These Polks a good deal at $170 shipped?

That isn't a bad deal. There will be a frequency hole unless you're crossing the sub over at 100hz, however. You're also going to need to rely on a decent sub for the midbass, so maybe even crossed over higher. It comes with mounting, which is a plus.

Is your primary use going to be HT?
 
Yep, would be for TV/movie use, possibly some music and gaming but nothing studio-quality necessary.
Good point about the freq hole; would prefer if sub didn't have to cross over above about 80Hz.
 
You would probably want to cross those at least at 150hz as the f3 is 130hz on those. A half octave higher than f3 would be up around 200hz.
 
it would be slightly more

but if you have room for them (as the speakers themselves would be bigger)

i would get these

pricing as of today 8/5/11

1 x CS 1 $69.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882290210

1x pair Monitor40 Series 2 $119.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882290202

1xpair Monitor30 series 2 $89.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882290200


$274.97 (before tax /ship)



this is similar to my setup at home (i have monitor 50 front speakers) and then I have also added a PSW10 sub

i'm very pleased with this setup.
 
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^That is a much better way to go. For the price, they are good. I've had 4x Monitor 40's and a CS1 center for a couple years, not bad at all. They'll probably end up in FS/FT later this year. I got the upgrade bug and my current sub makes them feel a little anemic.
 
i have had my speakers/receiver awhile now...so the receiver is a couple year old model.

I have an about 2~yr old Pioneer VSX-519V (5.1) it was under $200 from newegg when I got it and I have no complaint with it. Probably not the most feature rich/best receiver in the world but it get's the job done pretty well for us here.

I'm not sure I might have got a 7.1 receiver in retrospect but ....meh...
 
atarione said:
it would be slightly more

but if you have room for them (as the speakers themselves would be bigger)

i would get these

pricing as of today 8/5/11

1 x CS 1 $69.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882290210

1x pair Monitor40 Series 2 $119.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882290202

1xpair Monitor30 series 2 $89.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882290200


$274.97 (before tax /ship)



this is similar to my setup at home (i have monitor 50 front speakers) and then I have also added a PSW10 sub

i'm very pleased with this setup.
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seconded. this is my exact setup as well but with the PSW505 sub instead. The polks in the OP are ok, but this setup is a lot more speaker for the money.. and thats literally too (they're much larger) If you've got tight spaces to put them in (or a significant other to convince) then the original set might be a safer choice
 
I wish they were still selling the Polk dsw micropro 1000 for 300. That was such a great deal I want two!
 
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