I have owned a pair of polk rti a3 for almost 2 years now. They were my first hifi audio purchase (although some people refuse to call the polks 'hifi'). While buying them, I had no experience and wisdom in this area, so had to rely entirely on online reviews and an audition at the store. The reasons for my decision were the following things I read online about the polks: They are good for both music and movies, placement is not much of an issue, i.e they can be placed closer to walls and their bass goes deep. Also while auditioning, I liked the way they sounded.
However, my audio room and tastes have changed over these 2 years. I notice that I almost never use the speakers for ht, and use it exclusively for stereo music. Secondly, I now have speaker stands which can now be placed more than 2 m away from the walls, and I have a subwoofer for <80 hz bass. Also, I find their tone to be a little bright, which even though brings out the details, sometimes sound fatiguing to my medically proven hypersensitive ears (not at all a good thing, trust me). So I am toying with the idea of selling my current speakers, and replacing them with passive bookshelves in the same class. I would prefer a neutral or warm tone, and speakers costing around the same as the rti's. I listen mostly to soft rock, world folk (eg celtic), Hindustani and Marathi abhangs and play at low to moderate volume.
So I have two questions:
1) Any suggestions for such bookshelf speakers?
2) Approximately how much could be the expected resale value of the polks? They are in perfect condition, no damage whatsoever. (I am not putting them for sale right now, just considering the option.)
However, my audio room and tastes have changed over these 2 years. I notice that I almost never use the speakers for ht, and use it exclusively for stereo music. Secondly, I now have speaker stands which can now be placed more than 2 m away from the walls, and I have a subwoofer for <80 hz bass. Also, I find their tone to be a little bright, which even though brings out the details, sometimes sound fatiguing to my medically proven hypersensitive ears (not at all a good thing, trust me). So I am toying with the idea of selling my current speakers, and replacing them with passive bookshelves in the same class. I would prefer a neutral or warm tone, and speakers costing around the same as the rti's. I listen mostly to soft rock, world folk (eg celtic), Hindustani and Marathi abhangs and play at low to moderate volume.
So I have two questions:
1) Any suggestions for such bookshelf speakers?
2) Approximately how much could be the expected resale value of the polks? They are in perfect condition, no damage whatsoever. (I am not putting them for sale right now, just considering the option.)
as they reproduce the sound ...but remember they reproduce the sound fed to them from the source.
