Polk Audio RTi6 High Performance Bookshelf Speakers (Pair, Black)

by Polk Audio

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 14.2 x 14.8 inches ; 20 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 35 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: B0000E2XED
• Item model number: AM0395
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #106,765 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? RTi Series features real wood at vinyl prices.

Features

• Acoustically inert 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® 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 Dynamic Balance tweeter features a neodymium magnet for clear, detailed highs; heat-sinked for superior heat dissipation, power handling and reliability.
• PowerPort® vent doubles as a strong, built-in wall-mounting bracket for easy, safe placement.
• 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. (Both models! True bi-wire and bi-amp-ability!)
• 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 RTi6 High Performance Bookshelf Speakers, Pair (Black Oak)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars They sound good to me...., January 20, 2008

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Patrick Konkel (Waukesha, WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Polk Audio RTi6 High Performance Bookshelf Speakers (Pair, Black) (Electronics)

I sat at American TV for an hour comparing these and the klipsch. Klipsch had great highs, but Polk sounded warmer and easier on the ears. I can turn these up as loud as I want and my amp overloads before they distort. One thing I don't like is their length. I am having a hard time finding a stand for them that I feel can hold them correctly. Match them up with a nice sub for the best experience.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent for my purpose !, June 27, 2007

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Edward F. Macnichol III "Mac" (Oakland, Maryland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Polk Audio RTi6 High Performance Bookshelf Speakers (Pair, Black) (Electronics)

I am the happy owner of two prototype Monitor 7 Polk Audio speakers.
I purchased 4 RTi6 speakers used as follows:

Using the two monitor 7 speakers for left and right channels, 1 RTi6 for
a center channel (These speakers sit on top of a large cabinet located
in the corner of a log house close to the ceiling), 2 more of the RTi6 speakers are used for surround left and right and the remainig RTi6 is
used for the rear channel. The surround left, right, and rear RTi6 speakers are mounted on log walls at almost ceiling hight. A powered subwoofer is located behind the corner cabinet. All is driven by an Onkyo TX-SR575. The RTi6 speakers were chosen because they are wall mountable
and narrow enough to mount between a rock hearth and a window frame.
Sounds great for home theater surround and casual music listening.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Polk RTi6 or JBL L830?, September 24, 2006

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J.M. "Mr. DIY" (NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Polk Audio RTi6 High Performance Bookshelf Speakers (Pair, Black) (Electronics)

Well for your money I would get the polk. Today I went to a high end audio shop and tested the above mentioned. I got to tell you for a two way they had great mid range real nice and life like. The high end was vary natural sounding and the bass was there but not everywhere and vary responsive and crisp (just the way I like I). Low treble, high treble, low bass, high bass they still sounded good (thou with all treble taking out they got a bit muddy, witch would be good for TV actually). High and low volumes still give the same sound, I did notice a lot of the bass left around listening volume, but a little bump on the bass brought it right back up. The JBL sounded exactly the same, only that the vocals and higher mids where more pronounced and "I-sword-I-was-there-ness". They didn't get mudy with all the treble taking out and incredibly crisp with the treble up (they sounded better in other words). This was all done through a yamaha RX-397 or 497 (could not remeber witch one) The polk would make decent front speakers for a good sized TV but I think they would be a bit much for anything under 27 inch or so...

Considering the L830's are twice as much I'd get the Polk if you have listened to the JBLL830 but not the Polk, about all you would lose would be a stronger mid range and life-likeness. Also the store was running them 10% and about this price so this is about as low a price that you will find for new ones.