Center Channel Match for Polk TC265i

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edited April 2011 in Speakers
I am switching to an in wall setup to accomate the spousal approval factor. I purchased the Polk TC265 in walls for my left and right mains a couple of years ago durning construction but never installed them. Can anyone recomend a timbre matched center channell in the Polk lineup? They don't have any listed for the TC series.

Thanks in advance.
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  • Posts: 29
    edited February 2010
    giodice wrote: »
    I am switching to an in wall setup to accomate the spousal approval factor. I purchased the Polk TC265 in walls for my left and right mains a couple of years ago durning construction but never installed them. Can anyone recomend a timbre matched center channell in the Polk lineup? They don't have any listed for the TC series.

    Thanks in advance.

    Welcome to Club Polk.
    I think your only option is going to be another Tc265 for your center. If you don't go in-wall for your center, the match would be the Rti series.
    Good luck.
  • Posts: 4
    edited February 2010
    I have 16 on center studs. To position the 265 horizontally would require significant modification to the walls.

    As an alternative could I split matching 65i's for the center to in effect have an 8 ohm center?

    Power is not an issue as I my amp should have no problem driving the 8ohm. Is this even possible, and if so how would i go about doing it?

    Thanks in advance.
  • Posts: 29
    edited February 2010
    I am not sure you can split the center channel into two speakers, I believe it would make them 4 ohms. If your receiver can handle that impedance, I don't know how they should be wired.
    Could you install the Tc265 vertically? I know that's less than ideal but it's an option. Have you considered going with a phantom center?
  • Posts: 4
    edited February 2010
    I use my reciever as a pre-pro with a seperate amp that can handle 8 ohms. By phantom, do you mean operate it without a center using the L & R?
  • Posts: 4
    edited February 2010
    What about using a singl TC65 places horizontally. According to the product description.....

    "Sold singly (packaged one per box). Single units can be used for center channel applications in stealth installs! "


    Could set the speaker size on my processer to small and the L&R to Medium or Large.

    Am I losing alot using a single driver instead of the doubel on the 265?
  • Posts: 10
    edited December 2010
    giodice wrote: »
    What about using a singl TC65 places horizontally. According to the product description.....

    "Sold singly (packaged one per box). Single units can be used for center channel applications in stealth installs! "


    Could set the speaker size on my processer to small and the L&R to Medium or Large.

    Am I losing alot using a single driver instead of the doubel on the 265?

    Did you by chance get an answer to this question? I am having the same exact problem. I dont want to lay the 265 vertical, but also do not want to have a single driver, since the center is most important speaker in set up.

    hopefully you get this and can update me. Thank you
  • Posts: 123
    edited April 2011
    Has anyone heard the TC265i?

    How do they compare to a speaker like the RTI4?

    I would prefer a bookshelf or tower but they would be in the way of a walkway.
  • Posts: 362
    edited April 2011
    BtrSound wrote: »
    Has anyone heard the TC265i?

    How do they compare to a speaker like the RTI4?
    We have the TC80i's for our surround speakers, and they were nice upgrade to the RC80i's they replaced. I believe this is a similar "Series X to Series Y" comparison that you mention above. If I'm off on that relative comparison, hopefully someone else can chime in...

    The TCi's were also better matched tonally for our fronts/center, which were also upgraded about the same time. We went from an RTi70/CSi40 setup to an RTi A7/CSi A6 setup.

    Regarding two center channel speakers, one of my older Yamaha receivers actually had two center speaker connections on the back (R-V1103, much older model). I don't think that's a feature Yamaha's have anymore, but worth checking if other mfr's might provide that...but could be an expensive option.

    Good luck with trying to find a good in-wall center for your setup. It's a shame that you'd need to rework the wall/studs to fit a TC265i horizontally. But as others have mentioned, two mid/woofer drivers in a center is better than one...
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