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Thanks! I've opted (pun inteneded) for an optical cable and it sounds great, no regrets yet!

Thanks for the responses; I've updated the firmware and done and reset and no HDMI, but I'm starting to think you guys are right and that PC's/laptop's HDMI port are not designed to output sound to these speakers. I've tried 2 different Win 10 laptops, my HTPC, and a Chromebook and none of them register or can output to HDMI. I had a bad experience with my Klipsch RP-15 where after 3 good years of use all of the inputs died, and it seemed to me the catalyst was USB input. I sent them in Klipsch for re-conditioning and it's been 6 months of me not having speakers (apparently that model is on backorder). I gave up waiting for them to send me a new pair of my old speakers so I bought the Fives and built a new home theater but not it's been two weeks of no audio and I have to say it's pretty frustrating. It's for that reason I am trying to do everything but use a USB cable, but I could be convinced if someone gives me a good reason. I bought a 32ft SPDIF cable, anyone mind telling me what the differences between Optical and USB will be? Will I miss out on features? Many thanks!

I recently bought and installed The Fives and I can't seem to get the HDMI imput to work from my windows 10 PC. This is so frustrating as I just spent a week teaching myself how to solder so I could build a custom length 4 pin audio cable to connect the two speakers together as the standard included one was the wrong length and wrong color. Now I can't even get audio output from my brand new PC build. Yikes. Things I've tried; used 2 different HDMI cables (verified they worked on other devices and monitors). Connected the speakers to a my new AMD Ryzen build HTPC output via HDMI. No connection or popup to indicate a new audio output option. Connected the speakers to a chromebook output via HDMI. No connection or popup to indicate a new audio output option. Connected the speakers to a win 10 laptop output via HDMI. No connection or popup to indicate a new audio output option. All sound drivers on the win 10 pcs work and the HDMI output ports work otherwise. The speakers work great via Bluetooth from my Android, however the Fives don't connect to my new PC's built in bluetooth, not a deal-breaker, but annoying for troubleshooting purposes. What I'd like to know: On the Fives, does the HDMI even work as an audio output from a PC? Did I get defective speakers or do they somehow only work from actual TVs or receivers?