KEF KHT5005 5.1 system
5.1 acoustic kit KHT 5005 from the British KEF continues galaxy "thousanders", which began with the KHT2005 and winner of the EISA 2003-2004 set KHT 1002. KHT5005 consists of five nearly identical satellites HTS5001 and an active subwoofer PSW2500. Architecture satellites is an elegant variation of the popular topics today silver oval shapes. The cut end faces of aluminum elliptical in the horizontal section "bars" at an angle, a drop-down in the direction of the viewer-listener, as if the prospect asks a number of fine on the TV screen. Besides coasters to help Front & Rear pair are mounted vertically, and center channel speakers - horizontally (branded rack - option), the set includes brackets for easy wall mounting. In the center of the front caliper - corporate coax (tweeter with 15mm dome diaphragm and 75 mm midrange head), on each side - one 75-mm woofer/midrange speaker. All aluminum diffuser. Oval 17-liter subwoofer "plays up" its form stereometry satellites. MDF enclosure is covered with vinyl tape, accurately simulating the tone and texture of the surface of the five HTS5001. But there are other options: black ash, maple, dark apple. 250-mm speaker driver is installed in the bottom of the design. The service panel at the back: a pair of terminal line input, two output terminals; level controls, the upper cut-off frequency low-pass filter, phase; mode switches Music/Cinema, automatic/manual switching, steepness of slope LPF (12/24 dB per octave); there is a switch Ground In/Out - additional safety net of interference. The output signal is processed high-pass filter. Subwoofer is set to bullet-feet of thick rubber.
Acoustic testing kits are almost always succumb to temptation and begin to test satellites and a subwoofer on the musicality in 2.1-combination. Very pleased with the 2.1 system HTS5001-PSW2500 - coordinated and collected sound. Clean legible without any accents as medium and high frequency operating satellites. Expressively played jazz quintet - correctly and beautifully turned timbre portraits piano, guitar, tenor saxophone, percussion. And when the pizzicato bass came into emotional resonance with the rest of the instrumental chorus became apparent high agreement subwoofer with a charming front couple. Already in version 2.1 are marked outstanding "spatial" talents satellites. The transition mode 5.1 made the system imbued with reverence. The combination of good detailed sound image with its spatial homogeneity allows high realism measures phantom acoustic effects. If music programs tonal study subwoofer low-frequency lines is not always sufficiently rigorous in the context of theater bass PSW2500 deserves the good reviews: deep, energetic bassist sub, responding quickly to shock effects, and it seems that there is no low-frequency cataclysm that turned out to be it would not accomplish. Note that the bass is a more articulate, if you set the switch to the low-pass filter slope of 24 dB.
KHT5005 will win the hearts of users tonal purity of sound images, a wealth of nuances, expressive plastics spatial effects. Undoubtedly, it can be considered as universal for small and medium-sized rooms - excellent work not only with film, but from a purely musical tracks.
