Polk Audio 265-RT 3-way In-Wall Speaker - The Vanishing Series | Easily Fits in Ceiling/Wall | High-Performance Audio - Use in Front, Rear or as Surrounds | With Power Port & Paintable Grille - Black

These are great speakers, and bang for the buck you really cant beat what they offer. I did find though that when I first installed them I was underwhelmed by the bass extension. For speakers that are supposed to be only 3dB down at 43Hz they dont output a lot of bass, not nearly as much as Im used to (mounted in-wall with insulation packed behind and around them). I decided to pair them with the CSW-100 subwoofer and SWA-500 matching amplifier and now its one of the best sounding setups I have, beautiful rich deep bass that you can hear and feel. A lot of money for a few more octaves to be sure but well worth it IMHO and I now have the ultimate stealth system (sub mounted under the floor) in my home office. I also added some RC65i rear speakers for fill, had a pair of these in my home theater system since 2002 and just love them..

These speakers sound amazing. Im not set up to do a true A/B listening test, but to my ear, these are as good or better than the B&W in wall speakers I was considering for about twice the price. The magnetic thin bezel and grill looks and functions great.

Awesome speakers. Sound amazing. Perfect for my home theater. Tweeters rotate so you can aim them directly at you. These are fairly large in-wall speakers, so the only concern is 10 years down the road if I decide to upgrade my system Ill have to find even larger speakers to fill the hole.

Ive owned a pair of Cerwin Vega DX7 since 1998. They were top of the line rated at the time...so I figured they were still top of the line. NOPE! These Polk speakers are so open and spacious. The entire sound stage is almost 3-D now. Wow! Cant believe what Ive been missing all of these years. Vocals are spot on crystal clear. Acoustic music sounds great. Electronic music is hit and miss (Metal, Rap, etc). Youll definitely want a subwoofer. Movies are perfect also. I have 3 of these behind an AT screen. The only downside is, since they use your wall as the enclosure...they arent dialed-in perfectly. I use the foam plug insert to compensate for this. It essentially becomes an acoustic suspension speaker.

Missing the grill. What the hell??

Best speakers for the money!!

These speaker were easy to install and sound great with a quality subwoofer

Great sound and nice cones

These babies sound awesome in my new basement. I have these as my front left and right in a 7.1 setup. They are paired with the 255C-RT for a center channel, the PSW505 12 inch sub and 90 RT in ceiling as rears. Watching movies literally sounds like were in a movie theater. The wife was very impressed with what I chose to put in our new basement and how great it sounds.

I was truly skeptical about purchasing in-wall speakers. I thought for sure these would sound horrible. But, Polk Audio never seems to disappoint. Ive owned some of there lesser models and they seemed to perform well too. However, the 265RT are definitely one of their higher end products and it sounds even better than the previous bookshelf models I owned. The speaker is setup in a large room with tall ceilings. This kind of environment doesnt lend itself to good sound quality. But even in that size room the 265RT sounds great. The speakers are used for both playing music and watching shows. As surround speakers the sound amazing. I hear more detail than I heard with my older bookshelf model. When playing music, it is definitely more defined sound than with my older speakers. Overall I am very pleased.