Center channel help

[k5james]

I've been piecing together a "budget" HT setup for the last month or so and I've hit a snag in my plans. I'm having a hard time finding a center channel to go with the setup I have so far.

Onkyo TX-SR705(on order)
2x Polk RTi8's Blk Oak(have)
2x Polk RTi4's Blk Oak(have)
Bic h-100(on order)

I wanted a CSi3(5 is too large) but I'm having a tough time finding one in Black Oak. What do you guys recommend as an alternative at around the $200 price point?

[07maximan]

You should try to keep the front stage matching.Why not a CS1? I think they are right at 200.00.

[k5james]

You think the CS1 will be able to keep up with the RTi8's up front?

[k5james]

Forget it, the CSi3's(cherry) are just too much of a deal right now to pass up. I'll just paint them or cover them with some kind of black material.

[devani]

get csi3....CS1 will not be match compared to CSi3....besides it's on sale at amazon at $99 plus shipping...

[Willow]

I have a csi3 and let me tell you it's a good speaker. I bought one due to size restrictions in my cabinet. I am very impressed with it. It's Xover @ 80. I am also using a 200W monoblock on it. I would like to get the 5 or the new version of it, now, only cause I can.

But go with the csi3 over the other mentioned the cs.

[07maximan]

Alot of you here probably know alot more about the Polks than I do.I do have to say though,when I was auditioning the RTi10's at Frys I was playing them along with the CS1 with an Onkyo 805 I was pretty impressed.I gave them a nice work out and I wouldnt have hesitated buying that setup for one second.Now granted the CS3 sounded very nice too,but for the price I was very impresses with the CS1.

[djc9]

That's a sick price on the cherry CSi3. Almost makes me want to set up a second system of cherry RTi's. I managed to luck into a black CSi3 off craigslist but if I was still looking I would order this is a second not caring about mismatched cherry and black speakers.

[daboyz]

Timbre is either Csi3 or Csi5

[vivarey]

Hard to pass up the CSi3 for $100.. grab it before it's gone! Too bad the black inventory seems to be completely gone.

[daboyz]

Just pretend it's black

[DeusExa]

Just pretend it's black

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