Dr.spec where to get f/x1000's?

[dave shepard]

Dr spec. I see you have a pair of f/x1000's I see that polk has them in there vintage page for $599.95 ea.. Where did you get yours? I'm looking to ready myself for a future upgrade and would like to buy these as part of the new planed system when my wife and I move to a new house and would like them for side surrounds.

Thanks
Dave

[brettw22]

Dave,

I don't know where you live, but I put a call into the Fry's Electronics here in the Phoenix area and they're clearancing out the F/X1000's for $499.99 a pair. I had them check all their locations and here's what they have:

Tempe, AZ 2 pair
Sacramento, CA 1 pair
Sunnyville, CA 1 pair
San Diego, CA 1 pair
Dallas, TX 2 pair

I presume the stores with just one pair each are their demo's, which Fry's seems to somehow believe are worth as much as an unopened box. They are about the most stingy company that I've ever dealt with in regard to pricing on those types of items, but if that price matches what you can do, go for it. I know when I had checked around online for the F/X's, there weren't that many that were actually available on the sites that still had them posted.

Good luck, and lemme know if i can be of any help.

[RuSsMaN]

Agreed, hit Fry's, and do it QUICK, like tomorrow morning, if you are serious.

Cheers,
Rooster

[mantis]

I'm suprised to see anyone still having them around.No one around here has had them in years.........

[brettw22]

Originally posted by mantis
I'm suprised to see anyone still having them around.No one around here has had them in years.........

They've only been OOP for like 7 months.......

[mantis]

Huh,I haven't seen the entire rt5000 system in years now that I am thinking about it..........long time ago.

[dave shepard]

I live in western Pa., would Fry's be willing to ship if I paid for it? I haven't seen any around my area. What is there number I could call them and ask.

Thanks
Dave

[brettw22]

Originally posted by mantis
Huh,I haven't seen the entire rt5000 system in years now that I am thinking about it..........long time ago.

As I've seen, the Rt5000 system hasn't been pushed all that hard in the retail stores and they dropped it to a mail order type of situation.

[brettw22]

Originally posted by dave shepard
I live in western Pa., would Fry's be willing to ship if I paid for it? I haven't seen any around my area. What is there number I could call them and ask.

I'm almost 100% positive that they wouldn't do anything like that at all. I'm tellin ya, as far as companies go, they're damn near archaic in the way that they do business.

I don't know about your comfort level with this idea, but if you wanted to send me a check or money order for the speakers, I could always take them to FedEx and ship them ground out to ya. Email me HERE (brettw22@aol.com) if you wanna talk about doin that for ya. I'll send all receipt information to you for warranty purposes etc etc.

The Tempe location here claims to have 2 pair, but the guy I was talking to was a complete idiot. If you want to call them up, their number is 602-659-8500. Lemme know whatcha find out.....

[Dr. Spec]

Sorry I jumped in here late. I bought mine from "wallstreet" in the Flea Market.

They show up on eBay about once a month. Expect to pay about $600-$700 shipped.

They are amazing surround speakers. I recommend shelves so you can use banana plugs and the home grown wire jumpers between the posts.

Doc

[dave shepard]

Thanks Brett for the offer while I would be okay with the offer the wife isn't as open yet, with some coaxing I think I can get her to be I'll let you know and hopefully they will still be avalible. Do you think they would be better as rear surround ,side surrounds or both? I'm trying to come up with a speaker set that will slack jaw the average listener. I was first looking at the lsi/fx before I came accross these.

Thanks

Dave

[Dr. Spec]

They are designed as side surrounds, but do have some flexibility in placement due to the bipole dipole switch. I would not use them as rear surrounds in a 7.1 set-up.

[brettw22]

Originally posted by Dr. Spec
They are designed as side surrounds, but do have some flexibility in placement due to the bipole dipole switch. I would not use them as rear surrounds in a 7.1 set-up.

Rear surrounds should be a direct firing speaker to give more realistic sound over that of a bi/dipole switchable speaker, right?

[wallstreet]

Originally posted by brettw22


Rear surrounds should be a direct firing speaker to give more realistic sound over that of a bi/dipole switchable speaker, right?

Really depends on preference more than anything. I could see in a 6.1 setup, having a single bi-pole as a back surround could sound better than a single direct radiating speaker. Especially in a space challenged room. After a year or so hanging out in a/v forums the one thing I've learned is that there is no right answer. Just guidelines to help you along the way. What works for Dr. Spec won't necessarily work for you or me. Unless you've got the same system, you'll get different results.

[Dr. Spec]

Well the bipole switch runs both sides of the speaker in phase. The dipole switch runs the back side of the speaker out of phase with the front side.

So if they are mounted directly to each side of the listener, Polk recommends the dipole setting.

If I were to one as a rear surround in a 6.1 set-up (hard to come by since they are sold in matched pairs), I agree with wallstreet - I would definitely run it in bipole mode.

If I were to run them as rear surrounds in a 7.1 set-up, I agree again with wallstreet and I would still run them in bipole mode.

Clearly they would provide a very diffuse rear soundstage in bipole mode if used as a single our pair of rear surrounds. The conventional line of thought here is to use direct radiating speakers as rear surround(s) to provide a more stable rear sound field, similar to the same reason we use direct radiating speakers in the front stage.

I didn't mean to say you CAN'T run the 1000's as rear surround speakers. It's just that their claim to fame is definitely in a side surround application in dipole mode. In this capacity they really shine and you will exploit the most from their design features.

Doc

[goingganzo]

it is all to size of room and what you like. a bigger room with the rear surounds spaced bore than 6 feet apart you should switch the surounds from what they say on the speaker. also how close to the rear surounds can change what you want. if you are right on top of them a bi/di speaker will be a little better in my opion.