Polk Audio LSiC center speaker

PA1888

Hi, I'm looking for some advice please, I purchased a LSiC center speaker off eBay and when I was listening to the speaker I noticed the left side 5 1/4" driver was putting out very minimal sound compared to the right. When I talked to the seller he was trying to tell me that the left side is suppose to be this way and was told that by a Polk Audio specialist a few years ago.
When I contacted a Polk audio specialist yesterday, and he told me the sound should be equal out of both drivers. This is my feelings all along, what do you guys think?

rooftop59

I don't know for sure, but I do know that on the older cs400i, one of the drivers is full range, while the other is a midrange driver, so one does sound a bit louder/different from the other. But I don't it should be drastic. Have tested it with a variety of sources?

PA1888

Yes, I also took out each speaker and switched side with both and it was still the same. So if there is a problem it isn't the speakers but I was thinking it was the cross over inside. But the sound difference is pretty drastic compared to each other.

[Deleted User]

There's nothing wrong with your speaker, that's how it's designed. It has a cascaded crossover designed to prevent frequency cancellations from having two drivers side-by-side with overlapping dispersion patterns.

PA1888

Thank you very much

[Deleted User]

You're welcome, enjoy!

K_M

Just tried with our LsiC, and with some voices lacking bass the one speaker is nearly silent, as intended.

PA1888

Thanks for your reply....it just freaked me out, and i thought maybe I had a bad crossover