What's good people let's jump right into it with this guy.
So this is the audio engine, a five plus,
and I've been using this for five years now
When I made the video five years ago, I said, you know, Hey,
this is my first impressions and I'm gonna reserve my thoughts and opinions on
the speakers, um, until I review or until I released my full review.
And, uh, I didn't think it would take five years, but it did. So we're here now.
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And, uh, you know, actually it kind of, kind of works out that way.
So it's like a five plus five years review. I think it kind of,
it was destined to be this way. Uh,
but these speakers have lived with me on my desk for five years in Illinois.
Then I moved cross country to California.
I've done everything on these speakers from watch movies on Netflix, YouTube,
everywhere else in between. Um, listen to music on Spotify,
apple music, uh, I've edited videos with these. Um, and in my opinion,
these are probably the, the best, most,
all around speakers that you could probably get for, you know,
sub a million dollars. Uh, these come in at around 3 99,
I think they're still the same price on their website.
You may be able to find 'em cheaper in other places. Um,
but since five years has come and gone, uh,
they've added some new features to the new, a five plus system out there.
They of course still sell these 3 99 pair. Um, but they also offer, uh,
Bluetooth, a PTX compatible pair as well. That are a little bit more, I believe,
but in my opinion,
I've never had the need to play anything Bluetooth to my computer because
typically if I'm at my computer, it's playing the media that, you know,
I want to play. So the,
the music and everything is coming from the computer and the speakers prepared
to the computer. So, and of course I have tons of Bluetooth speakers.
My TV bars are Bluetooth. I have the Google home speakers everywhere,
so I don't need wireless audio on my desk. Um,
but these bad boys are pretty dope. Uh, back when I bought these,
I believe they only offered the white, which was what I own,
what I bought back in the day. I had all white setup, which is pretty dope. Um,
today is, you know, it's still mostly white,
but it includes some more natural wood finishes. Uh,
but these still match perfectly because they have a furniture finish is what
they call. So they look good wherever you put 'em, they look good on the desk.
They look good on a nightstand, a bookshelf, um, a TV entertainment system.
Really good, wherever you put 'em because they're made to look good.
But right now they actually also offer, uh, the black, uh,
which is what they offer back in the day. They had white, black,
but now they also offer a wood finish, which looks kinda like those,
like Bob Marley speakers.
I don't even know if they make Bob Marley speakers anymore, but, uh, that wood,
natural wood finish they have now. And I believe that one's like an extra,
like 70 bucks. I wanna say it's like 4 79 or something like that.
So it's a little bit more exp or 4 69. It's four 70, I think. So. Yeah, 4 69.
It's a little bit more expensive than the regular colors, black and white. But,
um, if you wanna wood finish, you can get that too. Since doing that video. I,
in the video, I didn't have the D yet. So I did get the audio engine deck, um,
which actually helped, uh, quite a bit for the headphones that I plug into my,
my computer to edit with and everything. The studio monitors that I use,
I was initially thinking that I would get the D one, uh, center channel sub.
But to be honest, the base that these speakers provide is,
is good enough for me. Uh,
it's good enough for any type of media that I consume it.
I would say that you would want to get the D one center channel.
If you wanted to like, kind of turn this into like some type of home theater,
computer desk setup, kind of thing. If you needed the extra base for that,
and this portion of the video, I'm gonna dedicate to specs.
So let's get into those. So for materials in construction,
you're looking at a half inch thick MDF cabinet with five inch AIT fiber Wolfers
with advanced voice coils and 0.7, five inch silk dome tweeter,
which is gonna secure all your high end sounds inputs.
You're looking at 3.5 millimeter stereo mini Jack RCA left and right outputs,
RCA variable line out and also USB for power charge.
So if you're wondering if these are gonna fit on your desk,
the dimensions are as follows the left active speaker,
which is one with like the brain in it.
It has everything that makes these go is gonna be 10.7, five inches tall,
seven inches wide, and nine inches deep.
The same dimensions go for the right passive speaker.
There's also a heavy internal sound dampening material used to reduce unwanted
sound reflections inside of the cabinet. All the cabinet edges are rounded,
which of course looks good,
but it also reduces high frequency defraction effects on the front baffles.
And this HDP six cabinet is poured with a tuned rear port on the back for
optimal sound quality.
One of the biggest selling points for me when buying these speakers five years
ago was the fact that audio engine actually makes all of the components that go
into the speaker. They're not box built.
So they're not just grabbing random parts from Sony or Samsung or pioneer or
Alpine. They're actually making these tweeters. They're making these Wolfers,
they're making everything in there.
So it's all custom built with a custom sound. Let's be honest.
This is my favorite speaker for a reason. And it's because they sound great.
They're great speakers. And they, they hold up.
And oftentimes when you watch a review, the person has had the speakers for,
you know, a week or two,
and they try to give you a full review of them when they haven't really broken
in the speaker. Like I said,
in my first initial impressions on to put 40 plus hours on these,
I put thousands of hours on these.
So they're all warmed up in tune to perfection and they sound great. Um,
and I can't recommend them anymore.
If you're looking for a solid pair of speakers that are great for almost
anything that you can play through. 'em these are it. Um, now of course,
if you're looking for something that has more kick and punch and you're,
you know, you're, you're using them as studio monitors and you're editing,
you know, creating music and you're a musician, or you're a producer.
I recommend going with something that's a little bit beefier. Um,
but if you're just a regular guy that may make a few videos here and there,
that wants to listen to some good music and want it to sound good. Um,
these are good. These are great. I love them,
but that's gonna be it for me guys. If you guys like this content,
you wanna see much more like it feel free to hit subscribe, like comment,
all that good stuff. I finally did it.
I finally brought to you my review of these audio engineer,
five plus speakers, and it came five years later, but better, late than ever.
that video has now I think over 30,000 views,
which is pretty dope.
I think it's one of the most highly viewed videos on my channel.
And I'm happy to bring you guys the final review final.
So if you are from back then five years ago and you subscribed to this channel
because of this speaker, leave the comment down below.
Let me know if you ever got these speakers, if you like 'em um,
if either are some other speakers out there that you like from audio engineer,
from anyone else, let me know. It's been a pleasure as usual glass.
Thank you for watching until next time. Stay fresh peace.