New speaker setup

[jay3712]

Right now I have a Sony de595 receiver that I was hoping to use with some new Polks that I want to get. I think I am going to get the R150s or perhaps R15s as surrounds and R50s as mains. Haven't decided on a center yet. I have looked around here and this setup seems to be fairly popular. My main question was weather or not my current sony receiver would be sufficient to drive these speakers or if I will need to pick up something more. Thanks for the help fellas!

[RuSsMaN]

There is always room for improvement, but your receiver will certainly drive the R series. The good news is ALL the 'entry' level Polk speakers respond VERY well to good electronics, should you choose to upgrade sometime down the road to a Sony ES level receiver, or something high current from Denon, Onkyo, HK and the like.

Welcome to forum, and thanks for choosing Polk!

Cheers,
Russ

[Jonboy]

Just making sure you know about Fry's.

http://shop1.outpost.com/product/4005092

Also I don't think the 150's have a key hole slot if your planning on hanging them up. I have recently gotten the R50's and very happy with them. using R10 for surrounds, and a CS175 center.

[jay3712]

Yep, Fry's is where I am going to get them unless I find a better deal locally (not likely). I plan to get a better receiver in the future but for now I just wanted to make sure that this setup will get plenty loud for house parties, movies, and video games. I will probably start with the R50s and then get the surrounds with another paycheck (either R300s or R150s, which ones?). Also, what center would be good for this setup? Thanks again.

[Jonboy]

I would either go with the R150 for something cheap or go with another set of r50's before getting the R300's its only $40 more.

[RuSsMaN]

The CSR -> http://www.polkaudio.com/homeaudio/products/csr/ is the match for the current R series. If you plan on playing loud for parties and what not, and using the entry level receiver you own, a couple words of advice.

Get a sub (or two) and utilize your receivers bass management system to filter out low frequencies from your speakers.

Try not to use (or use frugally) tone and loudness contour controls.

If you are going to 'rock out', you may want to look at floorstanders for your main speakers - and I would still follow the two points above.

Cheers,
Russ

[Jonboy]

About the sub your gonna need to spend some money there. Get at least a 12" or a high quality 10". The Run of the mill 10" 100w is not going to be much of an improvement. I have the PSW350 and and 1/4 the time I am not even sure its on.