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R-40PM
The Klipsch R-40PM is a stereo speaker designed for home use. It can stream music or audio using Bluetooth, and is powered via AC plug. It comes with a pair of speakers.
Description
The Klipsch R-40PM is a stereo speaker designed for home use. It can stream music or audio using Bluetooth, and is powered via AC plug. It comes with a pair of speakers.

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How did it perform in our expert lab testing?

Overall Score

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Sound quality
 /  5
Ease of use
 /  5
Versatility
 /  5

Detailed Test Results

Sound Quality: Overall, we found the speaker delivers middling sound quality. Expect some distortions or other audio issues. The bass, which covers instruments such as bass drums, bass guitars, or stand-up bass, has good impact and goes fairly deep, and it is a bit prominent and boomy. Midrange, such as guitars, horns, and voices from music or podcasts, is fairly even, but it is hazy, somewhat congested, a bit grainy and muffled, a touch plasticky. Treble, which may include cymbals or the upper range of violins, is fairly extended, but it is somewhat smeared, a bit subdued and sizzly. Does a decent job of recovering room ambience. The soundfield extends somewhat above, and a bit to the sides of the speakers, and while individual instruments and voices are identifiable, they only have a two dimensional quality. Volume is enough to fill a large sized room. Because these are two separate speakers they can be placed to provide better stereo separation than many other models.

Ease of Use: The speaker has plenty of features or accessories that add convenience during daily operation. Shortcut buttons on the console include: volume, input selection. Other controls may require using the remote. Its rating of IP68 has complete protection against dust and particles, and has protection against continuous immersion in deeper water, manufacturer-specified.

Versatility: Some useful features may be included but others that users typically want may be missing. You can connect wirelessly to this speaker via a direct Bluetooth connection. Connection ports on this speaker includes a 3.5mm input, 1 audio RCA input, 1 optical audio input, as well as: phono input, usb-b digital audio computer input, phono input and ground connection, usb service port. The speaker supports Bluetooth multipoint, which allows a simultaneous connection to multiple sources, such as a laptop and smartphone. For example, you could play music from one device while still receiving notifications from the other. It has preset tone settings to adjust different music types.

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The R-40PM from Klipsch is a stereo speaker designed for home use. It can stream music or audio via a direct Bluetooth connection. This speaker is powered via AC plug. It comes with a pair of speakers. Additional accessories include: Remote, Speaker Wire, Power Cable, USB-A to USB-B cable.

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