Design and features:The T5 Sport has an integrated microphone, and volume, music player, and call connect/disconnect controls for paired Bluetooth devices. Additional features include support for voice control when used with Bluetooth devices that have that feature. This model is claimed to be water resistant and comes with five pairs of ear pieces in various types and sizes, one pair of removable ear bowl supports, a USB charging cable, and a carrying bag. Klipsch indicates there will be a future release of the "Klipsch Connect" app which will allow users to modify the earphone's tonal balance, see the battery level, and apply firmware upgrades. .
Sound quality: We found the T5 Sport delivers sound quality that falls in the Good range - it reproduces music and voice reasonably well despite the obvious shortcomings in its sound. The overall sound can best be summarized as a bit bassy with a slightly washed out and harsh midrange. Bass (as in bass drums, bass guitars, stand-up bass, etc.) has good impact and goes fairly deep, but is despite being slightly prominent and boomy sounds lean. The midrange (voices, guitars, horns, etc.) is grainy, and somewhat thin and hazy. The treble (cymbals, the upper range of violins, etc.) is fairly extended, but somewhat smeared (sounds that should have a delicate shimmer sound blurred) and a touch subdued. This model does a decent job of recovering the room ambience of a recording (the sense of the acoustic space in which the audio program that's being listened to was recorded). While the sound has a decent sense of liveliness, it is somewhat closed (sound-wise it's fairly obvious you have something plugging your ears).
Comfort: As typical of in-ear models they produce a sense of pressure in the ear canal opening that might be uncomfortable for some. Uses with small and medium ear bowls will probably find that this model stays in place with no problems for casual use and that they are very stable even during vigorous head movement. Uses with larger ear bowls may find that the fit is secure enough for casual use, and that while the removable ear bowl supports increase the sense of stability so that this model feels fairly secure during vigorous head movement the fit is not as secure as some other designs. Users with larger ear canals might not get a good seal or a secure fit from the ear pieces. The sound of the earphone connecting cable rubbing on clothing may be heard through the earphones.
