Center Channel Match for Polk TC265i

[giodice]

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.

[vincent vega]

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.

[giodice]

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.

[vincent vega]

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?

[giodice]

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?

[giodice]

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?

[Gomez81]

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

[BtrSound]

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.

[mak99]

Has anyone heard the TC265i?

How do they compare to a speaker like the RTI4?
We have the TC80i's (http://www.polkaudio.com/customaudio/tci/index.php?s=tc80i) for our surround speakers, and they were nice upgrade to the RC80i's (http://www.polkaudio.com/customaudio/rci/index.php?s=rc80i) 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 (http://www.polkaudio.com/homeaudio/products/recent/rti70/)/CSi40 (http://www.polkaudio.com/homeaudio/products/recent/csi40/) setup to an RTi A7 (http://www.polkaudio.com/homeaudio/rtia/index.php?s=rtia7)/CSi A6 (http://www.polkaudio.com/homeaudio/rtia/index.php?s=csia6) setup.

Regarding two center channel speakers, one of my older Yamaha receivers actually had two center speaker connections on the back (R-V1103 (http://usa.yamaha.com/products/audio-visual/av-receivers-amps/r-v1103/?mode=model), 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...