There's audio, and then there's Quintet home theater

It was a sobering realization. All this time you'd thought that many of your favorite movies opened with a scene of a cute little kitten meowing . . . when it was in fact a great lion proffering two rumbling roars. How could this be? Where did you go wrong? A true home theater experience is equal parts video and audio. If you've been relying on your TV's tiny built-in speakers to deliver the audio, you've been missing out on half of the fun of a home theater setup. Complete your home theater with five channels of full, clear, detailed audio without the clutter of large surround-sound speakers. Complete your home theater with the Quintet III 5.0-channel speaker system from Klipsch. Four compact satellite speakers team up with a two-way center-channel speaker to surround you with multi-channel surround sound from your favorite DVD or Blu-ray movies.

Of Tractrix and tweeters

The hallmark of Klipsch speakers is bright, realistic sound which can be credited to the patented Tractrix Horn. The Tractrix Horn's carefully calculated flare dramatically increases driver efficiency, allowing production of very high sound levels with minimal amplifier power and no strain or distortion. It also controls the sound's direction, ensuring excellent coverage of the listening area while minimizing detail-obscuring reflections off of walls, floor, and ceiling. Fed by a smooth, accurate 0.75" aluminum-dome tweeter, the Tractrix Horn featured on each speaker in the Quintet II system is the key to the vibrantly realistic, emotionally compelling Klipsch Sound Experience. The new 90° by 40° MicroTractrix Horn used in the Quintet III speaker package incorporates the advances of Klipsch's Tractrix Horn technology in it's most compact application ever. Integrated into the front baffle to minimize diffraction, the horn delivers high output, low distortion, broad dynamics and, most importantly, true Klipsch sonic character.

Every sigh, every whisper, every word

Sure, with their 0.75" tweeter/3.5" woofer pairs, the Quintet III's satellite speakers do an impressive job of serving up dynamic, enveloping surround sound effects. But while you enjoy the immersive quality of surround effects, you also enjoy becoming engrossed is a movie's dialogue. Here's where a surround-sound system's center-channel speaker steps in. Center-channel speakers work to reproduce every line an actor utters — whether whispered in a mystery flick or sung in a musical — with power and detail. Combining a single 0.75" tweeter with two 3.5" woofer drivers, the Quintet III's center-channel is built to deliver every sigh, every whisper, every word of a movie's dialogue with clarity and nuance.

Safe and sound

For a peaceful and harmonious home theater area, all your A/V components need to get along well together. Because speakers feature integrated magnets that can potentially harm other components — like your TV — Klipsch has take special care to design all the speakers in the Quintet III system with magnetic shielding. You're free to place these five speakers anywhere in your home theater area without risk of damage to other devices.

Comparison Specifications

• Power handling: 3 left-center-right (LCR) and 2 satellites 50 watts (200 watts peak)
• Impedance: 8 ohms
• LCR tweeter: 0.75" aluminum diaphragm compression driver mated to 80x80 square Tractrix Horn
• Satellite tweeter: 0.75" aluminum diaphragm compression driver mated to 90x40 Tractrix Horn
• LCR woofers: dual 3.5" high-output, satellite woofers: 3.5" woofer
• LCR crossover frequency: 2600Hz, satellite crossover frequency: 2800Hz
• LCR frequency response: 80Hz - 23kHz (+/- 3dB), satellite frequency response: 120Hz - 23kHz (+/- 3dB)
• LCR cabinet design: bass reflex via dual front-firing ports, satellite cabinet design: bass reflex via rear-firing port
• Magnet shielding: yes (all speakers)
• LCR mounting options: dual keyholes and triple 0.25"-20 threaded inserts, satellite mounting options: on-wall mounting via keyholes, base swivels

Additional Specifications

• LCR sensitivity: 93dB at 2.83 volts/1 meter
• Satellite sensitivity: 91dB at 2.83 volts/1 meter
• Black finish with gray accents

Dimensional Specifications

• LCR dimensions: 5.5" W x 20.5" H x 5.6" D, LCR weight: 6.6 lbs (per speaker)
• Satellite dimensions: 5.0" W x 8.3" H x 6.3" D, satellite weight: 3.5 lbs (per speaker)

Klipsch Quintet III Warranty Details

5-year limited parts and labor warranty

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