Polk Audio RTi10 High Output Floorstanding Loudspeaker (Single, Black)

by Polk Audio

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 17.5 x 43.6 inches ; 61 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 61 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0000TU7IQ
• Item model number: AM1035
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #67,721 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Why settle for vinyl speakers when you can have the warmth and beauty of real wood at the same price, with speakers from the RTi Series.

Features

• Acoustically inert, asymmetrically braced 3/4" MDF cabinets, finished in Real Cherry Wood or Real Black Oak veneers.
• Dynamic Balance polymer composite driver for smooth wide-range response with low distortion.
• PowerPort® Plus bass venting for superior clean, low distortion bass that you can really feel.
• Acoustic Resonance Control (ARC Port) technology for more natural midrange reproduction.
• 1" silk dome tweeter with a neodymium magnet for clear, detailed highs; heat-sinked for superior heat dissipation, power handling and reliability.
• Two 7" woofers have the surface area of a single large woofer with the low mass and acceleration of small woofers, for a high force-to-mass ratio -- bass response is tighter, punchier, more accurate.
• Butyl rubber surrounds for high performance durability.
• Acoustically inert stamped driver baskets.
• Floating anti-diffraction grilles minimize grille diffraction for spacious, 3-dimensional imaging.
• Magnetic shielding for safe placement near video sources.
• Mylar bypass capacitors in the crossovers extend high frequency response and improve detail and transparency.
• Dual, bi-ampable gold-plated 5-way binding post inputs (with wide holes for large-gauge bare wire connections) for the most secure connections and the most versatile wiring applications.
• Adjustable leveling feet in an outrigger base to provide stability on any type of flooring.
• Timbre-matched to fit into any Polk Audio home theater or multi-channel music system for a more realistic, more seamless surround sound environment.

Product Description

Polk Audio RTi10 High Output Floorstanding Loudspeaker, Single (Black Oak)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Sound, but wider than promised., December 17, 2007

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Walter Blackledge (Alton, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Polk Audio RTi10 High Output Floorstanding Loudspeaker (Single, Black) (Electronics)

For some reason hardly anyone makes large traditional box speakers anymore. You can either buy tower speakers, or bookshelf speakers. I needed something that would fit in a space no wider than 8 inches. I bought these and they sound wonderful. The mid ranges are very present and not drowned out by a lot of over done base. I guess if you want a thump box, then either get a sub woofer or look elsewhere. Once I got the speakers out of the box, the feet attach easily, but they also make the speaker width not 7.75 inches, but add 1.5 inches to each side of the base. You must connect the feet so the speaker will set level on the ground because of the front face plate is lower than the speaker enclosure.
To solve my problem I made my own feet out of a 2x4 that bolts to the speaker in the same way the polk feet do, but also have four 2" deck screws that run thru the 2x4 and leave a half inch spike in the bottom. They are much less stable this way, but my speakers fit inside a wall cavity and can't be tipped over due to the wall, so it works for me.

The speakers are set up for Bi-Amping. Currently I only have one amp feeding them and need to read up on how to get the full sound out these speakers, even though they sound wonderful now. I'm very happy with them. Bach sounds great, so does Paul Simon, and the Police.

18 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solid deep clear sound, September 24, 2004

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John Mack (Phoenix, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Polk Audio RTi10 High Output Floorstanding Loudspeaker (Single, Black) (Electronics)

Best addition to a system I have ever made. I even have to turn off the subwoofer to avoid things falling off the wall.
Very classy looking as well.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Polk Powers My Home Theatre, February 15, 2008

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Michael "3mw" (Oceanside, US, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Polk Audio RTi10 High Output Floorstanding Loudspeaker (Single, Black) (Electronics)

I ordered these after a lot of homework on Infinity/Polk comparison.
Finally i purchased the RTi10s and i am quite pleased. I use the bi-amping feature and the serve as my two front channels. After a lot of deliberation and reading all the good and contrary reviews i am glad i made this purchase (they arrived in good time). Be sure to ming the measurements as these are fairly tall standing floor speakers. So much so that as they sit next to my flat screen they prevent me from turning the TV to the side (just 1 ft too tall and of course i mounted the tv before owning these items..small loss). But i am quite pleased as i felt they filled in the surround sound speakers lack of mid range for music and straight stereo applications.