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Excellent Atmos Performance and Flexibility

As part of my home theater build, I decided to go with four Klipsch CDT-5650-C II speakers for my Atmos overhead channels-and I'm glad I did. Since I was constructing the room from the ground up, I had the advantage of reinforcing and bracing the install locations, which really helped optimize their performance. Right out of the gate, these speakers sound fantastic. One of the standout features is their ability to tilt and pivot, which allowed me to aim them precisely where I needed for the best immersive effect. That flexibility makes a huge difference when it comes to fine-tuning the Atmos experience. The bass and overall volume from these in-ceiling speakers is genuinely impressive-especially for their size and form factor. They deliver a rich, full sound that blends in perfectly with the rest of my system, even before any calibration. I've got some final tuning to do with my AVR, but I'm already confident they'll sound even better once everything is dialed in. Overall, the CDT-5650-C II speakers are a smart choice for anyone looking to add high-quality Atmos channels to a home theater. Great sound, versatile design, and a premium feel that lives up to Klipsch's reputation.

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Clear, full sound, so easy to install in the ceiling

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Beautiful Sound

I purchased some of these Klipsch CDT-5650-C II Speakers, installing them in my unfinished basement, and adding them to my Whole Home Sound System and they sound excellent! Crisp and Clear Highs and Lows with great Bass as well, having installed the speakers inside the Klipsch (Model ME-650-C) Metal Speaker Enclosure Units! Klipsch Engineers designed some sophisticated and slick babies here, with tilting cones allowing sound to be positioned where most advantageous and the magnetic Speaker Covers are a bonus as well! Have other Klipsch Speakers incorporated in my Whole Home Sound System and really Love their products and the beautiful sound they provide at a very nice price point.

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Excellent Sound

I couldn't be happier with these speakers. They sound incredible in our downstairs listening room. Installation in my drop ceiling was a breeze.

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Nice but no bass

Very sleek look in ceiling. I bought 3 sets for 3 different rooms. They do sound fairly nice, but lack bass volume. I added a subwoofer to output and the sound is more full

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Great Surround

Sounds great in the setup now

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They sound outstanding in my ceiling.

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No brainer high sensitivity coil!!

Best money for speakers. Build an enclosure box and enjoy the sound on its all.

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Would buy again

These are great sounding speakers and they are at a very reasonable price point too. I am using them as rear surround speakers in a Dolby Atmos 5.1.2 system and am very happy with them.

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Klipsch CDT-5650-C II

These are powerful speakers for their size. I chose these Klipsch ceiling speakers for the pivoting woofer and the aimable tweeter, which has greatly improved the imaging when watching a surround sound movie or program.

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Great ceiling speakers

Added 4 of these speakers for ceiling atmos speakers. Very low profile, magnetic cover is awesome! Highly recommend!

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Klipsch CDT-5650-C II

Solid sound, easy to install and can't beat the prices at Crutchfield!

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Great Home Theater Speakers

These speakers are great. I recently added them to a home theater setup. The Install was pretty straight forward with minimal tools and the sound quality is exceptional. They have a greyish appearance against a white ceiling due to the dark colored speaker underneath the cover, so they don't blend in seamlessly with a white ceiling but they still look great (My wife had not complaints). I will likely be picking up a couple more in the near future.

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Klipsch CDT-5650-C II

Speakers sound great. The speaker template was very helpful to verify hole size as I was replacing Niles speakers. Also, the sales person I spoke to on the phone was very knowledgeable and helpful.

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Good Atmos speakers

Mounted these using 1/2 inch plywood behind drop tile ceiling. The sound is sufficient for Atmos effects. The speakers are surprisingly efficient, which helps balance then with all the 4 ohm speakers in the room. Audyssey crossed them at 100Hz, and that works for this application. The high end rolls off, at my listening position, around 10k, but again that's works for this application. I'm pleased overall, and am enjoying 7.2.2 sound.

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Great speakers

I love these speakers. They look great installed and work great as Atmos speakers. My only complaint is there's very little room for error when cutting the hole in the ceiling. I'd highly recommend using an adjustable hole saw.

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Klipsch CDT-5650-C II

Second Klipsch product I have bought and both sound really good. Will probably shop Klipsch first for now on. And as always I'm not sure if a company can be better than Crutchfield, only place I will ever shop.

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Klipsch CDT-5650-C II

Easy to install. Grill appears grey against white ceiling. Had to boost/calibrate volume to get good mix with other speakers

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These speakers sound great. Very clear. Installation into suspended ceiling tiles was a breeze.

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What a difference.

Installed 4 of these to complete my 7.1.4 system of all Klipsch sound system. All I can say is WOW! What a difference. Excellent!

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Klipsch CDT-5650-C II Speakers Sound Magical

Easy to install and appear to be very well made. Pivoting tweeters allow adjustment toward the sweet spot on my couch. Sound is a little on the bright side but it brings forth exceptional clarity and detail. Great high end speaker at a contractor grade price.

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Poke replacement

Excellent sound and easy installation for a direct replacement of my poke audio ceiling speakers.

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Great sound, easy to install

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Makes movies fun again to watch

Superior to klipsch cdt 3650 ii, clear with good bass production. These are ideal for atmos in ceiling setup. My 7.2.4 yamaha Rx-a 3050 and adcom gfa 545 make uhd blurays and streaming sound awesome. These match well with energy reference connoisseur speakers.

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Great Value!

Sound great for the price. I love the magnetic grill and it was easy peasy to install.

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Great for atmos ceiling speakers.

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Great sound and easy to install

Great sound and easy to install.

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Nice for multi zone

Own a pair of the 5800 for a 5.1 surround which have been happy with. Using these 5650's as part of a multi zone audio. These don't have quite the lows of the 5800, but very nice for whole home audio.

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Great sounding speakers

Excellent sound, a little weird the way they aren't set firm in the frame. I'll see if that has an effect on longevity down the road.

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Replacement for Polk Speakers

Used these speakers to replace mye 20 year old Polk surround sound speakers. They fit exactly in the origninal ceiling cutouts and preform great with my Klipsch speakers. I was able to read the reviews before purchased and many people stated they were a perfect fit if you have Klipsch speakers and they were right.

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Sounds Great

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Klipsch CDT-5650-C II

Two of these were installed in our Living-Dining room 15' ceiling. They function well, but their sound quality , while excellent, is quite "bright". The only real negative is that since they are painted black, even with the white magnetic covers, they don't fully blend into a white ceiling. They look a light gray, which I don't mind, but which drives my wife crazy, as they were advertised as "disappearing " into a white ceiling. Why not just paint the inside white unless that would effect sound quality? I rate them 8/10, my wife about 2/10, for an avg. of 6/10, mainly based on appearance.

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Clear, clean and deep sound. Great bass. Easy to install. Definitely recommend.

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Good speakers

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Klipsch CDT-5650-C II

Breeze to install in an already finished ceiling. Completed my Atmos setup and they sound great!

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Klipsch CDT-5650-C II

Amazing height and rear channel speaks for my home theater installation. The pointable tweeter is a game changer.

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Klipsch CDT-5650-C II

These are just the right size for my ceiling and will sound great as Atmos speakers in the home theater room I'm building.

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Rear surround speakers

Excellent rich sound, clean install

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Klipsch CDT-5650-C II

They sound great, a lot better than my old ones

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Rocking sound. Deep and rich

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Great choice

All the 5 speakers I ordered came in perfect packaging and were shipped & delivered as promised. Installation was very easy and the sound quality is excellent. Will definitely recommend to my friends and family.

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Great speaker!

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Incredible sound depth

I added four CDT-5650-C II and additional subwoofer to my existing 5.1 (Klipsch R-5800-W II L/R front/back, Klipsch CDT-5800-C II center, Klipsch R-110 SW). The Atmos dimension to the system sounds incredible! Love the results.

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Good Surrounds in an open plan

Using these as surrounds in a 5.1 setup in an open floor plan. Speakers sound clear and crisp. Haven't really pushed them since they are only surrounds but they complement the rest of my system quite well. Installation took < 1 hour once the locations of the holes were measured and speaker wire run. The only ding was the price but I wanted something that would complement my existing Klipsch fronts/sub.

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Atmos ceiling

Moveable tweeter, awesome efficiency excellent for Atmos

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Perfect Choice for Ceiling Audio

I am very pleased with these speakers. I added them to my home theater to create the Dolby Atmos and DTS-X sound. They were easy to install. The magnetic grill comes colored white which was perfect for my ceiling tiles. They can be painted. When I ran the Audyssey® Setup function on my Marantz SR7012 everything worked out splendidly. They work well with my Bose Acoustimass 10 surround. I may add two more in the future. I definitely recommend this speaker for above listener/viewer sound.

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Klipsch CDT-5650-C II

They match up well as surrounds with my other Klipsch speakers. Great clarity.

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Perfect surrounds for my HT setup.

Used these as rear surrounds to match my Klipsch Atmos towers and center speakers. Love it all!!!

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Great speakers

I bought two pair of these. One in my living room for rear surround and one for my office. First off the installation was super simple. There was a nice cardboard template to mark the hole in the ceiling. Connecting the wire was simple and secure. But the best part was mounting it. A 1/4 turn of four screws and it was secure to let go with both hands, then it was just a matter of tightening them. I've never really don't something like this before, but I installed both pairs, including running wire and doing the drops (and cleanup) in about 6 hours. So far I'm very happy, but I've only had them up for two days.

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Klipsch CDT 5650 io

Using these as surround speakers with reference series bookshelf rb51 and center rc52 channel. Speakers are a great sound match, very loud when pushed. Install was easy with template.

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