Klipsch icon series surround sound speakers

Klipsch Icon V Build Quality

Too often I find myself reviewing and recommending speakers that you can only find at a specialty shop or online.

My friends, like yours, don't want to go to a specialty shop and don't like buying speakers online. Frankly, I can't blame them. I've been to specialty shops where, when they aren't trying to hard-sell you speakers, they are telling you that you need esoteric cables.

Klipsch icon series surround sound speakers

Online sales of speakers are a difficult prospect for an enthusiast much less a neophyte who is just looking to get a deal. The idea of having to pay shipping back or even buy speakers sight-unseen (or unheard) is just too much for many.

Klipsch worked with Best Buy to create the Icon V series of speakers.

What does that mean? I'm not entirely sure.

Klipsch icon center speaker

On the upside it means that these speakers will be available to nearly everybody. The downside is that Best Buy's influence and reasons behind it are a mystery. Were their design sugg