LC80i Product Page : Round 2-way in-ceiling loudspeaker. : Polk Audio

LCi Ultra High Performance In-Wall/In-Ceiling Loudspeakers boast the same performance, and use the same driver technologies, as Polk Audio’s award winning high-end LSi Series Loudspeakers. Use them as stereo pairs, create a mix and match multi-channel system with LSi Speakers, or achieve the ultimate in "stealth" high-end home theater entertainment!

LC80i Features:

Sold singly (packaged one per box). Single units can be used for center channel applications in stealth installs!
In-wall Performance Enclosures are available for exact volume enclosure performance in pre-build installations. Use AW00182-B with LC80i.
Pre-Construction Brackets available for new construction or major renovation. Use PB LC/TC 80 (Polk Part # AW0181-A).
Timbre-matched to Polk Audio’s LSi and LCi Series High Performance Loudspeakers.
15° swivel aims the Ring
Radiator Tweeter for excellent imaging,
from any listening position.
Ring Radiator Tweeter (the same tweeter used in the LSi Series) for smooth, extended highs with incredible accuracy and astonishing detail.

15° swivel tweeter for direct high frequency control and excellent imaging even for off-axis listening positions.
Wide dispersion design for uniform sound-coverage throughout even large rooms.
Composite Driver Basket® construction: strong composite driver baskets keep moving parts in rigid alignment.
Glass-filled Composite Baffle provides a dense, acoustically inert platform for the speaker’s high end components.
Rust resistant hardware and durable, moisture resistant materials for safe use in bathrooms, kitchens, saunas, even under outdoor eaves.
Tweeter Level Switch lets you tailor the highs for your room acoustics.
Wall Distance Toggle Switch flattens frequency response when installation requires placement near a corner or adjacent wall.
Turn the Rotating Cams,
and the speaker is solidly installed.
Easy as 1-2-3.
Installation is easy as 1-2-3: cut one hole, feed the wires, and simply drop the speaker in. Rotating Cams secure the speaker safely with no extra assembly or mess.
packaged and price one to a carton to accommodate center channel use.
Rough-In kit available.

In-Ceiling UNDERWORLD

I tried to watch the new movie UNDERWORLD at home, in my basement home theater (RM6500, 8" Subwoofer, tiny rowhome connected to two neighbors), but the DVD is just too amped up for considerate rowhome living. So I brought it to the office and set aside some time in Polk Audio's front Demo Room, where the big flagship LSi25s are set up in an extreme theater installation with the high end electronics. I was going to listen at full volume, baby!

I popped in UNDERWORLD, and right from the opening seconds I knew I was in for a wild ride. The bass, coming from an PSW1000 in the front right corner, was tremendous, utterly mind-blowing. It took over my bodily functions. The imaging was realistic, detailed and directed, with bullets and bodies and fast cars flying hither and yon (have you seen this goofy movie?). The volume all around was lifelike, arresting, overwhelming, deafening. And then the impossible happened. Actually, the first of two impossible things happened.

First, Peter, the VP of the Home Speaker Unit of Polk Audio, came to the Demo Room and in his very dignified way asked me politely to TURN IT DOWN. "Peter," I said, "this is a speaker company! I want to BLAST it!" Turns out they were having a meeting in a room in a completely different part of the building and they were being shaken and stirred by the extreme volume from the front of the building. I would have to turn it down, incredibly enough.

Second, Peter informed me that what I was listening to was NOT the LSi25 system. It was the CEILING MOUNTED LC80i SYSTEM (with the PSW1000 providing bass).

Let me tell you: the virtually invisible LC80i ceiling mounted loudspeaker system, which I didn't even know was up there in the ceiling, completely fooled me into thinking that what I was listening to was the big set of LSi25s sitting astride the TV up at the front of the demo room. Imagine a superior audio system that’s completely "invisible." No big box speakers, no cluttered floor space lost to tower loudspeakers, yet absolutely nothing sacrificed when it comes to all out, high-end audio thrills and chills. At lifelike volume, these LC80is really put out!

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