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I'm kinda glad I'm not the only one too.
Had mine since January 2021 and in the last 2 to 3 weeks having the same problem of no sound on all sources. I have to reboot the power to speakers for it come back, only for the same thing to happen the next time I go to use them.
Very disappointing, klipsch get this sorted ASAP please. These are premium speakers and we're expecting a quality service.
UK customer, bought on Amazon.
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On 1/22/2022 at 9:20 PM, JAMES 77 said:
I've set my crossover to 80hz with a 6db slope. Works best for me.
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On 1/22/2022 at 9:20 PM, JAMES 77 said:
I experience similar issues, occasionally a get a crackling sound coming from either left or right speaker when charging from say Bluetooth to HDMI ect.
But by far the worst is the subwoofer issue (klipsch sw100) after the update the bass is sooooo high on the subwoofer, I have my gain turned all the way down to about 1mm from 0 and also have the dynamic bass turned off, yet still it causes the subwoofer to play such incredible amounts of bass it's unusable now 😒.
I am at a loss of what to do, The Five's are Incredible before the update, and the subwoofer was perfect set at 50% gain before the update, now after the update I can't even use the subwoofer without blowing the house down.
What I really want to do is get hold of the previous update and put it back to how it was before, but I need a link to an old update but cannot find this anywhere?
Also the volume roller on top of the speaker is now almost useless, it takes about 50 turns to adjust the volume.
Any advise would be appreciated as I love klipsch, but this last update is loosing my confidence in the brand.
You have 30 levels of bass adjustment via the remote control!
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I added the SVS 3000 micro to the mix.
The recent update me went smoothly. Loving the extra control.
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On 1/16/2021 at 5:54 PM, SET12 said:
Hi all,
Its been many years since I have posted anything on the Klipsch Forum I mostly reside over on the AudioKarma forum.
fmalloy was recently over on AK and asked if I had any issues regarding the Fives. And I said no BUT! I to wasn't real happy about the midrange I found it a bit dark just as the reviewer pointed out in Sound & Vision Magazine and once more I was not allowed to hear a pair before buying as the dealer said they are back ordered due to a parts shortage. So I bought them.
First thing I thought was if they only had a little more treble energy that might bring the mids more into focus. I looked around for EQ's that used HDMI and I wasn't having any real luck.
Then I stumbled into the miniDSP and that looked promising but it was expensive. I looked a little more and for $55 I found this guy! Called the Fosi Q-4 Its no bigger than the palm of your hand it has bass and treble with an optical or coax in with RCA out along with its volume control. I use my own 40 watt wall wart that has a 2 amp 5 volt out. It needs just 1 amp if I recall correctly. I mostly listen to music with occasionally with my wife gone I use the Fives for movies as she doesn't like anything much over a low volume. But every chance I get with her gone I am listening to music and how!
I didn't expect much from this little guy since it was so cheap but I wanted to see what influence just adding a bit of treble would do for the Fives as I could really hear some of the potential that I felt the Fives have.
Well I got the Fosi and hooked up via analog in, I cranked the Fosi volume up so I could just use the Fives remote I added the treble and I was astonished!
I thought this is a match made in heaven in other words it was really a synergistic combination. And Wow it was nice, it had some real nice body wasn't lean sounding. It had a very, very nice presentation of the sound-stage with really great layering and to top it off it was really wide as it easily filled my 16 foot wide wall from floor to ceiling. I have recently gotten Sirius Radio and installed the App on my Roku Ultra. Listening to SPA (New Age Music) I was shocked at what I could hear. Of course I am a Jazz Man at heart and got similar results from Sirius.
Next I ordered some Schiit products namely their nicely constructed EQ $150 and I ordered their $100 AC that many people raved about on U-Tube. The EQ sounded the most interesting to try as it had 5 zones of adjustment.
I got the Schiit products and gave them a listen!
I unfortunately didn't like what I heard. Namely their presentation was very forward or up front and my biggest complaint was the combination was just to lean for my tastes so a few days later I sent the pair back for a refund as they have a 15 day satisfaction guarantee. I really like the company and their attitude towards customers, I did receive my refund so I can whole heartily recommend the company.
I will say the Schiit EQ was very transparent more so than the Fosi but the Fosi is just so much more musical and that's a big part of the game for me.
So in the end get yourself a Fosi Q-4 and I don't think you'll regret it. I read some where that the Fosi Q-4 was using the famed NE5532 Dual OP Amp. This is the one that my Sony X77ES player used that I had for 20yrs and that player was 40lbs and $2000 new. It played a lot of very nice music for me.
Next topic I want to tackle Speaker Stands
Because that was another area of great improvement to be had for me. BTW my stands are Monoliths by Monoprice 28in tall which puts the tweeters ear level for me. BTW Pangea sells the same stand under their name for $400/pair when I got mine from Monoprice for just $59/each! They are sand filled as well. I have the Fives front 2ft from my back wall 77in apart in front of my 65in LG OLED I have it on a 16ft wall centered. The Fives throw out such a large sound field that I find its necessary to have no open corners and equal distance to the side walls otherwise one side can sound louder than the other. The fives sound field can envelope my entire 14ft x 16ft listening space if the acoustic ambiance is in the recording. This is clearly astonishing from the Fives IMO for their price the internal amplifiers express space like a great Transmitting Tube amp would example like a Cary Audio 211 Transmitting Tube Amplifier and those my friends last I saw are $10,000/pair.
IMO though not perfect, but close enough Klipsch Engineering hit a Home run with the Fives!
SET12
Check my post for speaker stands mate.
Good shout on the fosi, may have to give it a try for my TV output. Does it work better than the new Equalizer software update?
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On 3/14/2021 at 8:34 PM, dcisive said:
I'm about to embark on a entirely different approach. Having functioned as a recording engineer owning 2 studio's, and having been a musician for over 50 years I was also blessed with "perfect pitch" along with becoming very familiar with tonal natures of various instruments. For example I could tell you a Bosendorfer vs. a Steinway vs. a Yamaha piano in a recording. Also a Martin, vs. a Taylor, vs. a Gibson acoustic and so on. That said I am very critical of the output of a given speaker. My monitors (Adam 7's) were extremely accurate and didn't have a dip in any area of the spectrum so I knew what to mix accordingly.
The Five's I just got have some interesting characters. They are literally dependent upon the source for their quality overall. Most sources however will render a midrange that screams for a drop in the 500hz range to clean it up and make it more intelligible with definition. The low end is flat out amazing so no complaints in that department. The vocal range in particular really needs help in most cases with manipulation (eq) in the 250-800hz range overall to open it up. The higher end needs to also be opened up to allow for the fine detail in instruments and orchestral types of details. They are missing in most cases.
I easily determined this by hooking up via bluetooth, my phone which has some music on it. I also have a EQ App on my phone. When played back I dropped the 500hz slider on the EQ about 3db and oh baby the voices were then clear and defined without the mud/fluff/cloudy sound they typically have. Then I slowly upped the 6k and 8k range and voila' the highs reappeared in all their glory. The "air" and sparkle were once again revealed which were not there before the EQ. I then listened to a half dozen pieces of music (one of which was Simon And Garfunkel's Bookends album). in which I heard things I'd NEVER heard before even on high end systems. So the speakers can do it........but they have to have their DSP crossovers and overall output balance freed by a EQ App which I understand Klipsch is working on but may not be seen till later 2021.
I 'm not that patient. So I've ordered the Shiit brand out of California, their DAC unit and their 4 band EQ that I saw was very highly rated for just this purpose. I know I'll have to give up the HDMI way of doing things and use the Optical output of my Sony Bravia into the DAC then from there into the EQ and then onto the dual RCA input of the speakers and switch it on via the Klipsch remote each time I fire up my Sony Bravia. But I can easily live with that if the EQ brings me to the place it NEEDS to be with those Five's. They need equalization to be sure and I hope Klipsch realizes this and releases that EQ App. But in the mean time I'll be sure to report back when I get it in a few weeks to let you all know how it works. It either is the answer to the problem and reveals the truly amazing sound that is currently locked up in the Fives, OR it isn't the answer I'd hoped for. Let's hope for the latter to be the case. I'll let you know. DSP is a wonderful thing IF you use it fully
Hi mate, what's the name of the EQ app you're using on your phone. I use EqualizerFX Pro but could do with a few more EQ bands for adjustment.
Here's my setup...
I've had The Five's for a year now, connected to the TV via optical. No issues with dialogue clarity, they've been great for movies where I leave the dynamic bass on. Really rich and full sound. Would get a sub if I didn't live in a flat.
With music I connect via phone and Bluetooth AptX HD. EQ the bass and treble via the phone and have have bass boost off. I'm Still on the original FW out of the box as am happy as is and am worried the new FW might spoil the sound signature.
Is it possible to roll back FW?
Happy new year all.
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I've had the Five's almost a year. Still haven't done a SW update, will get on it!
The Fives no sound on any source
in 2-Channel Home Audio
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I've done the latest 20 minute FW update which is meant to fix this no sound problem. Let's see if it does this job!