Digging up an old thread, as I just took delivery of the C205 speaker. Being that it's on sale, I had to take advantage of this, and finally replace the 18 year old Polk LSiC.
My biggest complaint about the Polk LSiC, ever since listening to the Revel M16 speakers in our Home Theater room, is the dialogue sounds mushy. It totally lacks clarity and texture. Having just bought the M106 speakers, moving those into the M16 space, and the moving M16 upstairs to replace the Polk LSi15, the sound from the Polk center was just intolerable (real world problems).
In comparison to the LSiC, the Revel C205 has clarity, detail and texture in spades. Is it the best ever center? Probably not. But I'm not listening to every center to compare. I already have Revel speakers in my set-up, so I'm staying close to home. I just want it to sound better than the LSi15, which it does... by a LONG shot. It's not even remotely close. ...However, I could see someone suggesting the Revel C205 sounding a bit more thin compared to the LSiC, but only because there was so much unrefined bloat in the LSiC, which made it sound full. And maybe I liked that sound way back in 2003. But now? Man. There was so much detail we were missing in movies. And the whole family was constantly rewinding movies to find out what a character said. Several years ago, we just assumed it was the movie sound quality, and not the speakers.
With the C205, I believe there's plenty of mids and mid-bass tones in there to not actually be a thin sounding speaker. I've heard thin-sounds speakers before, and THIS isn't one of them.
Someone suggested the C205 wouldn't blend well with the M16 speakers, but it actually works. REALLY well. I'm ecstatic with the C205's clarity, detail and refinement. So much so, that even with the 60-day in-home trial period, I'm not returning this speaker. It's just too good, especially for this price. Which is all of $220 more expensive than what I paid for the Polk LSiC back in 2003. I no longer feel like I'm missing out NOT listening movies and TV shows in the basement home theater. Before, I'd start watching something in the living room with the Polk speakers, get frustrated not understanding the dialogue, get up, and start over watching my program/movie in the basement.
C205 for the win. YMMV.