The Polk CSi5 has turned out, after a few years of daily use, to be an excellent speaker. We really give it a tough workout, between all the action movies and then switching to pure vocal (documentary interviews) it never lets us down, the sound quality is always excellent with finely detailed highs, neutral mids and punchy bass. It is the centerpiece of our wonderful all Polk system, that leaves our guests with their mouths hanging wide open at how great the sound really is. I highly recommend this speaker.

Strengths: Excellent sound, highly detailed, easy to understand spoken narration, great punch with action movies. Great looks

Weakness: A little large, but this is really necessary to handle all the power we throw at it,

Pretty cherry finish.
Great response.
Nice kickstand in back to help set up on tv.
Sounds unbelievable!

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I recently got into the home theater scene and have been out demo'ing all sorts of speakers and receivers. I really liked the polk audio csi5 speaker for the warmth and clarity, as well as their musicality. I looked high and low and came across www.acousticsounddesign.com who sold it at very reasonable price. I received my speaker very fast and they were perfect.

I connected everything and was blown away. I was going to get a sub but the richness of these speakers is enough for this apartment dweller. I am very happy with the speaker, and the customer service.

Customer Service

perfect

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Great finish,crystal clear sound

Alittle large but who cares wit this sound

Just installed last night WOW what great improvement

Customer Service

Great

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infinity HTS10, replacing with all Polk

Clear and concise reproduction. Great appearnace especially in the cherry wood.
Wide sound stage.

Only one - this is a clunking big speaker so you better have somewhere to place it.

Bought the CSi5 as an upgrade from a JBL EC-35. The 35 was a upgrade and bought it because it had excellant reviews. However my mains are RTi10s and I wanted to match the design and great looking cherry finish of the front set-up.

Am glad I did the 5 is a definite upgrade from the JBL. Clearer dialouge - hey I can understand all Gollum is saying and the music is even better. The 5 blends in well with the 10s giving crisp highs, clear lows and non-muddy lows.

Non fatiguing and clear re-production what more do you want. And must admit there is some validity to timber-matching.

Customer Service

Ascoustic was great.

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Wonderful clear sound when coupled with the RTi8 Polk speakers... Great Value!

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I owned this product for less than a month before my home was broken into and they stole my Polk speakers. So now I am trying to replace them, and lucky for me, I found the Csi 5 center channel speaker for a wonderful price of 259.00 dollars at acousticsounddesign.com. Compared to the 400.00 dollar price tag I paid before, I am extremely happy. I had these hooked up to a Pioneer Elite Receiver and have just loved the perfect clarity that would be produced.

Sound clarity, bi-wiring and you really can't beat the price from www.acousticsounddesign.com

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I purchased this product from www.acousticsounddesign.com for 279! It was a great price for a fantastic speaker! I used to have a CS1 and this thing blows it away. I am hearing details that I hadn't heard before with the CS1. It blends well with my RT-16s and really fills up my HT room.

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Wide range, clear smooth sound, Polk quality and value.

Large and heavy. But who cares?

Sounds great with my SDA-1C front speakers. The old CS100 just couldn't keep up.

Customer Service

Polk is always great to deal with.

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Build quality. Clear and defined dialog. Great looks.

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I'm in the process of building a 5.1 system and chose the polk audio CSi5 for the center channel. The CSi5 compliments my RTi8's perfectly. Dialog is clear, and crisp. The CSi5 is a pretty hefty for center channel, but with an aftermarket speaker shelf, it looks right at home on top of a 60 inch sony. Build quality is solid and typical polk. Thanks to acousticsounddesign (www.acousticsounddesign.com) the CSi5 was on my front porch jus 2 days after I ordered it.

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Speaker kicks but. Very crip and clean sounding. I bought from www.acousticsounddesign.com for only $275. I would highly recommend them for great prices and fast service.

Powerful, wide dispersion field. Able to be tilted upwards to provide more direct sound to the listener. Sound blends nicely with Polk RTi line.

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Having just upgraded from 15 year old JBL LX 44 bookshelfs to Polk RTi8's, I needed a new Polk center speaker to timbre match my new floorstanders. While the JBL EC35 I replaced was a great speaker in its own right, the CSi5, purchased from www.acousticsounddesign.com, blends in more smoothly with the sound of the RTi8's. The front stage now sounds perfectly balanced and blends in well with my soon-to-be-replaced Polk Monitor 30 surrounds. Dialogue is crisp and clear, easy to understand with no distortion, and a surprising amount of bass. Take note that this is a quite large speaker, heavy, and will need abundant shelf space, especially if angled upwards. Can also be bi-wired.

Customer Service

Outstanding price, quick communication, and prompt delivery. The contents arrived undamaged and in perfect working order.

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