Kef KHT-1005 5.1 Home Theater Speaker System (Silver)

its' okay..better ones out there

These speakers are hanging on the wall in my master bedroom along with a 37" Sharp LCD, which matches these in finish to a "T". I have them matched to a JVC receiver/dvd which produces 100 watts per channel. I am perfectly happy with the satellites but the subwoofer is a little boomy and over-powering (set sub switch to "music"), otherwise I might have considered rating this system a 5. Satellites seem to be quality built with aluminium housings and have a very clean tight response. They may not be the system for a large room but work great in a bedroom and will handle plenty of power to be "too loud" for small to moderate size rooms. I made my wall brackets out of 3" L brackets and sprayed them with aluminium paint.

For those who never heard of KEF, KEF is reputable audio equipment company in Europe. For some reason, we always think of USA as a world!!Coming to the point: This is their "entry-level" 5.1 speaker set. The mainstream model is KHT 2005, which is bit larger, 4 times as expansive and 1.5 times better sound!When I bought it, I wanted silver speakers and black subwoofer since my plasma TV is silver and other A/V equipments are black. The picture showed everything was silver but I couldn't resist the price. Fortunately I got what I wished for!! Yes people, the picture is wrong. Subwoofer is black.Now the construction:The speakers and sub both looks solid. The speakers are made of cast aluminium and look more like a piece of art. The subwoofer does not have spikes unlike what picture shows.Sound:I had heard that these speakers are power hungry and need good amp to pump them. To my surprice, they are not that bad. My Deanon 1804 pumps out 55 Watt per channel and these speakers do quite loud at half the volume. For all my practical purpose (including party times) this amp-speaker combo will do just fine. Mind you, speakers are rated for 100 watt so there is a huge room for more sound out of these small buggers. Being said that about the "quantity", the sound quality itself is very good. These speakers beats the hack out of my friend's Bose Lifesyle 20. Did you know that bose never publish the specification for their speakers?!?!! The sound is clear, crisp and pleasing. The subwoofer is loud and has good punch for movies. The sub will fall short when listening to music due to lake of tightness.Accessories:Since this model was not successful in USA, you will be lucky if you can find any accessory for this speakers. I wanted to buy the wall mount brackets but can't get them anywhere except the dealers charge $50 a piece!! I ended up making the wall mount myself. The speakers has a removable plastic plat on the bottom which will expose three holes. The center hold is threaded and other two are not. I used 1"x4" pine wood to make the L-shaped wall mount. Painted matching metalic silver.

These little speakers are great. Very clean and clear sounding. The sub has plenty of kick. I have not used them for movies yet, but for music, they sound great. Highly recommended.