts on which RTi may be a good choice?

(2) How do the newer RTia speakers compare?

Eventually, I would love to get a separate multichannel amp to help power my speakers, but that may need to wait a while to build my electronics fund.

Thanks!
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited November 2008
    www.onecall.com had some clearance RTi models for pretty cheap. You might check their website. The RTi series would probably be a good choice with your heavy focus on movies. The monitor series wouldn't be a bad choice either, you'll just need to try to listen to both.
    DKG999
    HT System: LSi9, LSiCx2, LSiFX, LSi7, SVS 20-39 PC+, B&K 507.s2 AVR, B&K Ref 125.2, Tripplite LCR-2400, Cambridge 650BD, Signal Cable PC/SC, BJC IC, Samsung 55" LED

    Music System: Magnepan 1.6QR, SVS SB12+, ARC pre, Parasound HCA1500 vertically bi-amped, Jolida CDP, Pro-Ject RM5.1SE TT, Pro-Ject TubeBox SE phono pre, SBT, PS Audio DLIII DAC
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  • Chitown_Badger
    Chitown_Badger Posts: 66
    edited November 2008
    I'm not familiar with KEF, but have heard a lot of good things on here about them. Onecall has the IQ5's on sale for $200 shipped. Might be something to consider.

    http://www.onecall.com/ProductDetails.aspx?id=31331
    Fronts: Polk RTi10
    Center: Polk CSi A4
    Surround: Polk FXi3
    Sub: Dayton 100
    AVR: Pioneer VSX-1018AH
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  • jaysonbarnett
    jaysonbarnett Posts: 257
    edited November 2008
    I love my RTI8's I could not be happier and they sound great just running on onkyo 805. I had the 10's but sold them for the 8's because i have 2 subs. THe onkyo runs the 8's loud with no extra amps. hope this helps
    Audio:
    Onkyo :tx-sr805
    Polk: rti8's
    Polk: rti4's
    Polk: fxi3's
    Polk: csi'3
    Velodyne: VRP 1200
    Epik: Caliber
    Video:
    Panasonic:TH-42PX60U 42"Plasma
    Power Conditioner:
    Monster Power    : HTS 3600 MKII Home Theater
    Dvd:
    Sony: BDP-350
    Game Systems
    WII
    PS3
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