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| Klipsch LightSpeaker System 5.2.2 Wireless Sound and Efficient LED Lighting | 
| Brand: Klipsch
Category: CE
List Price: $599.99
Buy New: $579.99
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Seller: SpeakersandSubs
Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 7,532
Color: White
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 5.1 x 5.1 x 7.1
MPN: LightSpeaker Sysytem 5.2.2
Model: LightSpeaker Sysytem 5.2.2
UPC: 743878021615
EAN: 0705105077338
ASIN: B0036OR7XK
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Enjoy music in multiple rooms? wirelessly with totally hidden, space-saving sound solution | | • | High-Tech light bulb w/Built-in wireless speaker & 20 watt amplifier | | • | LED bulb lasts 15+ years, provides illumination of 65W incandescent bulb & reduces energy use by by 80% | | • | Designed for 5- and 6-inch recessed light fixtures, Installs in 10 simple steps or less | | • | Includes two LightSpeakers, input module/transmitter, remote and source cables |
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Product Description
Enjoying music throughout your home has never been easier - or more enlightening. Winner of a 2010 CES Innovations Award, the Klipsch LightSpeaker is the first product to combine efficient LED lighting and wireless ambient sound into a single unit that installs like a light bulb.
The LightSpeaker comes with a fully dimmable LED bulb that is rated for 40,000 hours of use and can last over 15 years! It also reduces daily lighting expenses by 80%, using 10 watts to produce light that's bright enough to replace up to a 65-watt bulb. Unlike incandescent bulbs, LED light bulbs contain no mercury or halogen gases and produce almost no heat. The LightSpeaker installs like a light bulb and fits almost any fix ture with a standard Edison socket, such as 5- and 6-inch recessed can lighting, hanging lights as well as table and floor lamps. There's no wiring, no retrofitting, no software - it's so easy anyone can do it. Plus, unin stalling the LightSpeaker is just as simple.
Features Transmitter wirelessly streams audio up to 50 feet in any direction Transmitter accepts two different music sources Establish two separate listening zones Remote or transmitter controls all system functions Totally hidden, space-saving sound solution LED bulb rated to last 15 years or more Reduces daily lighting expenses by 80% LED light is fully dimmable (compact fluorescent light bulbs are hard to dim) Remote or transmitter controls lighting levels Installs in 10 simple steps or lessSpecifications Frequency Response - 90Hz-20kHz +/- 3dB Drive Component - 2.5 Micro Cellulose Polymer cone with integrated high frequency disperser Amplifier - 20 watt digital amplifier with Digital Signal Processing Transmitter - 2.4 GHz wireless transmission of 2 sources to 2 independent zones Transmitter Controls - Zone 1, Zone 2, Source 1, Source 2, Volume up/down, Mute, Light Dimming up/down, Light
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 Awesome! August 28, 2010
Montana Ro (NW Montana)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was so easy to install and I love the fact that I could put away my bulky stereo system. I wouldn't pay this kind of money for 15 year led lights, but that is definitely a pretty cool plus. Most importantly though, the sound is very good and the system takes up virtually no space at all. What an innovative product! I have not had any of the static problems that one or two other people had. Maybe it has to do with other issues like wiring or music source???
Bottom line this product works great for me, it's worth every penny!
 Interesting idea, mediocre execution August 20, 2010
Joseph Adler (Mountain View, CA)
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
I've had the Klipsch LightSpeaker System for about 3 months now. It's a strange, eccentric product that is hard to recommend, and doesn't work well.
I was very disappointed with the physical design of the speakers. The speaker/light units may install easily in some light sockets, but they didn't install properly in mine. My ceiling fixtures contained an angle bracket that made it impossible to mount without a socket extender (I bought this one: Leviton 2005 Medium-Medium Base, One-Piece, Adapters/Extensions, Incandescent, Glazed Porcelain Lampholder, White). With the socket extender, I was able to mount the units, but they extended 3/4" below the ceiling. Klipsch should consider slimming down these light/speaker units, and providing adapters to adjust the height.
I was also disappointed by the need for two boxes (the base unit and remote). Most users of this system are going to use it with an iPod, iPhone, or the equivalent. It seem silly to require three different devices to play music remotely; why not just include one device that connects directly to the audio input? Or why not just add bluetooth to the speakers? Or alternately, why not add an iPod connector directly to the base station? Wireless speakers just aren't that useful if you have to connect your music source to a wired device. You'll get better sound if you just hook speakers right up to the music device, at a much lower cost.
After I got the system setup, the devices worked as well as you'd expect. I learned that ceiling cavities can have strange acoustic properties. In my ceiling, the speakers produce somewhat mid-bass intense music. Klipsch doesn't provide an elegant way to tune the sound, so it can be difficult to get good sound quality. The light feature is nice, but LED lights aren't that bright. Compared to a 60 watt bulb, you'll find that the LEDs are noticeably dimmer. In a room with other light sources, this is probably OK, but it's not perfect. Additionally, one of the light fixtures stopped working for us after a month of use.
So, in short, I can't recommend this product. It's an interesting concept, but the execution is lousy. It's obvious that this is a first generation, experimental product. But the basic idea just doesn't make enough sense. If you really want LED light bulbs, you can but them for much less than $250 a piece. You can also buy a really good speaker system to go with a portable music device for less money.
Pretty cool idea! June 7, 2010
atmj (Rochester, NY USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The first thing that struck me about this product is the quality of it's manufacture. These speakers were solid and well made. Below I will address the various information that is important to know.
PACKAGING AND INSTRUCTIONS:
As with any product what we first see is the packaging it comes in. This speaker system was no exception.
An expensive product, should be well packed and these speakers were in separate boxes within the main box, well cushioned. The various components were also well packed and obvious to find. The overall box when you open it, the first thing you see is the setup information. This card was the full length of the box and succinctly told you the steps you needed to complete installation. I thought this was all well done. Under that was the user's manual that if you had issues you could refer to.
INSTALLATION:
First of all you need to be sure you have the right spot to install these. They go into 5 or 6" recessed lighting tubes. The manufacturers provided two size flanges that could go on the end of the speaker/lights that would work with either of these sizes. One thing we found while installing these, is you could actually not get them properly seated in the light socket(not deep enough) and they would not work. It was the user's manual that alerted me to this and we resolved the issue. Another thing I found was, we could not use the metal arms spread out to stabilize the speaker in the recessed outlet, as the spread was too far. We had to keep them pulled in.
I liked the fact that the instructions warned me upfront that most recessed lighting fixtures had adjustable depths. I didn't know that. In telling me that I knew enough to adjust them and that is what took to get the speakers installed deep enough. You have to finesse this a bit and get the proper mix of deep enough while holding the flange flush to the ceiling and properly engaged to work. It took us about an hour to get both speakers properly installed. It was somewhat fatiguing as these speaker/lights have some heft to them. But, not a major problem.
Once installed properly the main unit quickly detected the speakers and they worked well. You can control the volume of the speakers and the brightness of the lights. You also have the abililty to choose two inputs. There is also a remote provided and this mimicked the controls on the base unit. Handy if you are not easily able to reach the base unit.
USAGE:
Once we had them up and synched to the base unit, everything worked fine. We are now planning on having these hook both to the radio as well as an ipod and you can do this as there are two inputs as well as the appropriate cables. I was pleased with the sound quality, but I'm no audiophile. Since the speakers were small and not only behind the lights but the light lens a more discerning listener might have concerns. I did not.
RANGE:
I have noticed that these speakers do not have much in the way of bass, so your music can sound a bit tinny. Not surprising due to their size.
OTHER POINTS:
Since we used these units in our kitchen on recessed lights over the countertop, which has 4 lights, in order to work you need to have that circuit on. This means the two lights that don't have the speakers in them need to be on all the time, that we use the speakers. The lights in the speakers can be turned off independently. At this time, I don't think that is a problem, as I kept the ones over the primary work area as non-speakered lights.
The speakers have convex covers on the LED light inside. This makes the light they shine down a bit different than the lights in the recesses. I find this light is more diffuse. Another reason why I did not put these lights over the primary work area. I would have to make it very bright to be the the most useful. The LED lights can get bright enough, but it seemed almost too bright in order to get the proper coverage. Too bad there was not a concave lens option for these speaker/lights to address this.
SUMMARY:
All in all we are pleased with this system. I will write more as we use it more.
Adequate quality for TV audio June 4, 2010
Never pay retail (PUYALLUP, WA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I thought these would just screw in to a light bulb socket. There was a bit more to it than that. In fact the directions looked a bit daunting but turned out to be fairly simple once we got into it. Pairing the speaker with the base unit was a snap once I found the button (tiny black button on the back near the power switch). The remote works flawlessly from the distance I require. I have one speaker installed in my kitchen. It is SO COOL to not have to crank up the sound on the TV in the family room to be able to hear it while I'm cooking. We plan to create some sort of speaker box to use the second speaker out on our deck so my husband can hear when he is BBQing. I do not plan to use these speakers for music. I am by no means an audiophile, but even to me music sounds crappy over these. For my purposes though, they completely met my needs.
Note: It's designed so you can turn the light on and off with the remote too, if you just wanted the sound but not light. This doesn't do me any good since my installed location has numerous can lights all on one wall switch which has to be ON for the sound to work. But I'm rarely cooking in the dark so that shortcoming doesn't effect my use either!
Impressive Sound May 28, 2010
Linda Painchaud-Steinman (MA, USA)
I never thought I'd be able to install this system, because I'm kind of phobic about installing ANYTHING, but this system is as simple as it gets.
Just be sure to follow the manufacturer's instructions, and I think you'll find it goof-proof. I put one LightSpeaker in the kitchen, and one in the family room (the two rooms are right next to each other), and the sound from the speakers is impressive--very crisp and clear. The LED lighting is also good --very bright.
I'll just add that I think this system would also make a great gift!
Recommended.
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