Klipsch - Flexus Core 300

Klipsch Flexus 300 with sub and surround speakers. Amazing sound!

Klipsch Flexus Core 300. Excellent voice clarity.

Klipsch Flexus 300, 10” sub and surrounds…amazing sound with the Dirac room correction!

Sony is not good now, there are a lot of good options besides it. Go for Loewe Home Cinema 553 (if you can spend \~ 3k on it), or another option would be Klipsch Flexus Core 300, with surr's and either original subwoofer or get SVS. These options would would be better than Sonos and sound way more. P.S Do not forget Sonos does not support DTS:X and DTS-HD MA.

Sonos sounds flat, yeah immersive sounds with the backs (Eras 300) will be quite good, but the soundbar itslef is not that good. If you're fine with that and you do not need DTS:X and DTS-HD MA you can go with Sonos, but for example Klipsch will be better in terms of quality. Music (your usecase) and movies sounds flawless. Do not forget, music is also in a movies, so it's important to everyone. Anyway, soundbars (as you know) are mostly designed to listen to music in the background, nor directly. Full Klipsch set would cost you around 2300 EUR.

Please not JBL. While it's having punchy bass it's faking everything. If you're not into sound it will be fine to you, however if you do know how things should sound, then it's definitely not the right option. Wish some quality, Klipsch Flexus Core 300 is a good option, however it costs as full system of samsung or jbl :). Dirac makes difference.

The Core 300, in my opinion, is the best stand-alone soundbar you can get in a reasonable price range. Thing is a beast and even has Dirac Live room correction. People need to take measurements, though. It's long AF.

Does he care about actual physical surround speakers? If not, the Klipsch Core 300 is a monster. It's side-firing and up-firing drivers are legit, Doesn't need a subwoofer and has Dirac Live room calibration. But its wireless connectivity is total garbage so you wouldn't want the surround speakers added on.

Polk Magnifi MAX AX SR. Comes with everything; 10" subwoofer and surrounds (don't believe for a minute the bouncy room angled speakers in soundbars even come close to proper surround) When I get speakers I get them from companies that only make speakers. I did have Klipsch for a bit but their connectivity was horrendous (using a USB dongle in 2025 and pressing and holding buttons, then dropping out once an hour and requiring it to be done over again). Polk literally connects on its own once plugged in and stays that way. That being said, if you ONLY want a soundbar, the Klipsch Core 300 is insane. The built in subwoofers are no joke.

Klipsch told me to return mine. If you plan on getting the surrounds, you may have issues. They use a USB dongle to connect wirelessly and it's terrible. The USB dongle would also get incredibly hot, like to the point I can't imagine the electronics lasting long. It would randomly drop out (longest it lasted was an hour or so) and then require an entire rebinding process. To me, a premium soundbar that relies on such crappy old technology to connect peripherals is a bad sign. What other things did they cheap out on? Even budget soundbars have integrated connectivity. Makes me question Klipsch moving forward. Ended up getting the Polk Magnifi Max. Plugged it in and everything was automatically binded and has never lost signal once. Not recommending you do the same, but I am recommending hunt around a bit. This "flagship" model of theirs has some issues, and their tech support literally said "yeah it may have some bugs to workout since its new, just return it".

Klipsch flexus core with a sub. Fantastic value with ability to add surround if you’d like down the road

Ignore looks, prioritize audio Quality. Most people recommend here would Samsung Q990D. I personally own an older model from Samsung and a new Klipsch Flexus Core. I like the sound of the Samsung better than the Klipsch. Bose, LG and JBL are recognized brands, but I haven't seen many people recommend them.

Can vouch for Klipsch. Have a Flexus core 300 and it sounds great when playing music. Even my FIL who considers himself an audiophile and has spent 1000s on his proper setup was pleased with Klipsch's music performance.

Absolutely. It has its quirks, mainly software-wise, but soundwise it's awesome. The basic Dirac calibration is a 10 minutes process and already helps with balance and clarity big time. I haven't done the full calibration yet as you need to pay $100 for a license and further $150 for a calibration mic but I definitely see myself giving in in the future.

I've had the Klipsch for a month or two. Sound-wise it's been great. Both for music and movies. After the calibration, the sound is very neutral, maybe a little too flat but you can customize the EQ after calibration as you like. Sound separation and dialog clarity is imo very good - when there's a soundtrack playing in a movie and the characters are speaking / making noises, it doesn't blend together at all. The subwoofers are doing their job done pretty well too. I was a bit afraid they won't be enough but I didn't want an external woofer because I live in a flat and didn't wanna disturb the neighbors too much and my living room space is pretty cramped as it is. My fear however was pointless, the integrated woofers sound nice and powerful to me. Spotify cast works well, don't forget to set the quality to lossless in Spotify app, the difference in quality is clear. The soundbar once bugged out for me though and CEC stopped working. I didn't find a solution and after about an hour of experimenting I decided to factory reset the soundbar which indeed helped. The second setup was fine and fast, APART FROM recalibration. It's not hard to do, just annoying and would be completely irrelevant IF you could export - import your calibration files, which you unfortunately can't. Overall very pleased with it as a standalone bar.

I'd say it's just alright but my living room has a very specific shape that doesn't help at all. So I can't really tell how it is in a 'normal' room. Honestly the detachable rears of the JBL seem like a great thing and I would've considered it too, but it's about 50% more expensive in my country.

In an open floorplan the Samsung offerings will sound weak. I returned the Q990, as the bass “tuning” could not handle a similar open floor plan with cathedral ceiling. Could never find a setting for the EQ/surround processing that worked well for everything. Surround effects were great, but this bar does not do well in larger spaces. The Klipsch flexus will be the best of your list….bar has excellent bass by itself, subwoofer is solid and is tuned well for all content types. Also sounds great with music where I found the Samsung lacking warmth….. my tuning preference leans towards Bose products so YMMV. As you noted the Klipsch also can handle a different brand/size sub should you want to upgrade/expand in future….but I DOUBT most people would need to

The Klipsch Flexus 200/300 series have great sound without a sub. Can add surrounds and sub later, and has provision for a subwoofer pre-out so you can add any sub you’d like

I haven’t heard the 990f in my own room (just at a friends house), but have a JBL BAR1300X with 12” sub that I got refurb for $770, and have a Klipsch Flexus 300 with their 200 surrounds and their 12” sub. The Klipsch bar by itself was very impressive. Obviously much more expensive, but I think I’d rather go with just the Flexus 300 at first and add the surrounds and sub later with how good the bar itself was. It honestly surprised the crap out of me, I thought the sub was hooked up when I first set up the bar. If you have the extra coin to spend, I’d 100% recommend looking into the Klipsch setup. The 990f vs 1300x, the 990 has a little better bar clarity for music listening, but for movies, the punch from the 1300x fits my liking better, once I got the EQ dialed in on the app. It’s very impressive for the refurb price, if I paid retail, I’d absolutely rather spend the extra and get the Klipsch setup

Klipsch flexus core 300, plus rears and sub.

Klipsch Flexus Core 300 if you can come up a bit or wait for a sale. It also gives the flexibility of adding a powered subwoofer of your choice down the road where many of the others do not.

The klipsch option with your current subwoofer will outclass the Sonos offering by a wide margin.