Klipsch HD 500 Compact 5.1 Home Theater System

On Saturday March 17, 2012 I purchased the Klipsch HD 500 Compact 5.1 Home Theater System from Amazon.com. I had been researching this speaker system for some time and finally made the purchase when the price fell to $299.99. For my home theater I had been researching and considering several speakers for about 6 months. I had narrowed my choices down to the Klipsch HD 500 Compact 5.1 Home Theater System, the Energy 5.1 Take Classic Home Theater System, the NHT Super Surround 5.1 and the Polk Audio TSi series.

This purchase will replace my current setup of front left, center and front right speakers from an old HTiB system, an RCA RT 2600. These current speakers are about 8 years old and really showed their short comings when I upgraded my AVR to the Onkyo TX-NR609. With no subwoofer in the current setup I am hoping to regain some of that low end punch that has been missing.

I really liked the compact style of the Klipsch HD 500. As a bonus I was really impressed with the mounting system that is included. I live in an apartment with small children so the only really option at this point is to mount the fronts on the wall. The mounting system included with the Klipsch HD 500 has a very clean professional look to it that I am hoping will look good in my setup.

In the short term I will have to hold off on the rear surrounds until we purchase either an entry table or book shelf on which I will place them. That phase will require Wife Acceptance Factor in order to be completed. My plan is for a book shelf with the surround speakers placed just above ear level, with the wife's approval of course.

I have Amazon Prime so I should be getting the speakers delivered by Tuesday. I will install the speakers during the evenings this week and post follow up information and pictures.