Suggestions for Rear Surrounds

[swisheri]

OK. I am ready to purchase rears to complete (almost-still need a sub...i think) my surround sound system. I am planning on mounting on wall with some sort of mounting bracket. I have
Polk M10s B, newly purchased csi40 which matches up pretty nicely with my old school polks. I would like a bookshelf model. Any suggestions? Also are center rear channels worth it?
Thanks,
Ian :confused:

[dlew308]

what's your receiver?

[swisheri]

Onkyo TX-DS 797...It was an upgrade from Onkyo TX-80. I am hearing sounds from my M10s that I haven't heard in a long time. Pretty incredible.
I am eventually going to bring my 10s in the basement (when finished) and replace the fronts.

[mhw58]

I have POLK SDA2's with the SL2000 tweeters. I've been trying
to decide whether to buy a CS400, 400i or 40i center. Do
your monitor B's have the SL2000 tweeters? Do you think the
40 i would match as good as the 400i?
Thanks, Mike

[swisheri]

I don't really know what kind of tweeters I have.
I believe they are SL2000. I can't really answer your second question because I haven't heard the others to compare. When i was ready to buy the center-I couldn't find the 400i. I can tell you I am very happy with the 40i. I think it sounds great. I bought it at http://www.acousticsounddesign.com for $299.

[mhw58]

The SL2000 tweeters are black and the sl1000 tweeters
are a brushed aluminum color. Most likely, your Monitor
10's have one of them.
Mike

[sgtnate79]

Im still trying to find someone who can tell me about the new R20. I am just looking for some positive feedback before I get them for my surrounds. Not trying to steel your fire swisheri.

Nate

[swisheri]

My tweeters are black so I guess they are the SL2000. Anyway, I'm thinking RT25i for the rears. And I can mount them on the wall. Any thoughts? They have received pretty good reviews...

[Ron-P]

I use the RT25i's as my rear surrounds. Outstanding little speaker. I build my own surround mounts from 3/4" galvianized pipe from Home Depot. They work great and were very inexpensive.


Here's (http://home.earthlink.net/~peregrinefalcon/_uimages/SurroundMounts.jpg) a pic.


Peace Out~:D

[swisheri]

Ron,
Your home theatre room looks awesome! Thanks for the pic. Did you screw into the speaker cabinet to mount the speaker to the bottom plate?
Ian

[Ron-P]

Thanks Ian. Yes I did, but I did not screw all the way throuh and breech the inside of the box. I did use earthquake putty at first, which held really well, but I did not feel comfortable with that and seats directly under the speaker so I used screws.


Peace Out~:D

[nascarmann]

The SL2000 tweeters are black

Wrong!

[swisheri]

Thanks for the input nascarman. What color are the SL2000 tweeters?

[nascarmann]

This is a SL2000 tweeter.....not a good one though

[mhw58]

My SDA2's have that same looking tweeter, only they are
black. Polk sent me some literature with the SL2000
looking like that and they are also black. What's the story?
Mike

[mhw58]

I should clarify, the tweeter itself is the clear dome but
the metal housing is what is black.
Mike

[swisheri]

Thanks for the pic nascarmann. My tweeters on my M10's look exactly like your pic. Is there a sonic advantage of the SL2000 versus the SL1000?
Thanks, Ron for the mounting info. Seperate thought-- I am not sure that I need a sub with my M10's up front.

[mhw58]

I've read and been told that the SL2000 tweeters were a
lot better than the 1000's. I'd be interested in knowing
more about the differences also, and why the 2000's
are better.
Mike