Klipsch The Sevens £1,250

With retro looks and a sound that’s anything but, will Klipsch rue the decision to eschew wi-fi?

Leaning heavily on its distinctive heritage aesthetic – the cavernous Tractrix horn and Tractrix-shaped reflex port, rich walnut veneer, gleaming retro-style metal thumbwheel controls on top of the primary speaker – this strapping standmount plugs into the nostalgia trend (dig its cream-coloured fabric grille) as powerfully as the KEF evokes the shock of the new. All sham, of course – functionally, there’s little difference between the two, though future-fi Klipsch style does diverge in methodology from the group norm. Yes, The Sevens are true active wireless speakers – the crossover, handled in DSP, precedes the amplification – but all four of its Class D amp modules are housed in the primary speaker rather than split between the pair. Which is why two lengths (2m and 4m) of 4-pole cable to…

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Hi-Fi Choice (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2024

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