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The RC65i is a 2-way in-wall speaker built around a 6.5-inch Dynamic Balance composite woofer and a 0.75-inch swivel soft-dome tweeter. The tweeter aims toward the listening seat, and the paintable white grille lets the speaker blend into the wall. It is timbre-matched to Polk's Signature Elite, Signature, Monitor XT and T Series, so it works as front, surround or Atmos height channels in a mixed system. Owners rate it highly and treat it as a solid value in-wall option; the main trade-offs are modest bass on its own and no enclosure, so wall construction affects the sound.
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Lowest price we've seen: $124.50 on Nov 13 at Audio Experience. Tracked across 13 stores since Nov 13.
Owners rate the RC65i very highly and describe clean, balanced sound for the money. Most use them as surrounds or Atmos channels and praise how well they blend with other Polk speakers.
The Polk Audio RC65i is a pair of 6.5-inch two-way in-wall speakers. They suit the left and right front or surround channels of an in-wall home theater. They can also be used with an amplifier for a music system with little visual clutter. Adding a powered subwoofer makes a 2.1 system.
Each speaker has a 6.5" Dynamic Balance composite cone woofer and a .75" swivel-mount soft dome tweeter. Infinite baffle tuning uses the "virtual enclosure" of the wall or ceiling space to enhance bass response and blend low frequencies smoothly with the midrange. Klippel motor optimization uses laser measurement to keep the excursion path smooth at both low and high volumes. The speakers are timbre-matched to other Polk speakers, so they blend with traditional and built-in speakers in one system.
The hardware is rustproof stainless steel, and the surrounds are durable butyl rubber. This makes the speakers suitable for high-moisture areas such as bathrooms, transitional spaces, under eaves or in the ceiling of an enclosed porch. They are not suitable for exposed outdoor use. Installation takes one cut and a drop-in fit, using Perfect Fit templates, a precision flange and a patented Rotating Cam system. Pre-construction brackets are available.
