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Fenton HF5W 5.0 home cinema speaker set, five speakers review

A five-speaker set with no subwoofer — a 5.0 rather than a 5.1, which the page says first because it is the thing that is discovered at delivery.

The bottom line Five matched speakers with a three-way centre and no subwoofer — a genuine 5.0, said plainly, on a shelf where that distinction is usually buried.

The thing to know first

There is no subwoofer. It is a 5.0 set: two floorstanders, a centre and two satellites. The shelf is called “5.1 packages” and this is not one, and that is the sort of difference discovered at delivery rather than at purchase.

Why a 5.0 can still work

The floorstanders. Unlike a satellite package, this set has real cabinets at the front producing real bass, so the system is not thin without a subwoofer. Set the front speakers to “large” in the receiver until a subwoofer is added.

The centre is the surprise

Three-way, at this price. A dedicated midrange driver in the channel that carries dialogue is unusual in a package, and it is the strongest technical point of this set.

What is still needed

A receiver. Passive speakers need amplification, decoding and switching, and none of that is here.

Reading 1 150 W

Summed across five speakers, without conditions. This page states it as published and does not compare it with an RMS figure — those are different quantities and there is no factor between them.

Availability

On sale from 170 € to 179 € on the German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores at the time of checking.

Listed but with no offer on the British Amazon store — the reference exists there and nobody is currently selling it.

Not found on the American Amazon store, where the buy link falls back to a local search rather than to a page that does not exist.

Prices and availability are what Keepa reported on the date this page was updated; both move.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 4 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

What we like, and what we don't

Strengths

  • A three-way centre in a package at this price, which is where dialogue lives
  • Floorstanders rather than satellites at the front, so the system has real bass without a subwoofer
  • Five matched speakers in one purchase

Compromises

  • It is a 5.0: there is no subwoofer, and the shelf it sits on is called 5.1 packages
  • A receiver is required and not included
  • 1 150 W is a summed figure with no stated conditions

Specifications

Configuration5.0 — five speakers, NO subwoofer included
Front2 floorstanding speakers — stated
Centre1 three-way centre speaker — stated
Surround2 two-way satellites — stated
Power1 150 W — stated, summed and without conditions
ReceiverNOT included — passive speakers requiring amplification
Amazon referenceB00P6JZEME (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN8715693272291

Questions people actually ask

Do I need to add a subwoofer?

Not immediately — the floorstanders produce real bass, which is why a 5.0 works at all. Adding one later relieves them of that work and is heard as clarity at volume as much as depth. Set the receiver to "large" for the fronts until you do.

What else do I need?

A receiver. The speakers are passive, so amplification, decoding and switching all come from a component that is not in this box — and it costs more than the speakers do at this price.