Review by Vince Hanada
Electronically reprinted from November 2007

 

Klipsch Quintet SL Home Theater Speakers

Small and Hard Hitting Flat-Panel

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One look at Klipsch’s Quintet SL home theater speakers and you can tell they’d go great with a flat-panel TV. You can even mount them on the wall or use their nifty pedestals to sit them alongside (or below) the TV. But, as

always, it comes down to one simple question: can this little system carry a big, bad

movie soundtrack? In a word: yes it can. Add a subwoofer and you have a hard-hitting, dynamic speaker rig that’s ideal for small- to medium-size rooms—and affordable, too.

Features Except for the optional subwoofer, the entire system comes in a box whose footprint is about the size of an extra-large pizza box, although much deeper. There are three identical front speakers—each long and elegant and ready to be placed horizontally or vertically with wall-mounting key holes or screw- on stands—and a pair of rear surrounds. The surrounds look like computer speakers but are much heavier than you would expect for their size, with mounting brackets

that double as stands. The speakers are finished in dark gray with medium gray accents.

All of the speakers combine

3.5-inch woofers—two each in the case of the fronts—with a 0.75-inch aluminum tweeter that’s mated to Klipsch’s signature Tractrix horn.

The horn is precisely shaped to allow sound to emanate as efficiently as possible, meaning you won’t need a boatload of power to get loud, clean sound—a modest receiver will do the trick.

Rounding out my review system is the Synergy Sub-12, featuring a 300-watt amplifier and a 12-inch down-firing driver. The subwoofer has enough connections and controls to accommodate almost any configuration you can dream up. Around back there’s a huge

4.5-inch port, so you need to leave a little space between the back of the sub and the wall.

PERFORMANCE If you like your movie soundtracks loud and clean, the
FACTOID!

The Klipschorn speaker, launched by Paul W. Klipsch in 1946, is the only speaker in the world that has been in continuous production for more than 60 years.

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