Design and features:The T5 True Wireless has integrated microphones, and volume, music player, and call connect/disconnect controls for paired Bluetooth devices. Additional features include support for Apple Siri, Google Assistant, and other digital voice assistants when used with Bluetooth devices that have those features. This model is claimed to be water resistant and comes with three pairs of ear pieces in various sizes, a USB charging cable and charging cable adapter, and a charging cradle/recharger battery/carrying case that the manufacturer claims can be used to recharge the earphone batteries up to 3 times between its own charges. 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 True Wireless 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 might be uncomfortable for some. Users with small ear bowls might find that the earphone body does not fit securely into their ear bowl and that the earphones are mostly held in place by the section of the earphone that is inserted in the ear canal. Users with medium and large sized ear bowls will probably find that this model stays in place for casual use, but it does not feel particularly secure. Users with larger ear canals might not get a good seal or a secure fit from the ear pieces. Some uses might find pushing the control buttons to actuate the functions drives the earphones farther into the ear canal and may cause ear discomfort.
