Seadog Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 If I were in your shoes, I would sell the Gift Card and buy a pair of Heresy's off of Ebay. This would get you started in the Klipsch Heritage line. You would never be disappointed. My subjective opinion of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantfmly Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 ---------------- On 6/18/2004 12:00:11 AM Jay481985 wrote: think brand name image but lower class. the synergy is good but polk doesn't have a system like klipsch where klipsch has the reference, synergy, heritage, commecial, etc etc while polk i think only has one line and there stuff is rather good but the synergy was made for a most cost effective speaker ---------------- umm polk has different lines too. they have the lsi series, (their good stuff right now) the monitor series, r series and rti series. the rti series is what circuitcity sells right now. crutchfield sells the lsi series. I have listened to some of the old rt series rt2000p and rt3000p (when i worked at circuitcity almost four years ago) and i thought they were very good speakers. both are better then the senergy series klipch. the rt2000p were compareable in level to my klf-20, but i never got to do an A/B compairison to see which i liked better. i think the polk are much smoother in sound, but are not as efficent and my klipsch have better imaging. of course it is kind of hard to tell when one set of speakers is in your house and the other is in the store. i do not think you would be diappointed with either brand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Bishop Posted June 19, 2004 Author Share Posted June 19, 2004 I was told by a circuit city rep that by law Best Buy has to cash out my gift card if I request to. Is that true? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffinator Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 Technically, if you raise enough hell, since you haven't spent any of it, you probably could get a "refund" of the gift card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Speaker Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 Nice post RRRush, civil and sensible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill H. Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 Pete, Another Idea for your Card, is if you don't have A good computer speaker setup-is buy the Promedia 2.1 or 5.1 setup..........Just an Idea.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksdad Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 well lets see now i have had polk, reference and heritage in house, when i bought my first klipsch gear i was running polk. i went to soundtrack a,d did head to heads between reference and synergy, the synergy in my opinion sounded alot like polk, at that point i decided that the clear choice was reference. because of the make and voice between polk and synergy, i wolud take polk, it just seems that polk at that point is a better speaker, but between reference and polk, of course it would be reference, dont buy your speakers based on name, go with you ears Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelerFan Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 Last time I was in Sound Advice (Tweeter) I noticed they now carry Polk. I've always been curious about how they sound but they were fairly busy and I didn't want to track down a salesperson, especially since I knew I wasn't buying then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juba310 Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 ---------------- On 6/19/2004 10:00:32 AM Pete Bishop wrote: I was told by a circuit city rep that by law Best Buy has to cash out my gift card if I request to. Is that true? ---------------- Can someone confirm this? I'd love to trade in my BB gift cards that I got for my birthday for some cash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinr Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 I think the Synergy series is a good starter or for a second system, and that's what this series was designed for. Carefully setup it will provide very rewarding sound. But if I had the choice I would opt for cash and stretch to the Reference series or perhaps into the used Heritage market - Heresys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ygmn Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 HEck I would buy a bunch of DVD's.... What at about $15 each....into 500 carry the 3 subtract the 4....that is a bunch of DVD..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilMays Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 These are two different speakers. See the list below for my main system, and I absolutely love it. My second system is klf-20's for mains, Bose 301's for surrounds (go ahead..slam me), RC-3 Center, and a Cerwin Vega rear center. On my deck I am using Zone Two with RTi tower speakers that to me sounded better than two B & W DM speakers I demo'd. The reason my second system is so messed up is that I really like the Polk's and am considering Polk's or a B & W line. I guess it is in the ears of the beholder and for me both work well in different environments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 Compared briefly to B&W and another cone loudspeaker in the same price range with the same front-end equipment, the entry level Klipsch Synergy series was NOT wildly different. The Synergy series is NOT a good representation of that the bigger Klipsch horns can do. Only in the Reference series do you start down the musical path less followed. The higher than average sensitivity might help the Synergy loudspeakers with low power receivers. You certainly could drive them with a hefty vintage 70s receiver ($25-75 at yard sale, $50-125 to refurbish) or refurbished vintage integrated tube amplifiers. I only heard the multi-media Klipsch GMX A-2.1 satellites, with their 150-watt sub-woofer, briefly at preacherman Daddydees May 2004 Klipsch gathering in Little Rock, Arkansas, but I was very impressed with it for the money. If I was starting out, I might go the compressed PC-MP3-free music route with a DVD player and multi-media PC loudspeakers. This is something like I would get for my grown daughter. (But she didnt ask me. Instead, she bought some pretty flat thing, with three blue-lit CDs and tiny, tinny loudspeakers.) I have NOT directly compared the Klipsch GMX A-2.1 to the Synergy or any other loudspeakers, but I was favorably impressed with what they did, their specs, what they offer and can do with multiple sources for the money. Besides, isnt Best Buy the store that lets you listen to five different loudspeakers with the same source and receiver? I think that is a great set-up. Why NOT turn down the volume on all the other display systems, pick the type of music you like off the console and then play it on all of the loudspeakers there and decide for yourself? I remember JBL giving some pretty good sound for the money at that price level, while the low cost Sony loudspeakers also had extended frequency response and seemed pretty smooth too. Why NOT buy the two that sounds good to you, then return one set? By the way, I buy heavy, used loudspeakers for nothing at Goodwill, because of their cracked foam or cones. I replace the drivers (no soldering) and get relatively wonderful mid-range and solid upper bass for less than $100! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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