Polk Audio rt800 or r300 (need help choosing a good setup)

[bench43]

Interesting. Thats something I have never heard of. I guess I can do some research about the timber matching.

BTW whats the difference between surround audio cables and speaker cables?
Looking at the bluejeans cable site

 

[cfrizz]

Those are simply RCA interconnect cables a put in a bunch & color coded to make things easy for you to connect say your dvd player to your receiver. You can buy stereo pairs separately if you wish.

Speaker cable are just that. You need them to connect your speakers to your receiver.

Tower speakers for the front usually gives a much fuller sound than bookshelves. But people do use bookshelves for thier front speakers. It's just a matter of choice. Just realize that they do have thier limitations.

Interesting. Thats something I have never heard of. I guess I can do some research about the timber matching.

BTW whats the difference between surround audio cables and speaker cables?
Looking at the bluejeans cable site

 

[avaserfi]

Interesting. Thats something I have never heard of. I guess I can do some research about the timber matching.

BTW whats the difference between surround audio cables and speaker cables?
Looking at the bluejeans cable site

Surround audio cables are RCA cables while Speaker wire is just a copper wire. Speaker wire is what you will need to connect all your speakers to the receiver.

I as well as many others find it very important to have timbre matched. I would strongly suggest you look into it.

 

[bench43]

that means that the wood that the enclosure is made of? or am i totally off?

Im sure you're laughing at me now.

 

[bench43]

Tower speakers for the front usually gives a much fuller sound than bookshelves. But people do use bookshelves for thier front speakers. It's just a matter of choice. Just realize that they do have thier limitations.

But would i not need the full range of a tower if i have a sub. With a sub in place wouldnt I run the towers as small speakers on the receiver setup? maybe i would still get really good mids and highs.

When you say they have their limitations, were you refering to the bookshelves or the towers?

 

[avaserfi]

that means that the wood that the enclosure is made of? or am i totally off?

Im sure you're laughing at me now.

By timbre I am referring to the tonal quality of the speakers (you are thinking timber). You want this tonal quality to match so the movie experience is uninterrupted by incongruity in your speakers.

 

[cfrizz]

Here are the specs for a pair of Tower & bookshelf Polks.

R50 Tower speakers

Overall Frequency Response 40Hz - 24kHz
Lower -3dB Limit 50Hz
Upper -3dB Limit 20kHz

R15 Bookshelf Speakers

Overall Frequency Response 60Hz - 24kHz
Lower -3dB Limit 65Hz
Upper -3dB Limit 20kHz

Bookshelves usually can't be pushed as hard as towers since they will run out of steam sooner

Setting the speakers to small helps to take the stress off the receiver & lets a sub kick in sooner to do the heavy work rather than trying to push your mains to do it. (depending on where you set the crossover at.

Like I said, people do use bookshelves for thier mains. go for it.

But would i not need the full range of a tower if i have a sub. With a sub in place wouldnt I run the towers as small speakers on the receiver setup? maybe i would still get really good mids and highs.

When you say they have their limitations, were you refering to the bookshelves or the towers?

 

[bench43]

Would Klipsch speakers be a good match for a H/K Receiver?