Reddit mentions of 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

Great looking, I look forward to the day the kids playroom is not such a clusterfuck of plastic toys so that I can do something like your theater.

I like how the speakers look in the column, yet share others concern for sound quality. update us on what you end up doing.

I just put a 5.1 system in my bedroom using these in wall speakers they sound great!

I had a similar theater in my last house, and had problems with the projector being to loud. You might end up looking into building a "hush box"

Hey this will be my final set up, if you have a min I would really appreciate if you could give it a look.

Audio out of the XBOX through optical, into this converter then to this tube amplifier and finally to my 2 speakers

Will this work?

Thanks!

$650 on Amazon right now, not counting the subs. Those are still quite expensive.

2x $150 - https://www.amazon.com/Polk-Audio-265RT-3-way-Speaker/dp/B004L9GWSK

2x $100 - https://www.amazon.com/Polk-Audio-2-way-wall-Speaker/dp/B004L9DGDE

1x $150 - https://www.amazon.com/Polk-Audio-255C-RT-ceiling-channel/dp/B004L9DGCK

I'm powering them with a Yamaha RX-A1050, so I think I can handle an upgrade. My plan was to buy these one day, no grilles:

https://us.kef.com/speakers/hi-fi-speakers/ci5160rl-thx-ultra2-certified-in-wall-speaker.html

• LCR + of these, $450.
  
  
• Pair of these for surrounds, ~$225.
  
  
• I heavily, heavily recommend normal subs and not in-wall. You are paying more than 4x the price for the performance. Let’s call that $1000 for dual subs. Even a single HSU VTF-2 would destroy four of those Sonance subs.
  
  
• Only realistic thing that can damage equipment is lightning, so if you feel you need a Panamax power conditioner for that, sure. Let’s call that $300.
  
  
  So, that’s $1975.

Lets see a pic - maybe you could put in an in wall center speaker under TV.?

https://www.amazon.com/Micca-M-CS-Channel-Speaker-Pivoting/dp/B00481KO30

https://www.amazon.com/Polk-Audio-265RT-3-way-Speaker/dp/B004L9GWSK/

or

R /C /L in wall........

https://www.amazon.com/Polk-Audio-Vanishing-Speaker-1-255CRT/dp/B00TOOKMZQ

Or Even Better - put in all in walls for R /C/ L and Surrounds and get 9.2 Atmos receiver and make 4 ceiling speakers you Atmos speakers..........

I just received some Polk 265 RT in wall speakers. They will be installed this week.
Polk Audio 265RT (Ea) 3-way In-wall Speaker https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004L9GWSK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_M3.kxbJHWRN16


They make a matching in wall center, or you could use a third 265 as the center.

Oh boy. Ok, so first of all, you should not be using "rears" in a 5.1 system. What you probably mean is SIDE surround speakers. That's important because you should not be placing speakers directly behind the listening area in a 5.1 system. Your surrounds should be 90-110 degrees off center (see Dolby's placement guides).

In-wall installations are tough to recommend for very tight budgets. If you're not getting high-quality in-walls with sealed enclosures, you're ultimately losing out substantially on sound quality, and you're putting your system's overall performance at the mercy of your room's interior wall structure. Also, not using sealed enclosure could be a huge problem if you're trying to minimize sound leakage into other rooms.

If you have no other choices, those Monoprice in-walls would NOT be what I would go with. The cheapest I would recommend going for in-walls would be Polk's RT series. You can often find heavily discounted open-box Polks on eBay.

Are you not able to wall-mount regular speakers in this space?