Shadowtester Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Ok I am upgrading the sound system in my Home Theater/TV/Living Room. The room size is aprox 18ftx12ft with 8ft ceiling the walls and ceiling are all hard surfaces (skim coat plaster, glass, and steel) with carpet on the floor. The seating surfaces are all leather in the room. I currently have a 7.1 setup from Polk Audio RM6500 with two additional satellites all mounted near the ceiling. I just upgraded my AV receiver to a Marantz RS-8500. The usage is about 80% movie/TV 20% Music the Polk speakers do fine with the movie/TV however not so well with the music. My music tastes is varied from including Oldies, Jazz, Country, Soft Rock, almost anything except Acid Rock, Punk Rock, or Rap. This speaker upgrade will take aprox 1-2 years to complete with the first part being upgrading the front speakers and center speaker using the existing satellites and sub. I want to be able to mount all the speakers on the wall near the ceiling like current configuration due to room layout. The proposed new speaker setup is as follows looking for advice and or other options. Fronts RB-35's wall mounted Center RC-35 Side Surrounds RS-35 wall mounted Rear Surrounds RB-10 or RB-15 wall mounted Sub RW-12 Opinions or recomendations wanted like I said this will take 1-2 years to do with fronts and center first then side surrounds followed by sub then rear surrounds last anyways that is the plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcoker Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Two questions: 1. What is your budget. 2. Are you set on Bookshelf speakers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowtester Posted February 18, 2005 Author Share Posted February 18, 2005 Yes bookshelf speakers are a must since floor space at the front of the room is at a premium with the TV, Component rack, House Front entrance, and entrance to main hallway the speaker will have to be mounted on the wall was thinking bookshelf since they could be wall mounted. As for a budget I would like to keep it under $2500.00 if possible as always the less the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meuge Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Everything looks good, with one exception. You really shouldn't pair RB-10/15 with the 3-series speakers - they simply don't compare presence-wise, so you will not hear them AT ALL. On the other hand, RB-25s would work fine, as long as you adjust the levels to match. Of course, 3-series all around is preferable, but not 100% necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksdad Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 i think you will be fine, you will have pretty good timbre and soundstage will improve greatly as well. i believe my first 5.1 was the polk system you now have, it was really good, but that is where it stops, the system you are proposing is a big leap in sound quality, good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowtester Posted February 19, 2005 Author Share Posted February 19, 2005 I was thinking the RB-10/15 due to size for the rear but I do understand I would be better off with the RB-35's for the rears also since they would be matched. If its within my budget I will go that route it might take a little longer but I am sure it will be worth the wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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