upgrade Rti70 to Rti150

First off i would like to see CC selling these for 800.00 open box or not, That's a steal and doesn't take much to realize thats a killer deal, they were selling these for 1499.00 a month ago, Don't let the large size and impressive woofers change your mind as these beed twice if not more the power to really hear them shine, No 100 watt receiver will push these far as they were meant to go.. and if you already have a good sub then the 3 woofers in the 150's is kinda a waste as they don't dig deep enough to be considered used without a good sub.. I would say stick with the 70's unless you have alot of power 250 -500 watts and don't already have a powered subwoofer.. I once wanted these speakers and listened and thought they sounded good, but the 1500.00 price tag changed my mind first then the above statments from fellow polksters did the rest of the decision making for me, Good luck

by the way, what CC were they for 800.00, i have no interest just curious

I would buy them, just for the reason of that price. Decide what to do with them later.

I basically repeated what the DOC said once before, If you have a good sub their is no need for the 3 woofs, the 70's has 2 nice mid drivers and a tweeter, what's missing? Bass.. ala good subwoofer... I think your set.. I would spend the money else where

Nothing to really add here - great advice from these guys.

Stick with the 70's, run all your speaks on small, crossover to the SVS at 80 Hz using the 3803, and enjoy the excellent mids and highs of the 70's. Make sure the Disable switch is set on the SVS for the low pass filter.

The 150's need a ton of power for the woofers and are a complete waste run on small. They really have no place in a HT rig if you already have a great sub. They are more of a 2 channel full range speaker IMO.

Doc

Originally posted by mantis
Ummm ok,

I don't agree with this....The avr3803 which isn't the most powerful 100 watt receiver on the block will power them with ease.
I can name alot of avr's which will power them to the extreme......even one with only 75 watts of power......I feel someones getting all hung up on watts......it's amps or current that drives the speaker.not the misguided watts figure.

malikarshad,
I may not be Doc but I can give advice.I ask you to ask yourself which pair of speakers you like better.......thats the pair you should have.

Rt series speakers and i mean the entire line are easy to drive.Most avr's on the market can drive them fine....sound quality is a different story.

I never said it couldn't drive them!!! But lets see, 3 woofers, 1 mid and a tweet.. I demo'd these before and the measley HK receiver they had would not push them, I had to crank the bass knob up and the volume to get them to have any bass or loudness, Enough said!! More then 100 watts is needed to make them truely sing.. 100 will work indeed.. but to full potential?? NO i don't believe so

But if he wanted to get the speakers on his own likes alone then he wouldn't have come here to ask our thoughts..

I wanted my RTi38's, knew it, they sounded good, I didn't need to ask anyone first so i bought them.. On the other hand when i'm not sure about something besides i like the way it looks. I ask these guys.....