Customer Ratings & Reviews

Really my pros and cons say it all. A wonderful sounding speaker system. Crisp clear highs and worm lows, and depending on room and nature of what your using them for a sub is almost not needed. The only thing I don't like is not being able to chose left and right. This only sucks cause my right speaker is near the power outlet so I had to run a small extension cord to the other side of my desk. Really no big deal. I highly recommend these....

We have these speakers connected through our airport express using airplay. We can play music from any of our devices anywhere in the house and hear great sound. Evelyn Glennie's beautiful percussion sounds great on these speakers, as does Jazz, Electro, Classical music. And they look nice. Our 25 year old speakers have a little more bass, but these are the favorite speakers in the house.

Bought these primarily to take on outings and weekends to use with my iPhone. They were a hit a reunion in the country. Great sound and could equalize the bass to get even better bass response without distortion. However, at home I now use these as my computer speakers, several feet away from my computer, filling the room with sound. Nice flat sound curve.

So far I like the product. I am not rating it Excellent because in my opinion it's little costlier and small instrumental sounds gets behind the seen due to high bass.

I purchased both the Audioengine 5+ speakers and S8 subwoofer. I wanted to get back to the basics of music listening, two channels (stereo). The main speakers are connected using RCA plugs from an Asus Xnoar Essence STX sound card output to analog audio input on the Audioengine 5+ speakers. My sound card specs indicate output total harmonic distortion plus noise at 1kHz (-3dB) is at 0003% (-110dB) with a SNR of 124dB and a frequency response of 10Hz to 90KHz when listening to 24bit 192 kHz flac files and has an onboard 24bit DAC TI Burr-Brown PCM1792A, it is an excellent match for the speakers. The Audioengine 5+ frequency response is 50Hz – 22kHz plus or minus 1.5dB and THD 0.05 I added a nostalgic touch by using a vintage Sansui high efficiency speaker cable connecting the left and right speakers that I purchased in 1981 while deployed to Japan. A lot of music history has passed through that old cable. The S8 subwoofer is connected from the Audioengine 5+ left speaker’s variable output to the RCA inputs on the S8. These speakers deserve the opportunity to give you what you paid for, therefore placement is in my opinion is critical. Consider giving them at least 6 feet (if you can) in separation between the speakers and at least 12 inches from back and side walls. My listening area is a small 10 x 10 office I sit between 12 and 36 inches from my desk. The speakers are elevated to a height of 29 inches, toed in and sit upward at 15 degree angle (on Audioengine DS2 Desktop Speaker Stands) placing the 1” silk dome tweeters at ear level. The tweeters on the 5+ are about one inch off center (to the right) so if one was so inclined to switch the placement of the left and right speaker the tweeters would then be inboard to the listener. I have been experimenting with crossover frequencies between 60Hz to 80Hz. I read that10Hz above the lowest frequency of the main speakers is a general rule of thumb setting and I am still fine tuning however the sweet spot seems to be 80Hz and that’s where I have left it. The rear of the S8 is placed three inches from a wall below the left main speaker. In this small room I do not have a lot of options for placement however; I have still managed tweak and peak until I found the sweet spot even with the constraints. By the way, these things sound great at flat response too! If you are a music lover looking for a stellar 2.0 or 2.1speaker system who will be enjoying your music from a nearfield position and you want a sound that is warm (the perfect term would be euphonic warmth and in my opinion is a selling point) and relatively neutral, yet can crank out your favorite music and still not fatigue your ears, you would be interested in these speakers. These speakers produce decent bass however; if you want a fuller or bigger sound get a subwoofer too. It will really round out the speakers, adding to the wow factor. My music collection consists primarily of 24bit FLAC and 16bit, 320 kbps mp3 files. Are there instances you can tell the difference between 24bit and 16bit? Yes and no. This is a topic I’d rather leave to the hard core audiophiles to debate. However, there is one fact that is constant; trash in, trash out. And there are too many variables to cover in this realm. I have heard 16bit, 44.1Hz, 128kbps mp3’s that sound decent and 320kbps mp3’s that did not. Some of the 24 bit FLAC files I have listened too are like WOW, a different dimension in sound. These speakers will help you sort the good and bad of your music collection. The speakers are referred to as “forgiving” but…they don’t lie. I listen to music for 3 hours or more at a time, I have some wonderful, wonderful selections to numerous to list however, my jewels, my favorites to date are Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto in a 1960’s performance of “The Girl from Ipanema” and seven volumes of “Best Audiophile Voices” which showcases many female vocalist performing easy listening songs. Close your eyes melt in your chair, and let the world go by kind of relaxation! Simply heaven. Would I recommend these speakers to family and friends, you bet I would. I cannot put a price tag on the enjoyment I have gotten from these speakers and hope to for many years to come.

THIS COMPANY'S ATTENTION TO DETAIL SHOWS IN EVERYTHING ABOUT IT EVEN THE PACKAGING IT WAS DOUBLE BOXED AND THEN INSIDE WAS REALLY THICK FOAM THAT KEPT THE SPEAKERS SUSPENDED FROM ANY DAMAGE NOT THAT CHEEP STYROFOAM OR CARDBOARD MATERIAL SPEAKERS ARE USUALLY PACKAGED WITH. THEN WRAPPED IN A CLOTH BAG ALSO USED TO CLEAN THE SPEAKERS AND FOR STORAGE, THEN THERE IS THE SOUND. I KNEW THAT THESE THINGS HAVE A BURN IN PERIOD OF 30-50HRS. OF USE BEFORE THEY OPEN UP. BUT MAN JUST THE FIRST FEW MINUTES OF LISTENING TO THESE THINGS AND MY JAW DROPPED AND AFTER BURN IN PERIOD THEY SOUND SO MUCH BETTER. MY M-AUDIO BX5A STUDIO MONITORS DO NOT EVEN COMPETE WITH THESE SPEAKERS THE SOUND OUT OF IT IS SO MUCH MORE CLEANER AND SMOOTHER AND THEY ARE ABOUT THE SAME SIZE, WATTAGE AND DESIGN. I HAD ALSO ORDERED THE D1 DAC SINCE IT WAS 50% OFF AT THE TIME WITH THE PURCHASE OF THE SPEAKERS AND THE DS2 STANDS. AFTER I HAD PUT THE SPEAKERS ON THE DS2 STANDS AND HOOKED UP THE D1 DAC I WAS IN HEAVEN I DID NOT THINK THE SOUND COULD GET ANY BETTER BUT IT DID. DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS LIKE I DID TRYING OUT DIFFERENT DESK TOP SPEAKERS, MINI HIFI SYSTEMS, AND SOUND DOCKS JUST GIVE THESE A TRY I AM GLAD I DID ITS WORTH EVERY CENT AND MORE.

These speakers have wonderful sound quality and build quality! Great highs and great natural bass extension. Very clear sound production. The mids seam a little recessed but not to much to want me asking for more punch from the vocals. They are so wonderfully smooth and warm entering the notes with graceful subtlety. They take some hours for the speakers to really open up. I really recommend a good DAC for accurate sound detail and reproduction.