Polk Audio MC60 2-Way in-Ceiling 6.5" Speaker (Single) | Dynamic Built-in Audio | Perfect for Humid Indoor/Enclosed Areas | Bathrooms, Kitchens, Patios (White)

This is the second Polk Audio five channel in-ceiling speaker setup that I have done. As with the first, install was very simple, just cut the holes (I just used a simple rock saw) using the template provided and insert the speaker. The tabs that secure the speaker to the ceiling have a good amount of clearance, so if you have supporting wood or an extra layer of dry wall at a join, this is not an issue. I have blown in insulation above the ceiling that I installed these, so I went to the attic and moved all the insulation away, so as not to make a big mess below. Once speakers were installed, I ran the wire and covered with roll insulation over the top rather than the blown in stuff that was there so as not to get a mess inside the speakers. For this setup, I just wanted to get clean five channel sound without the speakers being easily seen. High and mid range sound is great, not much on the low end, but that is exactly what I expected with speakers of this size. The sound is noticeably better than my other setup using Polk Audio RC60i speakers. I picked up a Marantz NR1403 to power these and it does a good job, you don't need a lot of power for this setup. Tweeters can be aimed, not sure how big a difference this makes. Some people complain about difficulty in removing the covers. These attach the same way as on the RC60i and go on easy and after several years I have never had a reason to remove them, so can't comment on that. Good sound for the price.

I have been trying to get great sound for our living room for ... years. I have a decent AVR (Yamaha HTR-5990) so am set up for good sound. But before we renovated our house, there was just no way to really make it work. Now we have a rational setup with our couch against a back wall, about 10 feet from the TV/front speakers -- I use these for rear surround. I have mounted the two Polk speakers in the ceiling at about the same plane as the back of the couch -- about a foot or so away from the back wall, and a couple feet out from the ends of the couch. This is not ideal for several reasons, but these speakers make it work beautifully. I aimed the tweeter at the back wall and a little away from the couch. The AVR has an automatic level and equalizer setup, which is great because it saves time and probably does a better job than I would do. In our old setup we had little cube speakers for surround -- same AVR -- we notices that they seemed to audibly be "on" sometimes which was a little distracting. These speakers are totally different -- you never know they are on, so surround sound seems completely natural. Sound fills the room, but in a subtle and effective way; rich and full with even distribution. We had a telling experience. When we first had the speakers set up, it wasn't clear to others that they were on. So I disconnected and everybody immediately realized the difference. I took it another step by temporarily using (and tuning for) my old speakers -- it wasn't the room -- same on/off kind of issue. I am really impressed with how immersive well-tuned surround sound can be, and I am sure these speakers are everything I could need for my purposes. Pretty impressive, and not terribly expensive.

They sound great. Better than the HTD brand speakers I installed in my previous house. I'm not a sound / speaker snob but I can tell the difference between cheap sounding tin cans and these high quality speakers. I am primarily using these for 7.1 surround / movie watching. But music sounds terrific too. I would recommend these and will probably be buying more of them for other rooms in the house. Installation was easy with the provided instructions and template. They are mounted in my basement ceiling home theater room, no enclosure, just in the open cavity between the joists.

Good product, sounds great. Dont care for the clips that hold the speaker in place. Especially if you install, remove and re-install. To get around this all I did was cut the plastic at 45 and it made the screw part slide into place.

I got these to install in the TV room of our new house. The way the room is setup the old wall hanging speakers would look out of place so we wanted a cleaner look. Researched a few different brands and settled on these to match our other existing Polk speakers. These didn't disappoint and now we have a complete surround sound system to enjoy. The speakers themselves were easy to install in the ceiling and the sound from these is amazing. Watching movies now we get sounds we didn't even hear before with the old speakers. They do get quite loud so they would work well as front speakers as well.