Klipsch The One Plus Premium Bluetooth Speaker System, Matte Black

Great sound and beautiful design
I just received this speaker and I’m impressed with the sound quality compared to my previous speaker. Simple to set up, and the sound is rich and clear. I’ll add a caveat that I only tested it with streamed audio from my phone using Bluetooth, so there’s the usual compression that goes with that, but as an apples-to-apples comparison to my previous speaker, it’s night and day.I also want to call out the construction and design. This is a solid speaker, well designed and well built, and since I’m using it in our living room which includes several antique pieces, this mid-century look is just beautiful. I didn’t want the look of modern electronics in that room, and this fit the bill perfectly.Now my only decision is when do I buy more for other rooms.If you haven’t guessed, I recommend this speaker.

Rich, fabulous sound from a Bluetooth speaker system
Love the rich, full sound from this amazing small desktop speaker system. As an audiophile, I was skeptical at first, but it delivers. Works well with the app, where you can make bass, mid-range, and treble adjustments to suit your listening style. Highly recommended.

Aux input does not work, clunky volume control, mediocre sound quality lacking any bass
The Klipsch speaker is too expensive for a device that has mediocre sound quality and a defective aux input that doesn’t work. It is not just my review that notes the lack of an aux input, now that I have done a deep dive through the Amazon reviews, I see that many other users also noted this inherent defect with the Klipsch aux input. Why does Klipsch continue to sell a product that it must know is inherently defective? Without a properly functioning aux input, the user is left to connect the device using Bluetooth, but the sound quality through Bluetooth is not that great – in fact, it is only marginally better than from my Echo device that I use to send music to the Klipsch speaker. Among other things, the Klipsch speaker completely lacks any discernable bass sound. And yes, in fairness to Klipsch, they do sell another speaker, at nearly twice the price, that supposedly improves on bass performance. But when you can buy a soundbar with a subwoofer for barely $100 these days, having to spend nearly $400 with tax for the Klipsch upgrade device that supposedly has improved bass performance would not seem to be a smart purchase, either. It would have been interesting to see if the sound quality would have improved using the aux input, but there is no way of knowing since the Klipsch aux input does not work, which is very disappointing. Finally, and while a lesser concern, I don’t understand what Klipsch was thinking with the audio control, it has a series of clicks and the user has to spin the dial a long time in order to adjust the volume. My 50-year-old Pioneer stereo receiver that one can buy on ebay for a nominal amount, and which has a traditional dial knob to adjust the volume, provides a far better user experience than the volume control on the Klipsch device. In short, this Klipsch speaker, with its non-functional aux input port, is a disappointing product, particularly at the high price point.