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Energy RC-10 or Polk RTIA3?
Hi!
I own an old Pro Logic HTIB 5 speakers system. The system sounds great for music but not so much for movies and games. I want to upgrade it for a 5.1 home theater system with better surround and center speakers. I decided to build my own system but i would need some help.
My room is fairly small and i am not really looking at something that will break the windows and move the walls. But at the same time i want something that wont fell like comming out of a garbage can.
- My budget is around 1200-1400$ CAD for the 5 speakers and likely the sub too.
- The front speakers need to be bookshelf.
- I am a Canadian so I can buy Polk, Energy, Paradigm, Mordaunt Short, Klipsch, Momentum, Infinity, JBL, Canton and that's about it.
- I just bought the receiver which is an Onkyo TX-SR605.
- Needs to sound good for music.
- Sub needs to be seamless.
Right now i am looking at :
- Energy RC-10 as front with RC-Mini as surround and center.
- Polk RTIa3 as front with CSia4 as center and FXIa4 as surround.
- For the sub i am looking at energy 8.3 or 10.3.
The polk speakers are about 30-40% cheaper. But i'm a little affraid with the RTIa sound quality. Most reviews i've reade about them say the RTIa speakers are harsh. The reviews about the Energy RC-10 are much much more positive.
The problem is the store selling the speakers is big so i can't really try them.
So i would need some help to choose between Energy and Polk. I don't want to spend over 1000$ and have something that is good for pop corn movies only. Do the Energy worth the price difference like the reviews say ?
Also any suggestion and recommendation other than Energy and Polk is really welcome (keep in mind i'm Canadian).
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