Klipsch the Fives II Review for Music, Movies, More (2026)

But, the Five isn’t perfect: Compared to other high-end speakers I’ve tried in the past year—some of which made me fear that my Sheetrock might splinter—The Fives don’t make a powerful sound. The high notes at the end of the song “Mio Cristo Piange Diamanti” by Rosalía also sounded very thin; when I played the same song on the Focal Mu-so Hekla speaker, the sound seemed to split the air molecules.

I wasn’t disappointed with the sound of the music, but the comparison was helpful. For the price and size, I still prefer The Fives II for music.

It Won’t Rock Your Theater, But It’s Strong For The Price

For videos and movies, the new HDMI 2.1 eARC port more than justifies the higher price. (The original Fives weren’t compatible with Atmos and cost $800 a pair.)

In the movie War Machine on Netflix, I saw the explosion did not shake the room, but a different sound. Even with two-way audio, Dolby Atmos support created a war scene in the movie Unbreakable on Netflix sounds convincing, especially when the plane flies from left to right. I played the original A stranger movie using the HBO Max app on my phone and, since this movie originally used two-channel audio and not surround, I noticed that the dialogue was clear and balanced between the two speakers.

During the movie Greenland 2: Migration on YouTube TV, dinner in France had background music that sounded like it was coming from another room, improving immersion. One small mistake was that, during the movie We bury the Dead on the Fandango at Home show, the background dialogue that was either played to the side or behind the surround speakers was difficult to hear.

When testing video games, I connected to a TCL NXTVISION Professional TV. Sports pragmatic they have the first scene where you shoot robots, and the lasers sounded convincing enough. In the early part of the game Requiem Evil Requiemthe eerie sound of space didn’t sound as convincing as a surround sound setup would. My biggest gripe is that games put different sounds around the room, and the Fives II weren’t as convincing in amplifying the sound using more audio drivers like the Focal Mu-so Hekla soundbar.

In the end, comparing these speakers to the sound of a movie theater, I would say that Klipsch’s the Fives II has a ways to go. But for music playback, you can’t go wrong with this price. The speakers fit perfectly on the bookshelf, didn’t fill the room, and the music playback was natural, natural, and loud. I ended up preferring The Fives II for music over recent speakers from companies like Sony, KEF, and Edifier.

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