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Speaker terminals are inset and spring-loaded, most likely meaning some fiddling about with bare-wire cable, but this does mean the cabinets can fit flush to a wall (keyhole fixings are provided for wall-mounting).

So yes, the Pack is a step down from the Quintet—and if you’re lucky enough to find anything left of the latter in the retail pipeline, go for it. with Dolby Atmos combines Reference Series acoustics with Dolby Atmos technology to deliver an immersive, multidimensional experience you won't find anywhere else. That left the center speaker unused and required the left and right Pack Sats to image dialogue on their own. The system's performance is characterised by a good grasp of high-frequency and mid-range detail, and an energetic approach to the low-end.

Don't for a second underestimate the pint-size Klipsch Reference Theater Pack's capabilities; this system can deliver a heavy punch in a small room. Still, if you have a large room or crave chest thumping bass, you need to step up to a larger system.

This high performance subwoofer provides deep bass and placement flexibility thanks to its front firing driver and all digital amplifier.

For the best sound comparison, we recommend selecting your brand and model of headphones in the right-hand column, or if your headphones aren't listed, you can rent one of our Listening Kits. The new enclosure makes it harder to access the binding posts because it dispenses with the formerly cone-shaped recesses that cleverly guided wire tips into the posts and replaces them with holes that make the job more like threading a needle. Although the Quintet review was years ago, I’ve never forgotten knuckle-rapping the Quintet cabinet; it sounded and felt like stone.Each of its four satellite speakers is tiny, yet together they can fill a small or medium-sized room with a surround sound field that no sound bar or stereo system can match. In assessing my Performance and Value ratings for the Reference Theater Pack satellites and center, I had to balance the downgrading of the enclosure from filled polymer to mere plastic against the continued effectiveness of the horn-loaded tweeters and IMG-coned woofers. My usual 80 hertz and even 100 Hz would leave a huge hole; nowadays, I start at 120 and go from there. The hushed quiet of the forest scenes, with buzzing insects and birds, had excellent resolution of fine detail. Dialing out a slight localization of male voices pushed the sub level and crossover point down, though I would later rethink the crossover.