Polk Audio RTi10 Tower Speaker

RTi10 review

By gmnguyen  Apr 13, 2005 | 2 out of 4 found this Polk Audio RTi10 review helpful

Pros: clean sound at low power

Cons: over-priced

I got the Polk Audio RTI10 last week and I has been disappointed with their performance. The RTi10 sound clean at low volume but still lack of stereo image. The midrange is not very good. The biggest problems of the RTI10 were that they could not handle high power nicely and they were inefficient. These speakers became as noisy as $200 speakers as I turned up the volume of my Arcam Delta 290. They were much better at low power but they were distorted heavily at high power. The RTI10 need strong amplifier to drive them but they do not sound lound because of their high distortion at high power. My B&W DM603 are superior to the RTI10 in all kind of music and at all power level. The B&W 603 are only a couple hundred bucks more expensive than the RTI10 but the 603 really worth every penny. I used an Adcome CD player with the Arcam integrated amp and the speakers were biwired. I am going to return the Polk.