How will these work as front speakers in a living room? I have a 7.1 receiver and rear speakers in ceiling.
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depends. personally they do not throw enough power for the space I am in. But the space is huge & I AM using them as SECONDARY front speakers (for a total of 4) - so, they are a bit weak but if your space is small enough they should suffice for front speakers. Crisp sound, all "highs" but I'm sure your rear speakers and sub take care of the lows. Hope this helps.
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I have them in a living room with two floor speakers. When I turn on the stereo, I can clearly hear that the Polk speakers are putting out as much good sound as the floor speakers. The two floor speakers are each in a corner of the room and the two Polk speakers are perpendicular to the floor speakers. So, I hear great sound sitting in the middle between them. I am sure the Polk speakers could be stand alone speakers, too.
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These are solid speakers for the money as your two main front channels. I would recommend accompanying these w/ a sub woofer though as they are strong on midrange and treble, but not the deep bass. I bought a Polk Audio sub to go w/ these for $99 and my wife and I couldn't be happier.
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I would not use these speakers as fronts. I like to direct my front left and right at my main listening position, these don't lend themselves to that positioning. I use them as left and right surrounds and they are fine for that. I much prefer classic heresy speakers for fronts as they are smallish but sound great.
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If you are installing only two front and two rear speakers they should work fine. If you are planning a 5:1 surround system they do not perform well as center channel speakers.
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If you are talking about using them as a second main output, you will probably be okay so long as you aren't driving them at full volume. If you mean "rear" as in surround sound, then you have no worries. Surround output on the rear channel will never drive them extremely hard.
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I think they are meant to be front speakers. That is where I have them in a fairly small room and they are excellent.Todd
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I recently used these in a 12' ceiling as my front L&R; speakers and they sound fantastic. My Marantz 7008 recognizes them as Large speakers when going through the setup process. Which means they must be performing well through their intended range even without a box or enclosed space behind them.
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these are designed for front and back channels. Would sound better if you had a center speaker. these make good surround sound speakers
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Not for the front speakers if they would be ceiling mounted. Most of your voices during movies will only come thru the your front two channels and the center channel, and if they are aimed down they will not be as clear. I only did them for the side and rear speakers but used the regular front and center channel speakers for the front. When I listen to music and run 7 channel stereo they sound amazing but still the most noticeable sound will be from your front speakers. My suggestion is to buy a really good center channel speaker since that is what makes the dialog understandable.
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These speakers are pretty incredible. They are surround speakers so logically they're not designed to be your mains, but there's really no reason they can't be. They have the same horn tweeter and drivers as some of the center channel speakers, driven by the right stereo receiver you should be just fine. Keep in mind, these things are pretty efficient with power but they'll only be as good as your receiver. Crappy receiver = crappy sound no matter what speakers you have.
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I would stick to using them on the sides or in the rear. I have mine as the rear speakers and they work great. I have a 7.1 system but these are wired as the side speakers and the side speakers wired as the rear. I did this because for some reason when they were wired as the rear speakers the volume was quite low compared to the sides. Now the side speakers (wired as the rear) just fill in the gap between front and rear because of the lower volume. Most shows play in 5.X anyways so it sounds great.
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I have mine in a large room, 18.5 x28 feet with 9 ft ceilings, but not vaulted. The speakers fill the room with high quality true sound and I love them. I use them with a powered sub-woofer but the RT1A3 speakers have excellent bass. I feel confident they would work well with vaulted ceiling.
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They holes in back they hang from picture hangers they sound great I would recommend that you use these as you side channels and not rear if you are able to run 7.1 or more. The sound great for the price!
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Sure you could use these as surround speakers. In fact I am using them as surround and it really sounds great. I have 5:1 sound system. Connect them to the two surround speaker connection in the back. Left to left speaker and right to right speakers. If you need more advise please let me know
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Ideally all front speakers, Left, Center, Right should be the same for optimal performance. Using the OWM3 as left/right main would work, and probably sound OK. I disagree with a previous comment on deficient bass response, as the very low frequencies would be handled by the sub/LFE channel with a powered sub. I would select "small speakers" on your 7.1 reciever for the front speakers when setting up your system- this will send all lower frequencies(>120hz) to the sub channel.
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In a small room they will be fine. I have them in my living room and I have to crank my receiver a bit, but they sound good.
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No, these are designed to be mounted t your sides to provide an imursive surround stage. Using them as front speakers would provide a muddy, non directional, surround expreiace.
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They will work very well. I used them as such and they worked out well. Polk makes a great bang for the buck speaker. You will not be dissapointed. Just make sure you get the matching center channel.