Customer Ratings & Reviews

I would give this soundbar 5 stars, but I had difficulty trying to program my Verizon FIOS remote to work with it. I found out that it had something to do with only Bluetooth working between remotes and the soundbar. Verizon uses an infrared signal. I finally did get it to work, quite by accident. I'm not even sure how, but I definitely could not have my FIOS settings use Klipsch for audio. Meanwhile, all else works great. Bass is strong, and for bedroom use, I will avoid adding an expensive sub-woofer. The sound is very good and is better than my Sony TV speakers. Dialogue, especially using the enhancement settings, is very clear. I can't say that the virtual surround sound is spectacular, but again, for a bedroom, it is acceptable. You can control the soundbar with the supplied remote or via the Klipsch app, both fairly versatile. Playing music (using Music mode) on this soundbar produces a great sound. Overall, I am quite satisfied. Setup was easy, by the way. Glad I waited for a sale to make the purchase.

PACKAGING It comes in a nice cardboard box with a plastic carrying handle. Convenient, especially if you want to carry this thing around much. As far as simply getting it safely to my home, it was a bit more than necessary. Packaging included decorative foam inserts, unnecessarily durable disposable plastic cable straps, and foam plastic wrapping that maybe protected components from dust but mostly just needed to be removed and discarded. A nice printed user manual is included. Or at least it looks nice. Turns out it’s pretty much useless. It’s of the sort that it describes in careful detail what every button/feature does without actually giving any useful information. For example, a full page is devoted to the “Dialogue Mode” button on the remote, including lots of easy-to-understand graphics, which explains how many times you can press the button to turn Dialogue Mode on, off, or to low, medium, or high settings. But nowhere in the manual is there any information about what Dialogue Mode is, what it does, or when you would want to use it. AESTHETICS This is a really nice looking soundbar. The design is simple, visible wood on top looks nice. My only complaint is that the LED indicator on the front looks a little cheap when it comes on. Fortunately it can be set to turn off after a few seconds, at which time it disappears into the grille fabric. I particularly like the look of the logo on a metal tab in front of the grille fabric. APP You can download an app to get access to more settings. The “more settings” is a 5-band graphic equalizer. I think I would have rather had the EQ be accessible through the remote or on-unit buttons and be able to avoid the added complexity of an app. Additionally, my experience with the app was terrible. For some reason there was a frequent delay connecting from the app to the soundbar. Regularly, I’d have to wait like 10-30 seconds before any controls on the app would respond and I’d be able to do anything with it. CONNECTIONS/EXPANSION This is part of an expandable system, in which a subwoofer or surround channels can be added. I didn’t experiment with this, but I’d be inclined not to waste my money and start with a more capable system before adding to it. Sound input is via HDMI ARC, optical, or Bluetooth. No analog input, and no headphone output. One nice thing I saw is that it has an analog RCA subwoofer output which means you can connect virtually any powered subwoofer to it. Cool option if you want it. SOUND QUALITY I can’t expect stellar sound from anything in the “soundbar” category, but I honestly was expecting a lot more given the price point of this product. There’s a lot of small things that add up, but overall it just doesn’t provide any level of accuracy in sound reproduction or in building a passable soundstage. The sound has great presence, and surprising bass (at least at low volume settings) for the size. But the sound is kind of all over the place. I think it is best suited for smaller rooms, especially with symmetrical walls. But for larger spaces or at higher volume settings, it’s nowhere near as impressive. As advertised, this is a 2-channel system. Not even a center channel speaker (IMO the most important channel in any surround system). The Flexus Core 200 does offer this and more, if you’re looking for a step up. The 2 drivers are front-facing which limits the ability to create a discernible soundstage. What I mean is that sounds tend to be diffuse; you can’t really pick out if a sound is coming from the left or the right very well. The soundstage is decent if I sit directly in front of the bar between 2 feet and 6 feet away from it, but anywhere else in my room the sound was just everywhere with no precision. Even if I stood up from sitting in the sweet spot, I lost any sense of stereo imaging. Most soundbars that attempt to do surround imaging will put speakers on the ends of the bar to throw it into the corners of the room, which would help, but with the drivers on front there’s not much. The bass drivers face upward on this. No complaints about the positioning, and they sound really good at lower volume settings. But as I increase the volume, the electronics seem to cut back on the bass, possibly so it doesn’t distort. So when the overall volume is quiet it sounds really good, but if I want fuller louder sound I can’t get it. There’s no “flat” or unmodified sound setting. Choices are limited to “Music” or “Movie” and I’m not sure what the difference is except that my music sounded much better on the “Movie” setting. Either way, it tries to generate some kind of surround sound effect which, to my ear, gets in the way of accurate listening and enjoying of any source material. There’s a lot of processing to color the sound (maybe make it more authentic American?), including I’m guessing compression that gets rid of a lot of the dynamic range. This is maybe something you’d want for casual background listening, but it kind of destroys the fidelity of a lot of source material. Changing volume settings caused audible glitches in the sound output. Like the digital signal processor had to recalibrate and restart its decoding every time the volume setting changed. Very slight, but noticable. Overall, I guess that this would perform well for casual background sound in a room with other things going on. The characteristics of this sound could be really nice for everyday TV watching too, in a small room at lower volume levels where accuracy is not important. But ther performance is underwhelming for careful listening or being immersed in an A/V experience.

The partnership between Onkyo and Klipsch for the Flexus CORE series has been a great one on every front, but for those living in smaller spaces (dorm room, 1/2 BR apartments,) the 200 series is simply overkill that would need to spend most of it's time in Night Mode. Fortunately, the 100 series delivers clear, driving sound for smaller spaces and TV sets. I've chosen to connect mine via digital optical and for my 300 sq ft living room, I get great bass and high end without the need for a subwoofer. I've had some sync issues with games, but troubleshooting has indicated my set to be the problem, not the sound bar. As a kicker, I've already had one neighbor complain about the volume, only to hear a week later that he bought the 200 after coming in and seeing my setup.

First off let me say that I do consider myself an audiophile, Although I am not super finicky with my audio, I do prefer hearing the finer details of my cinema or music audio. You will always find me fine tuning with the sound. My listening is almost 50 Music + 50 Cinema. Which finding a dual setup is difficult, as listening to music requires a Stereo 2 speaker setup. While Cinema listening requires 2-5 speaker setups. This is why in general soundbars are awful for listening to music. With that out of the way, I have to say that this little speaker is VERY impressive in it's output. In our small living room are the lows (without a sub) are very good and fill the space nicely. Voice separation is good when listening to in music or Movie mode (for TV). The only thing missing is the highs seem a little thin. This is because the Flexus 100 does not have a dedicated tweeter, but rather 2 Mids (front firing) and 2 Woofers (top firing). This leads me to the biggest shortcoming of the Flexus system, whihc is it's EQ ability. While the app does give you EQ Presets and Custom functionality, it's very limited to 3 bands of audio (Low, Mids, Treble). And while I do appreciate the fact that there is some customizability to the system, it would be much better if they had at least a 8 or 10 band EQ function available. I think if I had more EQ ability, I might be able to get a little fuller overall sound out of it. Overall I am very happy with the Flexus Core 100 and would recommend it to anyone who might be tight on space looking for a great sounding audio.

This soundbar has surpassed my expectations! I didnt doubt Klipsch when it comes to quality but for the price this thing sounds like it should cost a few hundred more. It sounds extremely crystal clear even at high volumes without any distortion. The bass is very tight as well, you might want to add the surrounds and subwoofer if you do however want to fill out a large living room but for me in my gaming room its perfect and the fact its only i think like 28 inches long fits perfectly under my 32 inch QDOLED monitor

[Employee of bestbuy] I have the core 100 hooked up to my 48" LG B4 and it complements it really well. The sound is crisp and clear and the low end performance of the built in subwoofer is surprisingly really well considering how small the sound bar is. For a small bedroom it is wonderful, although for the price the fact it is missing a center channel is a little disappointing but other than that it is really good. I like the ability to add a subwoofer and satellite speakers and I am glad of it's versatility when it comes to expanding my sound system.

I purchased a $500.00 Bose soundbar a year ago, and 6 months after purchasing it I had to pay $40.00 to send it back to the manufacturer so that they could repair it under warranty service. Several months later it was returned to me and the Bluetooth connection did not work, so I donated it to a local charity and bought this Klipsch soundbar and there is no comparison between the Bose and this soundbar. Not only does it blow the Bose soundbar away with sound quality it also took care of the noise in my condo from the lady above me who stomps her feet on the floor all day. Thanks Klipsch and never again Bose.

Blew away any doubts about clarity and quality. Built with quality material and was a breeze to setup. The sound was sound awesome I decided to but the compatible sub. Quality without question!

Sounds amazing. Has 2 built in subs that impress. The fact you can add any sub you like with the sub out is season on a soundbar. Most don't even have that feature. Louder than i expected and the app is an improvement from before. Sounds great tho i think tweeters would've been nice. klipsch old soundbars had tweeters. Get it on sale if you can.

Great sound for the speaker size. Easy setup and control. Quality product from Klipsch.

Klipsh has always had great products and the sound quality that comes from this is nothing less of what I expected. It’s great for the room that we have and enjoy the sound quality that comes from it while watching movies or games.

This is a great jumping off point into the world of Klipsch. The soundbar is great. It's amazing what Klipsch was able to do with only 100 watts of power and relatively small drivers. I personally decided to add the corresponding subwoofer and rear surround sound speakers. The complete Klipsch system is easily the best sounding equipment for under $1000. Frankly I like it more than the $2000 Bose system I have in my living room, although the Bose system looks better and has a more detailed sound signature. Klipsch did make some cost cutting choices such as faux wood cabinets that look a little cheap and using paper woofers instead of their legendary spun copper woofers, but overall this is a high quality soundbar. Highly recommended.

Love it. Sounds great looks good and was very reasonable

Nice sound effect and easy to set up and worth for the money

I’ve opened several Klipsch speakers over the years but have never purchased one of their soundbars. My mother-in-law needed one and after cycling through the displays at BestBuy we bought this one. She couldn’t be happier and neither could I. The price was competing and the sound is superb. This unit doesn’t have a separate base cube but it still sounds amazing.

I picked this up to use for PC gaming + occasional TV. Coming from a JBL Bar 500, I was shocked at the bang for the buck you get with this soundbar. Dialog is nice and clear while not too overwhelming the majority of the time.. there is a nice cohesion to the sound where some other bars either overwhelm the dialog with the soundtrack or vice versa. That said, occasionally dialog can sound a tad recessed on some content such as video games or older shows that were mixed for TV. I enjoyed the Flexus 100 sound signature so much that I stepped up to the Flexus 200 due to the desire for a dedicated center speaker, Atmos up firing speakers and the 200 appears to have higher voltage on the sub out so I ended up getting even more bass from my wired Klipsch sub. Nice work Klipsch!

Has fantastic sound and very easy to set up and use!

Very good sounding soundbar. It has good bass for its size, the vocals are clear, and I like the night feature which reduces bass (I live in an apartment so this feature is valuable). It’s expandable so you can add surround speakers and subwoofer if you like. I wish it had virtual surround, and Dolby Atmos.

For small room this is good to go with TV or watch movies in laptop connect audio to bluetooth ( No delay ). Audio is quality is very good we actually no need of external Bass module as it has built-in subwoofers. App connectivity is good. HDMI eARC working fine. You can control volume with TV remote.

This is the perfect size to fit between a TV's feet. The sound is great for a bedroom but you'll want to add a subwoofer if you put it in the larger room.