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Adjustable tweeter allows mounting in less than optimal locations. I have purchased 10 pair and am very pleased with the sound quality. All work fine and the price for the quality is unbeatable. I am using for whole house music and one pair as rear surrounds. Installation is simple. Can be wall or ceiling mounted.
For Mr. If you are an extreme sound buff and can easily afford the $500 models I say go for it. I do have a slight hearing loss and these speakers are sufficiently sensitive to tone adjustments and compensate very well (my apologies to my neighbor).
To beat this speaker system the price jumped by at least $100. The slightest overtightening of the mount screws does distort the frame and impairs the grille installation but just back them off and it will work. I went to a local super electronics store and listened to all they had.
Mine are installed about 2 feet away from each side of my flat screen tv and do a great job of enhancing the sound. Practical and just over $200 this set is a very nice package. Unfortunately the super store was out of stock on this speaker so I spent a few hours surfing the www and found my best deal from a vendor here at Amazon.
The instructions are clear and installation was simple.
Please take note that the studs in a setup like this may not run the way you think - I had to notch mine to get the speakers in. The TV is (of course) above a fireplace and the speakers on either side. Installed these and the Polk Audio RC80i in-ceiling the same weekend - both should have been easy. The 85is are a little larger than I was expecting - but sound great.
The removable grills fit securely.All that said, the speakers at an MSRP of $250 are overpriced, but if available on discount are a good deal. The aim-able tweeter is a little "notchy" but moves firmly. The speakers installed easily and sounded good.In fact, because I didn't have time to do the job all at once, I had to put them in to cover the holes, then remove them to run the wires and re-install them. The wall-mounting mechanisms reliably installed and uninstalled each time.
Now that doesn't mean they are invisible, but we don't normally turn the lights on over the tv very often so in our case the speakers are very hard to notice. These speakers are very easy to install and look great. I painted mine to match the wall and my wife didn't even notice they were there. I have a pair of these speakers and use them for for my front L/R speakers in my home theater. Polk Audio recommends using a spray paint to paint the speakers, but I was able to use normal interior latex paint without any problem I also have several other polk audio in-ceiling speakers paired with these in-wall speakers and am very happy with them all. I am very impressed which the sound quality I get from these speakers. Since I went with all polk audio I know they are timbre matched and didn't have to worry about matching them with other manufacturers.
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