Klipsch Synergy Quintet III Home Theater Speaker System (Set of Five, Black)
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Manufacturer: KlipschBrand: Klipsch
Edition: Electronics
Model: 1000153
Color: Matte Black
Publisher: Klipsch
Studio: Klipsch
Music Label: Klipsch
Product features:
- Five piece surround sound package for your home theater
- Horn-loaded tweeters maximize live qualities of music and movies
- High-output woofers deliver room-filling bass
- Power-handling capacity (satellites): 200W maximum per channel @ 8 ohms; power-handling capacity (center-channel): 300W maximum @ 8 ohms
- Clean, modern design fits any living environment
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Customer Review: Excellent sound for a compact speaker system, with some caveats.
Summary: 5 Stars
First off, if you want big sound, you need big speakers. Ever been to a rock concert powered by some small cube speakers?
That being said, and if you're married, you cannot have rock concert size speakers in your wife's living room. Men consider these fine pieces of furniture, women consider them ugly. This leads to compromises, and this review, incidentally...
These speakers are heavy and have a build quality and heft that makes them feel as if they were made out of "metal and brawn" to borrow a quote from Anchorman. This can sometimes mean that the magnets used to drive the cones are substantial and capable of more excursion and hence, volume. Or it means they could have put lead weights in them. I'll go with better quality magnets, though that alone does not guarantee great sound quality.
To make the most of this system you need to do several things, and I think the sound achieved with respect to the footprint they take up to be a great value, especially under 3 bills. First, they don't come with any speaker wire. I would not feed them with anything LESS than 14 gauge, oxygen free, pure copper speaker wire. It can be had cheap, and no, monster is not worth the money. Second, you need a subwoofer. It doesn't really matter which one, just get one and then spend some time setting the low pass frequency to a level that suits your ears. If you listen to music, set it to your favorite song that has a wide range of frequencies, preferably those in the lower range. If you listen to mainly movies and TV, slap in transformers and adjust until the explosions are good and thundery, but not so much that Optimus Prime's voice only comes from the sub. This had less to do with these Klipsch speakers than it does your subwoofer and amplifier/receiver. Oh, and those that say the best place to put a sub is to put the subwoofer in your recliner, play a soundtrack and walk around the room until you find the best spot for bass, then move the subwoofer to that spot - you must be single. My sub is as out of sight as can be, but that shouldn't stop anyone from getting it setup to their liking. Once you have the sub to your liking, take the time to get the speakers in phase and sized according to your receiver. Most receivers have active feedback mics now, but if you don't, try to keep your matched speakers (front and rear channel) with the same length and ga. speaker wire, and experiment with adjusting the angle of the speakers with respect to your listening area. You'd be amazed at how sounds bounce off stuff, and how that affects your perceived quality of speakers.
You should now have a fantastic sounding, small footprint, weighty and stylish surround sound setup for a great price. But there are a couple gripes I have. A lot of people mention the wall mount pedestals slip and the speakers droop over time. Poor choice on Klipsch's part to use a smooth, shiny, articulated ball to mount the pedestal with. It is very fixable, though. There are 3 allen screws that locate the articulated ball to the speaker. So tighten them, but keep in mind the surround is plastic, and not metal, so don't go crazy. This fixed my sagging issue in about 10 seconds and they even include the allen key. If that still doesn't work, you could remove the mount and scuff up the metal ball with some rough grit sandpaper, reassemble and that should lock them in place rock solid. The one thing that bugs me the most is the complete lack of any speaker wire pass through provision on the mount. You cannot have a completely "clean" wall mount since you must pass the speaker wire around the wall mount and you will have about 2" of visible speaker wire leading to the binding post on the rear of the speaker. Yes, I could drill a hole in the base metal and plastic, but I shouldn't have to, and if I ever decide to move them and use the wall mount as a base stand, the hole will be visible if I drill through it. Keep in mind the center channel does not have a wall mount! I have enough room under my TV to simply lay the center ch speaker on my entertainment center, but it should come with a provision to wall or high mount it for those that must put their center channel above their TV. The center channel speaker appears to have a threaded female fitting for those that want to get creative if needs be, though I do not know the thread pitch or diameter since I didn't mess with it.
And the last thing, if you are wall mounting them, remove the four phillips screws and the insert under the base, and use it as a template to mount all your screw holes. You only have to remove it from one speaker to drill all your holes, then put it back on and you are guaranteed to be able to slide your wall mounts on without any issues. I hope this lengthy review has helped.
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