LCi vs TCi In-Walls
Hello. I'm planning my Home Theater and am torn between various 7.1 speaker configs:
LC265is for Left/Right/Center
LC65i for Surrounds/Rears
OR
TC265is for Left/Right/Center
TC65i for Surrounds/Rears
A couple of questions:
1. On the high-end config, is there any advantage or will I actually notice a difference if I use the LC65fx for the surrounds/rears over the LC65is?
2. Can you mix and match across the LCi and TCi lines? For example, LC265is for L/R/C and TC65is for Surrounds/Rears?
3. It might be obvious, but really how much better are the LCis over the TCi speakers? They aren't quite 2x the price, but pretty close. Are they really 2x better or more impressive?
I currently have a TC265i/Csi3/TC60i 5.1 setup in my living room and have been quite pleased with it. Great sound. I had initially thought of just duplicating it in the new media room, but wanted to consider the higher LCi line as well. Thoughts? Thanks.
LC265is for Left/Right/Center
LC65i for Surrounds/Rears
OR
TC265is for Left/Right/Center
TC65i for Surrounds/Rears
A couple of questions:
1. On the high-end config, is there any advantage or will I actually notice a difference if I use the LC65fx for the surrounds/rears over the LC65is?
2. Can you mix and match across the LCi and TCi lines? For example, LC265is for L/R/C and TC65is for Surrounds/Rears?
3. It might be obvious, but really how much better are the LCis over the TCi speakers? They aren't quite 2x the price, but pretty close. Are they really 2x better or more impressive?
I currently have a TC265i/Csi3/TC60i 5.1 setup in my living room and have been quite pleased with it. Great sound. I had initially thought of just duplicating it in the new media room, but wanted to consider the higher LCi line as well. Thoughts? Thanks.
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A couple of questions:
1. On the high-end config, is there any advantage or will I actually notice a difference if I use the LC65fx for the surrounds/rears over the LC65is?
2. Can you mix and match across the LCi and TCi lines? For example, LC265is for L/R/C and TC65is for Surrounds/Rears?
3. It might be obvious, but really how much better are the LCis over the TCi speakers? They aren't quite 2x the price, but pretty close. Are they really 2x better or more impressive?
Hello and welcome to Club Polk.
Number 1 I can’t answer as I have never compared LC65fx to the LC65is. Due to their design, I would give the edge to the LC65fx (switchable bipole/dipole feature).
2: Staying with the same line keeps your tweeters timbre-matched.
3: It depends on the sound you prefer. I was fortunate enough to demo the various Polk in-walls side by side mounted in a wall at a dealer. I preferred the tweeters of the LCi series and spent more than I originally planned.
The LC’s are 4 Ohm impedance and do sound their best when powered properly. I drove my LCi’s with a Denon 3805 AVR until I picked up an external amp. IIRC, the TC are 8 Ohm and thus easier to drive.Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 * -
SCompRacer wrote: »Hello and welcome to Club Polk.
Number 1 I cant answer as I have never compared LC65fx to the LC65is. Due to their design, I would give the edge to the LC65fx (switchable bipole/dipole feature).
2: Staying with the same line keeps your tweeters timbre-matched.
3: It depends on the sound you prefer. I was fortunate enough to demo the various Polk in-walls side by side mounted in a wall at a dealer. I preferred the tweeters of the LCi series and spent more than I originally planned.
The LCs are 4 Ohm impedance and do sound their best when powered properly. I drove my LCis with a Denon 3805 AVR until I picked up an external amp. IIRC, the TC are 8 Ohm and thus easier to drive.
Thanks for the response! I'm not much of an audiophile, so these may seem like silly questions, but what does the bipole/dipole design offer over the standard design? Also, timbre-matched? I saw this on the product page, but unsure what this means - all the speakers in a family sound the same? But speakers in a different family sound differently?
And thanks for pointing out the impedence difference. I will be getting either the Onyko 705 or Sony ES4300. Any thoughts on whether they could drive 7 4-ohm speakers?
