Klipsch Flexus SURR 200 Dolby Atmos Surround Speakers at $399.00

Surround sound for a Flexus sound bar system

Amazon price

$399.00

Customer rating

4

Customer reviews

36

Typical price over 90 days

$424.17

Difference

$25.17 (6 percent)

You already own a Klipsch Flexus CORE sound bar, or you're building toward one, and the front stage alone isn't placing effects behind you. The Flexus SURR 200 is a pair of powered surround speakers meant to sit beside or behind your seat so that movie and game audio arrives from the sides instead of only from the bar. Adding these turns a one-box setup into something closer to a multichannel room.

We recommend these for Flexus owners who want the rear channels handled by matching speakers rather than by whatever spare pair is lying around. The Atmos labeling points to overhead-style height cues in supported content, but the real change most people notice is simply having sound behind them.

These are built for the Flexus line and not for other brands, so the bar you own decides whether they work at all. The model number for the pair is 1072090, and they ship in black.

Each speaker plugs into its own outlet

Here's how the signal path works. The sound bar stays the hub, and each SURR 200 independently plugs into a wall outlet through a single cord. There's no speaker wire running between the two surrounds and no junction box or adapter to hide, which is the quiet advantage of this design in a living room.

You do need a free outlet near each speaker position. That's the check that decides placement more than anything else, because the power lead sits at the bottom of the cabinet. If your seating area has outlets on both sides, installation is about as tidy as a surround pair gets.

The cabinet hides its controls and indicator lights below the surface, so a dark room stays dark. Wall mounting uses the threaded insert on the back, and the speakers also work sitting on a flat surface such as a shelf or console.

When these surrounds earn their place

These suit a dedicated movie or gaming room where you sit off the back wall and can put one speaker to each side or slightly behind you. Couch against the rear wall with no room behind it is the case to skip, since there's nowhere for the surrounds to go. If a different brand sound bar drives your system, pass as well, because these work exclusively with the Flexus CORE bars.

At $399.00, you're below the typical price over the last 90 days of $424.17, a $25.17 difference. Buyers rate them 4 out of 5 across 36 reviews, which is steady but not overwhelming for a specialist add-on.

Before buying, confirm which Flexus bar you own and whether it supports adding a surround pair, then check that you have an outlet within reach of each mounting spot.

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