My man took a small personal break and then knocks out daily videos when he gets back. Love it. Nice work Erin.

I’ve noticed you seem a lot more comfortable in your videos since you’ve come back. It feels more like you’re just hanging out and explaining things, rather than making a video of you explaining things. Not sure if that makes sense, but it feels a lot more natural.

The data backing up your opinions is the best way to review speakers. Please keep going :)

The most trustworthy speaker reviewer online. Welcome back dude!

Finally we see a good performing Klipsch. This thing has digital, analogue and even phono inputs!

Love seeing you review again Erin.

Erin, what a great video. Thank you for explaining what you're doing. Learning a ton from you. Glad to have you making videos again! Good job!

Great to see you back Erin

Thank you for the data. Beautiful speakers.

My goodness, Erin! Video after video after video! Soooo happy my favorite dude on youtube is pumping out reviews.

Welcome back Erin. Thank you so much. Very happy to see a honest reviewer like you. 😊

Thanks Erin! Really enjoy your analysis and comments on speakers.

Glad to see you back!

Such a easy to follow review...not too technical and very concise. I have The Sixes with their 12" powered subwoofer -- pretty happy with them. Klipsch is like an acquired taste...some swear by them, some just can't stand them or their price point.

Thanks for the great review.

solid review Erin! Really liked what you had to say and show about these speakers.

Another great review Erin! Personally not much of a Klipsch fan either but these may be worth checking out if I ever desire a powered speaker. Keep up the good work!

Thank you for these awesome reviews.

Great review and I learned something new about finding the reference plane of a horn loaded speaker. Thank you!

That was very useful! Great review.

Glad to see you back, hope things are going well for you.

Thanks 👍🏻👍🏻

Fantastic review! Thank you very much! 🙏🏻

Great review!!!

Brilliant thanks Erin.

Hey bro don’t give up ! I really enjoy your videos , thanks

Nice to see you back bro.

Mine are set to 6 and I often wish there was more treble, depending on the source of course. Being used for TV mostly they sound incredible and we NEVER have to turn it up to hear the voices which my wife appreciates 100%. Low effects heavy content using the Klipsch 24" stands couple these beasts to the floor and they will shake the floor. My wife likes them better than our big 9.3.4 surround setup because she always hears the voices perfectly and only 2 speakers in the living room.

Great to see you back brother! My favorite audio/speaker reviewer on KZfaq/the internet (along with Andrew Robinson). So insightful and detailed without being over the top or exaggerated. While Klipsch aren't my favorite speakers they do their job pretty well and are overall decent to good speakers for the masses at reasonable prices with nice, classic aesthetics. Much better for home theater than critical music listening in my opinion but I can see their appeal for certain people and genres like rock. Personally I've got their sister company Jamo and again not the best speakers money can buy but the C95 towers I picked up at $400 per pair sound good to me and score really high in WAF as well as my personal aesthetic tastes. Picked up the matching sub for $200 and while there's no question there's better out there it'd be hard to beat this 2.1 combo for $600 in a general living room or affordable theater setup. Though both brands have elevated treble I prefer the silk tweeter the Jamos use to Klipschs titanium/aluminum. While the Jamos can definitely get bright at higher volumes I find the extra treble/clarity welcome at lower volumes which is how I do 90% of my listening and are great in general for TV/movie/dialogue speakers. The carpet in my living room also helps dampen their brightness. I use Kalis for music and critical listening/mixing and they are outstanding in my opinion but wish they made them with optical/consumer connections which I know they considered at some point. Even hooked up to my bedroom TV via headphone Split to RCA they sound pretty awesome.

Excellent reviews!

Thanks to Audio Advice! =)

Good to have Erin running full steam :)

You always get me to pause work to watch your videos. Edit: I didn't expect the optimum listening window to be so narrow. Thank you for the detailed testing.

Wow..I had heard some good things about this speaker but i wasn't expecting this. It really has some good features plus the frequency bandwidth is pretty impressive. Personally I can't handle a speaker that rises in the treble area, even though I'm deaf after about 12k, but it's cool the app gives you a work-around with the EQ. PEQ would be better but at least they give you something. Definitely not bad for a All-in-one type speaker..not for me but I know some people that this would be a good choice for. Solid review as always 👍

Erin, have you considered doing a “my personal top 3 speakers” video? Like you mentioned in the video, you’ve listened to a lot of speakers and have lots of data. I’d be interested in watching a video of you describing your “best of” and showing objectively why a pair beats out another. Good to have you back.

great review, you are a great asset for audio customers or audiophiles on youtube. From now on, I will not buy any speakers without looking at your measurements. Every person who are interested in buying speakers should look at your measurements.

Great review EAC

Momma, the Klipsch hater said the Nines have a lush midrange and an effervescent treble ! Sounds like an ice cream soda, and you know how much I love those ! Rock on, Klipsch Hater !

The only thing that is stopping me from signing on the dotted line is that narrow directivity. I always love a wide directivity speaker, think Focals. The KEF Metas are as narrow as I can accept, anything lower and its a no go. With a speaker that does plus or minus 30 degrees, you can do nothing but to toe the speakers in for a good center image. With wide radiation speakers, toe in is barely required. Yeah, I wont get a pin point laser sharp center focus but it will be more life sized, if that makes any sense. Thank you once again Erin for your hard work!!!

I'm not in the market for a new speaker, but this looks genuinely good. I like that they're jumping on the active bandwagon too.

This is why I PEQ. Many contemporary Klipsch speakers have excellent directivity, which is far more important than raw frequency responce when PEQ is in play. Looks like klipsch has PEQ'd/DSP'd this into great shape. I saw this at AXPONA and had a great feeling about it. I want one. I like the contemporary Klipsch horn sound once the frequency responce errors are tamed. THANKS!

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I have mixed feelings, lol. The dispersion kinda kills it for me, but not a bad setup. Thanks for sharing bud 👍

These seem to present a great value! I just wish they had built-in Wi-Fi streaming (Spotify connect, Tidal connect, AirPlay 2 and Chromecast would have been nice at a minimum). Makes them a lot more convenient to use when the input switches automatically and the music just starts playing.

Great video. Also i think it would be cool of you did a ranking of your personal favourites from all the speakers you tested. I know it's not scientific at all but we like that kind of stuff too :))

I would like to see Klipsch make a genuinely high-end bookshelves speaker, with great drivers and great parts and, with any luck, made in the USA. It could be one of the truly great speakers.

Another banger of a review and very interesting to see Klipsch fixing their infamous tonality flaws. Just wondering, when will the Q Acoustics and Klipsch data be on your website?

I see a TMNT Arcade cabinet behind you! Awesome!

Thanks for this excellent review. I have been a fan of actively powered loudspeakers for several years now, ever since I invested in Paradigm Reference Active 40s which were first introduced in 2001. I actually prefer active speakers but I realize I am in the minority in this regard. (Although the Paradigm Active 40s received glowing reviews they were not on the market for long; because few people recognized the benefits of active speakers back then.) I'm glad to hear that Klipsch has produced a fine active speaker with The Nines, and as this model is affordably priced I could easily see building a multi-channel sound system with these speakers.

Absolute legend.

I have the nines and with a signwave generator I was able to hear bass tones as low as 23hz just not that loud and in specific spots in my room. it played noticeably deeper and cleaner bass than my partybox 710 which i can hear down to 27hz which coincidentally matches the measurements Rtings got for the 710. These Nines make my Edifier S3000 pro sound like a toy especially at low volumes because the NInes have incredible low volume bass adjustment. If you want to shake walls 30 feet away at 20% volume the Nines can do it.

I'm happy that finally Klipsch has produced a proper speaker as it should be. Congratulations for your good work on measuring speakers and informing us to avoid crap. Please keep on...

Your reviews are "simply the best". Rip Tina

awesome! ty

Another solid review. Keep up the good work. Hope things are working out on a personal level as well 🙏.

Great, as usual. Please tell us which distorted melodies you talked about?

I've never heard a Klipsch that I could like/tolerate. Things like the proprietary speaker cable link are also frustrating. I'd gladly rather look at Monoprice for value, quality; sound. Ty Erin for the well done and enjoyable review!

Hi Erin, really like the mix of subjective and objective information provided in these reviews. Thanks mate, you get the mix spot on. Have you had a chance to hear the sevens? I'm a couple of hundred kms from audio dealers so am trying to narrow down a listening list of possible speakers & stores before I make the trip. The Nines are appealing but perhaps a touch too large for my requirements. Cheers.

Awesome stuff, thank you! Would you consider including IMD/MD in your videos as well? Ever since I watched your "Harmonic distortion is overrated" video I feel like more people should be aware of this being a thing, and a significant one at that.

Thank you Erin - can you share / remind some of your go to tracks you like highlight speaker resonances? Thanks!

I’ve got about six sets of speakers, from Focals to LS 35 a , and my Heresy IV brought me audio file doldrums. Try them all kids.

Erin, great review. At what distance did you listen to them?

Thank you for the wonderful review. Is there any deviation between the left and right speakers? Master-slave structures often have different frequency responses.

Hey Erin, can you please show/make an audio clip about how to identify resonances? I'm trying to learn to differentiate good from the poorly designed! Thanks

enjoyed this review very mucj. is ther any chance that you could also review The Seven's? The Nines are a bit larger than I would ideally like to use but The Sevens would work size wise for me. if The Seven's work as well as The Nine's do I might just pull the trigger on a pair. thanks.

Thank you Erin

Assuming one is listening in a fixed position (not moving around) and you had a speaker like this Klipsch with narrow directivity towed-in in an optimal way and compare that with a speaker with a wider dispersion pattern, could one easily hear a difference (assuming you take room interaction out of the equation) Is narrow directivity vs wider dispersion an easy to pick out difference?

They look great. There's a chatacteristic I look for in speakers and I find I only get it from a larger box. That fullness where you could swear someone was actually plaing an acoustic guitar right in front of you if you didnt know otherwise. Do you think these check that kind of box?

these look pretty nice w/ the horn all the way to the edge... i think the equal loudness contour for the corresponding age group should be considered by listeners. 14-16kHz is where the sensitivity is greatly diminished for males around 40yo. not a lot happens that high but speakers w/ a rise there might just offer some help.. :) *the elc is also SPL dependent, is it possible that powered speakers take that into account, dynamic EQing of sorts?

Great video. You've already done The Fives and The Nines, any plans to review The Sevens?

Hi, is the amplifier's internal dac only used through the digital inputs? If I connect a source to the analog inputs, is the dac excluded?

Have you heard the La Scala or Jubilee by chance? I know they are stupid expensive but would like to know how they compare to the "normal Klipsch signature sound" Glad you were able to recover so quickly!!!!

Hey, man, what happened with the video review of the Silvers 50 7G ? We're still waiting for it 😁

After watching almost all of your speaker reviews and developing a better understanding of the various measurements I think I found the next pair of speakers to try at some point. Still keen to understand whether a concentric speaker design with wider radiation than this would likely suit a small highly reflective space better? The kh120a currently in place have a wide and even dispersion from 500hz all the way up which I think causes a lot of resonance in the mid mids as well as high energy in the upper mid/treble area. Love!

How do they compare to the RP-600M II? I had the Nines for a brief moment before I encountered an issue. I rather not take a chance on another nines having issues. I must say though I loved the sound and so looking for a passive equivalent to the nines.

Great vid, when you said "let me just show the data" did you show us the out of box data or after you tweaked the EQ? The out of the box un-doctored data would have been useful also if that wasn't what you showed.

Thanks for the review! Curious to know which would you pick between The Nines and JBL’s 4305P?

I must say, outstanding by Klipsch to include an "Optical" in on the speaker. You do not see that often, if at all. Instead, it's usually 1970's tech known as RCA jacks (and the same can be said regarding car audio. RCA jacks are not a good signal for your sound. Have you ever taken apart an RCA cable? You can count the strands of wire. The audio industry is complaining they should not have released Optical connections as early as they did. That's why they are trying to sell everyone HDMI cables. Nothing beats a digital audio signal. And probably never will. DACS have gotten so good these days.

How would you connect to a preamp? Can't use phono input for regular single ended.

I have bought the Klipsch The nine and the amplifier overheat reaching 50 degree Celsius being just turned on without playing music. If I listen sound it also reachs 50 degree celsius. It is very hot, is that normal? I saw some people have overheating issue with their powered speaker from Klipsch too. What is your opinion and tips?

Right... I am in a pickle now... I had set my mind on the Lintons to upgrade from my RP-600Ms, together with a Purify D-Class amp, they would cost the same the Nines. I have a DAC and phono-pre amp for TT, so would not need to buy those. Now you drop this on me.. Which one would you go for. I do enjoy a wide soundstage like you, but also like the forward and lively sound of Klipsch. What would you do? Is the Linton still better?

Glad to hearing from you again Erin! I agree 100% with any of your word. I never liked Klipsch pa philosophy approach to hifi world, as the result is that punchy fat basses and drilling highs which I hate. Hifi is a different thing, to me they are lofi

So when watching this video I thought: That line looks super similar to your review of the Fives! So I put the two graphs in Powerpoint and made the top one the Nines 50% transparant, and what do you know: It's super similar. Tbh it looks so similar that only if you want the deeper bass should you go for the Nines if you ask me, just looking at the measurements. Fives start to roll off from 60 hz, Nines from 40 hz. That's the end of my review. Any comments Erin?

Hey Erin, I'm considering buying The Nines with the 12 in SW. I like bass heavy music. Is the sub needed or will the speakers suffice? 2 story house 3000sf. No house parties but I love my music. Suggestions on whether the sub is needed?

Erin, I forgot, when you are talking about wide/narrow radiation paterns is that -6dB level?

I know they are big ole' pain in the butt speakers but I would love to see how the Klipsch RF7 III's would do on the Spin-o-rama and get some quality measurements of them. That's their flagship non heritage speaker.

Demoing these and The Sevens soon. I've heard from a few people The Nines have a little cabinet resonance that can hurt vocals and movie dialog intelligibility so I wanna see if I can hear it for myself. If I do hear it, here's hoping a Mk-II has better cabinet bracing and more grill options - I don't like the cream. The EQ could simply be changed in an update to the app. Good review anyway.

Hide the 10 band EQ behind an "Advanced" option, Bingo Bango best of both worlds. There should definitely be the processing capability in the system to do that.

Erin, meu nome é Flávio, moro no Brasil. Para uma sala grande, qual caixa se comporta melhor, as Kef LS50 W2 ou as The Nines? Qual seria a melhor escolha? Obrigado

The best Klipsch...a low bar! I had some of their headphones I really liked. But the same as you, hated the sound. The newer line is better though.

Look at those graphs, I’m thinking one could probably mix on these. Thoughts?

Let me know when they come out with The Elevens.

I wonder if the sevens are able to smooth out that disturbance around 1khz, since the distance between the cone and the horn is shorter. If that's the case then the sevens might be the one to get. Are you also testing the sevens?

Glad to see you back.

Knocking them out the park! (I think you yanks say😅)

hi, i can connect Nines to Bluesound Node X over USB ? or this not working?

these speakers have amps in them?

Glad you are back.

If i want to add subwoofer. What crossover is best for the nines

Thank you for not using flowery language when describing the speaker's sound. I don't trust people who use those subjective words that have different meaning to everyone. Sounds like I'm being sold snake oil. Doesn't make any sense because I've only heard the speakers I bought and a few from a local furniture store or Best Buy. I can't understand that crap when I'm watching a review for a technical understanding.