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

by Polk Audio

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 14.2 x 14.8 inches ; 20 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 36 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: B0000E2XEE
• Item model number: AM0392
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #115,722 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 (Cherry)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Polk RTi6 or JBL L830???, September 22, 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, Cherry) (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). 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 like ness. 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.

P.S. That IS real cherry veneer.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great value, high performance, May 29, 2009

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John Kenderdine "physical sciences teacher" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Polk Audio RTi6 High Performance Bookshelf Speakers (Pair, Cherry) (Electronics)

Beautiful to see and hear! Prosumer gear here. I got the matched pair to produce and monitor the main virtual pipe organ sounds from my pro-grade synthesizer workstation. My background includes professional work at a government acoustical research facility, broadcast radio, music production as a musician both acoustic and electronic. Accurate sound production is important to me. I completed the system with a matched Polk 12" powered sub-woofer. My preferred music to play and listen is pipe organ and electronic sythesizer both of which span the entire human audible range. These do the job (provided you are not trying to fill the volume of a church or concert hall) for my critical ears. I am a long time physics teacher (translation: not rich) so the price is right as well.

5.0 out of 5 stars Polk Audio RTi 6 Bookshelf speakers and CSi3 center, February 8, 2008

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Paul F. Rathert "paul the pilot" (San Diego, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Polk Audio RTi6 High Performance Bookshelf Speakers (Pair, Cherry) (Electronics)

Excellent Speakers incredible tone and quality, beautiful cherry wood workmanship, sound great throughout the entire sound spectrum I highly recommend them. I use them with the Polk Audio Center channel CSI3,it is also excellent and Crutchfield was quick and efficient too. Polk Audio RTi6 High Performance Bookshelf Speakers, Pair (Cherry)