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This High-Tech Speaker Proves That Everything Old Is New Again
The new Klipsch wireless audio system can produce the audio equivalent of 4k TV, but it’s designed for those nostalgic for the 1950s.
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“There is no such thing as ‘high fidelity,’” said the late audio pioneer Paul Klipsch. “Either you’ve got fidelity, or you’ve got infidelity.” It’s a quote that illustrates the core philosophy of Klipsch’s eponymous Indiana-based speaker company, which has remained in the vanguard of home audio for more than 70 years.
Klipsch’s new $399 speaker, somewhat awkwardly named the Three, largely upholds this standard of quality. It is priced to compete with other high-end multi-room systems, such as Sonos and Bang & Olufsen’s Beoplay, but unlike those, the Three looks like something your grandfather had on a bookshelf in his den circa 1958.