Klipsch The One Bluetooth Speaker

£300/$300

Key features Bluetooth • Eight-hour rechargeable battery • 3.5mm analogue input Learn more klipsch.com Available from amazon.co.uk

The smaller, companion piece to Klipsch’s

The Three, The One features the same 2.25inch drivers but with a slightly smaller, 4.5-inch woofer that doesn’t have the dual opposed 5.25-inch passive radiators to project it cleanly over distance. It’s purpose-built for smaller environments but excels with a crisp, punchy sound that belies its modest size.

Fully portable

Designed to form a multi-room, audio chain with The Three, The One provides the added versatility of being truly portable. The speaker features a rechargeable Li-ion battery that can last up to eight hours, allowing you to move it between rooms or out into the garden.

Like The Three, The One provides effortless connection to Bluetooth via the gorgeous strip of brass control knobs. Although, as with the internal speaker setup, The One displays cutbacks in this department.

The power switch is spring-loaded to always sit in one position, unlike The Three’s switch that clunks satisfyingly into an ‘on’ orientation. It also lacks much of the connectivity of its big brother. Beyond Bluetooth, a single AUX port on the back of the unit can be used for either 3.5mm to 3.5mm audio or RCA to 3.5mm. This isn’t really a problem though as The One is most likely to be used as a portable speaker with no set position in your home.

Like The Three, this speaker is available in two shades of wood veneer, the lighter of which is definitely the most desirable, and it has been professionally tuned to deliver the optimum sound quality. Highly recommended for small spaces.

The One features the same brass control strip as its big brother, it just lacks the same pleasing switch action… Behind the grille lurk twin 2.25-inch drivers and a 4.5-inch woofer, generating an ear-pleasing balance of tones The styling is reminiscent of the old wireless radios that our grandparents used to huddle around…