Klipsch The Fives

Stereo sound, modernized – The Fives powered bookshelf speakers by Klipsch offer the modern connectivity you need in a small, handsome package that doesn’t sacrifice sound quality. Available in two beautiful colorways, The Fives takes design queues from Klipsch’s heritage series.  After about a year of use and two living spaces, I am more than ready …

The Fives from Klipsch look and sound fantastic, with far more connectivity options than your standard pair of bookshelf speakers.

The Klipsch Fives are a complete audio system that includes everything the buyer needs to bring great sound to the home or office.

Expensive and versatile, the Klipsch Fives offer an expressive sound – although they aren't the most revealing or nuanced of listens

Klipsch The Fives Powered Speaker System Review

As well as a strong line in passive speakers, Klipsch has been producing powered versions of some of its bookshelf models for quite a while. Yet The Fives, tested here, takes the basic idea of an active stereo speaker and really runs with it.

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But the sonic balance tips toward the bass and away from the mids and highs.