Macworld - USA (2021-08)

124 MACWORLD AUGUST 2021

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ver since 1946, when Paul
Klipsch began selling his
patented Klipschorn speakers,
the company that bears his
name has been inextricably linked with
horn-based designs. As he discovered a
decade earlier while comparing horn-

loaded and cone-based speakers, horns

offer greater efficiency and more

controllable dispersion.

Now, almost 75 years later, the company

continues to implement that philosophy in a

wide range of speakers, including The

Fives, a pair of powered, wireless bookshelf

Klipsch The Fives: These

Bluetooth bookshelf speakers

deliver smooth, refined sound

But the sonic balance tips toward the bass and away from the mids and highs.

BY SCOTT WILKINSON

IMAGE: FOCAL