Klipsch T5 Finally Don’t Suck!
They’re also only $89 now at Costco.
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So, I had reset and cleared all the app data after the debacle of a rollout. I had dropouts after I skipped a track every time and muffled sound. After several app updates (I understand it's now off the app stores) I gave it another run. T5s synced perfectly, updated to the new firmware, and knock on wood, they work as advertised.
So if you still have the app and had issues, give it a go. Fingers crossed for everyone!
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Does anyone know what's going on with the app?
Overall I'm pretty happy with my T5 neckband. Multipoint works well and the handoff between my work and personal phones (Pandora on phone one, call comes in on phone two, Pandora pauses, take call, end call later, Pandora on phone one resumes) is good. Budlocks really keep the buds in my ear and helped fill out the low end by limiting how far the factory buds can compress when inserted into my freakishly large ear canals. Battery life is good and lives up to my expectations - the long advertised life is one of the reasons for my purchase.
My cons all seem to be software related. One of my phones is an iPhone and the other is a Pixel. Both experience some level of suddrn Bluetooth drops for no apparent reason. The iPhone is worse, but I do more of my calling with it. Mid sentence I'll get the call end sound on the headset and the phone will still be going without the headset. The easiest way of reconnecting when this occurs is to power cycle the headphones. Attempting to reconnect from the phone never seems to work.
The other thing that could use tweaking is the microphone. Occasionally some people have a hard time hearing me and other times they don't. I suspect it has something to do with an ambient noise reduction algorithm.
I'm really hoping that a firmware update will help with one or both issues.
I don’t think there was a single user happy with the T5 out of the box. The connection quality was so laughably bad that Klipsch should have been embarrassed. I’m talking constant disconnects and a range to your phone when outside of about 1 foot before they cut out.
They launched their first firmware and it was another sick joke. Getting the update to install took hours and it actually made the buds WORSE.
Then, if you kept the pulled app installed, a new firmware appeared. I had such low expectations and...
It’s great. The T5 are the devices I bought... a great sounding 8 hour charge set of earbuds... that can actually hold a connection now! There is also an EQ now that’s... OK at best, but a nice new feature.
So in a nutshell, just letting those people waiting on the firmware know... yes, it actually makes the device work as advertised.
Also, a quick FYI, if you have the Klipsch app from before it was pulled, you have to go to app settings in Android, and clear app storage for the Klipsch app to get the updated firmware to show up.