Nine

They do less. Let's use klipsch speakers as an example. I have a pair of klipsch kg 5.5 speakers from the 90s. They're amazing speakers. They are also just speakers. Amps, dacs, streamers, wifi, and Bluetooth are all in separate devices. The new Klipsch number series - the fives, the sevens, and the

I guess my concern was longevity of active style speakers (although most of that is poor reviews of built-in amps on Klipsch the Nines). I had kind of thought studio style equipment would be overkill for personal use only and very little "mixing"? I am sure it is just marketing talk, but many of the

The lower end klipsch speakers are great bang for the buck and are easy to drive like most klipsch products. I would say most complaints are of the high end items as now days there is plenty of competition, but I don't know much. The Klipsch floorstanders on sale of crutchfield are good competition

“Same thing happened to my Nines. First time, a quick Klipsch firmware update brought them back from the dead—worked like a charm for ten blissful months. Now they’re silent again: every LED lit, Bluetooth paired, but zero sound. No new firmware left to resurrect them; they’re breathing, just not sp