Review on 🎧 Immersive Audio Experience: Klipsch The Fives Powered Speaker System in Matte Black by Virot Mon ᠌

Name: 🎧 Immersive Audio Experience: Klipsch The Fives Powered Speaker System in Matte Black
Item: 🎧 Immersive Audio Experience: Klipsch The Fives Powered Speaker System in Matte Black
Rating: 4

October 08, 2022

Nice price, good quality.

The advantages in some way cover the disadvantages, the sound is chic, but the sediment remains. For such money (taking into account the discount I bought for 88350), I consider them very significant and upsetting. The biggest annoyance was that the speakers were noisier than my previous Edifier R2750DB. Turning off the power through the remote control is unusual, but I think you can get used to it.
If you turn on the “smart” bass (a feature developed by Klipsch), then it will be very fat, which is quite suitable for a fairly large room, and without this function enabled, the speakers will go to listen to music not far from them (let's say sitting at a computer), but moving away will be a little boring. As a result, the “average” setting cannot be achieved in any way.
The primary purpose of the acquisition was to connect to a vinyl player, with which the speakers coped with a bang, but for listening to music in the background, the computer turned out to be a little redundant.
About the firmware. Some write that the bass is getting better, but I did not understand this. We will wait for new ates, maybe the background noise will be reduced (I would like to believe, but it's hard to believe).
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Pros

Tight and clear sound at all frequencies; ease of management; strict style; compactness; several different inputs (RCA, USB, optical, coaxial, AUX); the ability to adjust low frequencies (from the remote control); easily mounted magnetic protective grids; the presence of a ground terminal (meaningless if your house does not provide grounding in sockets); built-in MM-phono stage with the ability to turn it off; the presence of HDMI (both input and a complete cable) and Bluetooth; detachable long cable connecting the speakers; the presence of a USB cable for connecting to a PC; built-in sound card in the speakers (although its characteristics are not clear); when connecting an additional subwoofer, its volume can be adjusted from the remote control; it is possible to ate the firmware (manually via a flash drive, but easier through a mobile application).

Cons

Lack of physical power off and bass adjustment buttons (cheap manufacturers almost always provide this); noisy background at any volume level, which is audible even in quiet (empty) places of songs, and even more so in the absence of sound; only two modes of changing low frequencies (you need to hold the “SUB” button (which has an arrow) on the remote control for three seconds, why couldn’t it be done with one simple press?); automatic switching on (after the PC wakes up from sleep mode or simply after switching on, at least when connected via optics); do not retain the selected sound level after being disconnected from the power supply; a large gap when changing the volume; the speakers have grounding, but the plug does not have it in the supplied power cord (in 220); the phase inverter is located at the back (it is necessary to put it at least 15 cm from the wall, put it further - I didn’t hear a difference in sound).