POLK AUDIO RC85I 2-WAY IN-WALL SPEAKERS (PAIR, WHITE)
SALE Price: $ 167.28
USERS REVIEWS:
. . efficiency these are an exceptional set of speakers. no. Summary: Cannot beat them if this is how significantly money you want to commit. I have a higher-end Yamaha that enables me to reduce the reduced frequencies out of the principal channel and only send them to the sub (12″ driven down-fire). I went to the local large-box store, and the only set of in-wall speakers they had that I thought had been worth buying have been a set of Klipsch that came in at 0 per set. . I figured at 0 from Amazon, the RC65i’s were worth a shot. That is the factor you genuinely have to do is evaluate them to other speakers you could acquire for so tiny income. The 0 Infinity set sounded horrible. . I am glad I did – price tag vs. They do not evaluate to my aforementioned towers. They are a *slight* bit muddy, but not for the price array. . What these are is a excellent each day speaker that will sound decent to most men and women below most problems. . Good dynamic range, and in fact a surprising amount of bass if you do not have a subwoofer (however I suggest acquiring one – you can only get so significantly out of a 6″ speaker). And even some that expense a minor much more – the Infinity set I listened to at the huge-box shop was twice the cost and did not sound any greater. People towers were also 0 a piece. Period. If you believe you’re going to get amazing clarity and dynamic array for a speaker . are these “incredible” speakers? Well . you’re going to be disappointed. . The livingroom in our new property just does not have a spot for completely free-standing speakers due to the floorplan (really open to the rest of the house, with a fireplace in the front corner). I practically went for them, but after measuring I found they have been about 2″ too broad for wherever I needed to set up one particular of them. It also aids if you have a good receiver that lets you control the dynamic array staying sent to your speakers. Now . . I liked them so a lot for my application that I ordered a set of rc55i (the smaller sized ones) and installed them for the back surround channel. This ruled out employing my existing (high-end) theater speakers (significant towers). . They did not sell Polk Audio or Boston Acoustic, which was actually what I needed to appear at. They also are not almost as excellent as the 0 Klipsch in-walls I looked at. Carrying out this, you get rid of most of the “muddy” problems. When I finish the basement I am thinking of obtaining some of these (rc65i) to use for the back-channel. So
I have not done this nevertheless and they nevertheless sound excellent!. I purchased a pair of these in-walls for a pool table/game space region I am developing in the basement. Polk advocates to maximize the sound top quality, you place a modest quantity of a sound absorbing materials, this sort of as Polyfil (a synthetic cotton-like material located at craft/fabric retailers) within the cavity just before installing the speakers. I also did not want floor standing speakers, but did not want to sacrifice audio high quality either so these speakers filled the bill. one property theater system and these will serve as stereo/audio part for only that room. Supposedly, this will absorb the rear moving sound wave and reduce mid range coloration. I feel insulation also functions just as well. My receiver is an Onkyo 805 7. No back boxes are essential, the speaker is intended as an “infinite baffle” type and only requires that the front and rear moving sound wave are isolated from every other. I was actually impressed at the audio quality. I have never owned Polks or in wall speakers for that matter and listened to them at the huge box retailer ahead of acquiring these through Amazon
and scored the paper of the drywall with a razor just before slicing with a tiny drywall saw!. . . . Super simple to put in and fantastic sound. taped the wall with Scotch blue painters tape. Followed everyone’s guidance and stuffed the cavity with insulation.