Polk Audio 255c-RT In-Wall Center Channel Speaker (2) 5.25 Drivers - The Vanishing Series | Easily Fits into the Wall | Power Port | Paintable Grille Black, White

Looks good, sounds good, but the grill rattles and mine speakers disintegrated after a short period of using. I was very happy with how they looked and sounded after initial installation though there are definite issues with the 255c-RT. For thesix month of listening to my Polk Vanishing services 7.1 surround system), I had an annoying rattle during bassy parts of movies (and all through music though I rarely listen to music in my theater room). At first I thought it was pictures on the wall, or small items near my subwoofer was rattling but after a while I took the covers of my front 3 x speakers off and realised it was the grilles that were making the rattling noises. The speaker covers are magnetic and although they look nice, the magnets are not strong enough to stay on flush and securely; they are loose and vibrate causing unwanted noise. However once I removed the centre cover to finally determine the root cause of the rattle I discovered a second problem; the tweeter cap thingys (not sure of the technical name) fell to the floor. They had obviously broken off at some point during the first six months of use and were just sitting there waiting to fall out once the cover was off. I contacted Amazon as well as Polk who informed me the warranty was for a year only and that I need to pay to get these fixed. It doesnt appear to be the manufacturers problem that Id only used them for six months; that the speakers disintegrated between 2 and 6 months of use, and that the only reason I discovered it was talking the grilles of to find the cause of the rattling issue; it is my problem! It would be cost inhibitive to send them back for repair from New Zealand to the USA so I may wait until the next problem before replacing it though I am unlikely to buy another 255c-RT obviously. I am disappointed that after buying dozens of Polk speakers that Polk will not send me a new one. So now I have to use my speakers with the covers off, can see the faulty centre and if you look closely around the speakers, paint has chipped off the wall in places from taking the covers off on on; these could be designed not to damage walls IMO

What can i say? Its Polk. Works great, sounds great. Let it bake in for a few days.

Honestly I got this because my studs were too close together. It sounds ok, but my Soundavo 8 speakers really outshine this speaker when everything is going. The sound quality is passable, but is probably your best option if your studs are 14 apart.

This center channel delivers a great sound!! It completed the sound of my home theater. It delivers better sound then my other high doller center channel I have on my other system.

Great bang for the buck!

Sounds good. Easy to install.

Polk Audio 255c-RT In-Wall Center Channel Speaker works great as part of a larger speaker system. We like the sound quality and would buy it again.

I’ve used in-wall speakers such as this many times. This is an updated version of the ones I’ve used in the past. Installation is pretty straight forward as you have to cut the wall for the speaker but it fits well and the clamps hold the speaker tightly to the wall. Sound is better than the others I’ve used so this is a bonus. I would recommend this front channel speaker fir clean installations.

Used as a center channel for a 7.1 System.

My home theatre installer advised against mounting this in the ceiling, which was my plan all along. I insisted, he complied, and it sounds great!