center spkrs polk cs10 woes -need advice

[Santanu Ghosh]

Hi,
I have built the following setup :-

front tsi300
center cs10
rear tsi100
subwoofer psw110
avr denon 1612

In some movies i'm finding that the center channel's voice is not crisp & loud.So will the cs20 be better than cs10 for dialog clarity ?

I have found that tsi300's sound is bit bright which is not soothing for hearing music.
So,I like to know whether (RtiA3+ CsiA4) package is better than (Tsi300 + Cs20) ?

Need advice....

 

[elangoas]

Hi,
I have built the following setup :-

front tsi300
center cs10
rear tsi100
subwoofer psw110
avr denon 1612

In some movies i'm finding that the center channel's voice is not crisp & loud.So will the cs20 be better than cs10 for dialog clarity ?

I have found that tsi300's sound is bit bright which is not soothing for hearing music.
So,I like to know whether (RtiA3+ CsiA4) package is better than (Tsi300 + Cs20) ?

Need advice....

May be if it is a new speaker, allow it some more time to complete the burn-in before you make any decision...

Let us know what is the receiver that you are using and FM help/guide you tweak the settings....

Also lot depends on the source material.....What is the source material that you are playing ? Is it from DVD player (or) Internet download movies (avi files) or High Quality internet downloads (Mkv files) ....

 

[prosenjit]

^ very correct.play original dvds from a dvd player atleast and let your avr decode....then hear and decide...source is very very important factor...

or hd stb tatasky/airtel send DD..you can test with that also.....

 

[Santanu Ghosh]

May be if it is a new speaker, allow it some more time to complete the burn-in before you make any decision...

Let us know what is the receiver that you are using and FM help/guide you tweak the settings....

Also lot depends on the source material.....What is the source material that you are playing ? Is it from DVD player (or) Internet download movies (avi files) or High Quality internet downloads (Mkv files) ....

My AVR is Denon 1612.
Xover freq. set to 80Hz.
Bass settings - LFE+Main(100Hz)
front size - large , center size - small.

playing mkv files(HD/Full HD Quality) over 15 gb generally
For music using stereo mode and generally original audio cd or mp3.

My first priority is watching movies with dialogue clarity(cs10 is not good with low voice even with volume of center set to +5db).

Pls help me to select the right package for front and center (RtiA3 +CsiA4 ) or (tsi300 + cs20)

Are my settings correct?

 

[elangoas]

My AVR is Denon 1612.
Xover freq. set to 80Hz.
Bass settings - LFE+Main(100Hz)
front size - large , center size - small.

playing mkv files(HD/Full HD Quality) over 15 gb generally
For music using stereo mode and generally original audio cd or mp3.

My first priority is watching movies with dialogue clarity(cs10 is not good with low voice even with volume of center set to +5db).

Pls help me to select the right package for front and center (RtiA3 +CsiA4 ) or (tsi300 + cs20)

Are my settings correct?

How long has it been since you bough the speakers ?

There is no perfect Receiver setting for everyone.....

Ok...Your center channel speaker CS10 has 91db sensitivity...It actually would need very less power from the receiver to bring it to life....

So you need to tweak the setting in you Receiver.... Is +5db the maximum settings for a center channel speaker... If there is an option to increase in 1db steps, try increasing.....

I am not aware about Audessy settings..So wait for fellow FM to help you on this...

have you heard the Csi A4 ?

An other thing...Most of the MKV HD rips have DTS audio with a lossy bitrate of 1.5 Mbps.. Some DTS audio movie files have lossy half bit rates 750 Kbps.....

Dolby Digital audio files have VBR (Variable bit rates)..So they can be anywhere from 320Kbps - 1.5 Mbps.....