Polk Audio 255c-RT In-Wall Center Channel Speaker (2) 5.25 Drivers - The Vanishing Series | Easily Fits into the Wall | Power Port | Paintable Grille Black, White

Looks good, sounds good, but the grill rattles and mine speakers disintegrated after a short period of using. I was very happy with how they looked and sounded after initial installation though there are definite issues with the 255c-RT. For thesix month of listening to my Polk Vanishing services 7.1 surround system), I had an annoying rattle during bassy parts of movies (and all through music though I rarely listen to music in my theater room). At first I thought it was pictures on the wall, or small items near my subwoofer was rattling but after a while I took the covers of my front 3 x speakers off and realised it was the grilles that were making the rattling noises. The speaker covers are magnetic and although they look nice, the magnets are not strong enough to stay on flush and securely; they are loose and vibrate causing unwanted noise. However once I removed the centre cover to finally determine the root cause of the rattle I discovered a second problem; the tweeter cap thingys (not sure of the technical name) fell to the floor. They had obviously broken off at some point during the first six months of use and were just sitting there waiting to fall out once the cover was off. I contacted Amazon as well as Polk who informed me the warranty was for a year only and that I need to pay to get these fixed. It doesnt appear to be the manufacturers problem that Id only used them for six months; that the speakers disintegrated between 2 and 6 months of use, and that the only reason I discovered it was talking the grilles of to find the cause of the rattling issue; it is my problem! It would be cost inhibitive to send them back for repair from New Zealand to the USA so I may wait until the next problem before replacing it though I am unlikely to buy another 255c-RT obviously. I am disappointed that after buying dozens of Polk speakers that Polk will not send me a new one. So now I have to use my speakers with the covers off, can see the faulty centre and if you look closely around the speakers, paint has chipped off the wall in places from taking the covers off on on; these could be designed not to damage walls IMO

This products warranty is lifetime .

Like my Centre channel so far, good sound quality.

Absolutely love this speaker the sound is amazing.

Purchased this center channel to be installed below our 70 TV so it would be a complete system with the speakers in the ceiling. I installed it in the wall so the face plate is the only thing you see. The sould is even better than I had hoped for. Low tones sound great the the higher tones sound great also...very clear speach also. I would recommend this to anyone!

Used these for my home theater setup. The installation was very easy and they look good and the sound is great.

awesome center channel

easy to install, great sound. Made the hubby quite happy to upgrade the man cave!

Polk continues to make excellent audio equipment and I would recommend them to anyone with a mid-range budget or higher.

Easy to install