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The Polk Audio RC80i is a pair of 8-inch in-ceiling speakers built for rooms where you want big sound without visible boxes. The 8-inch blue polymer woofer gives more bass than most ceiling speakers, and the aimable swivel tweeter helps direct highs toward the listening area. It suits kitchens, living rooms, covered patios and whole-home audio where coverage matters more than pinpoint imaging. Against smaller 6.5-inch ceiling models it trades some subtlety for output and low-end weight, and owners rate it highly for the sound it delivers for the installation effort.
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Owners rate the RC80i very highly, praising the bass and the clean, wide sound from a ceiling speaker. Most say installation is straightforward and the result looks tidy. A few note that bass and leakage depend on what is behind the ceiling.
The Polk Audio RC80i is an in-ceiling speaker with an 8-inch woofer. It is built for rooms that need full, rich sound and wide coverage without a traditional speaker taking up space. The wide dispersion design spreads sound throughout the room. This listing is for a pair.
The cones are lightweight, stiff blue polymer. The surrounds are injection-molded butyl rubber, shaped with computer modeling to suppress cone resonances. The tweeters swivel so they can be aimed. Infinite baffle tuning uses the space inside the ceiling as a virtual enclosure to support bass and blend the low frequencies smoothly with the midrange.
Installation is a one-cut, drop-in design. It uses Perfect Fit templates, a precision flange and a patented Rotating Cam system that locks the speaker in place with a simple turn. Pre-construction brackets are available. The stainless steel hardware is rustproof, and the grille is powder-coated aluminum. This makes the speaker suitable for high-moisture areas such as bathrooms, transitional spaces, under eaves or an enclosed porch ceiling. It is not suitable for exposed outdoor use.
