A good friend of mine wants to upgrade his system, and buy a new pair of speakers, so he asked me for recommendations. Since I've been out of the industry for so many years, I haven't kept up with the very latest, and newest, etc. in speaker design, and quite frankly, don't feel at all qualified to give him an honest recommendation.

One thing I did see though, was an ad from J&R Music World for a Polk speaker (model RTi10) for 50% off - $249.95 each, rather than $499.95 each. They also advertise an upscale Polk model - the RTi12 - at the same discount ($399.95 each, as opposed to $899.95 each).

Polk always made decent, if unremarkable speakers, but at these prices I thought they would be a good choice. I really don't know how much my friend wants to spend, but I would assume he would spend at least $500 for the pair, but not as much as $1,000.

He has a decent, but old, Luxman receiver with about 60 watts per channel. Any other recommendations, and am I on the right track with my suggestions?