Tom’s Guide Verdict
The Klipsch Three Plus is a great speaker with plenty of excellent features.
It sounds great, and if you’ve got two you get some top-notch stereo sound.
At 13.6 x 8.0 x 6.3 inches, it is slightly smaller than the Sonos Era 5 wireless speaker.
Its 10-pound weight is a little easier to move around compared to the Era 5s 14-pound heft as well.
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Thats a big discount compared to the Sonos 5s $550 price tag.
If thats too pricey, Klipschs smaller and less powerful The One Plus model costs $249.
Theres also a woodgrain Walnut veneered version with more of a Swedish modern aesthetic to it.
The USB-C connector can supply the phones audio and charge it, although not at the same time.
The port works with .AAC, .MP3 and .WAV files on a USB flash drive.
By choice and design, the only thing it lacks is a headphone jack.
The large thumbwheel is for volume.
The TTPs LED shows whats online, with blue obviously standing for Bluetooth.
Spotify music was flowing in less than a minute, a welcome relief compared to Sonos’s connection issues.
A moment later the music started playing from both.
It had a wireless range of 50 feet as well as up or down a floor.
There are several compromises, including the need to occasionally reconnect between the main unit and the remote one.
Plus, TTPs wireless broadcast abilities only work in Bluetooth sources, not RCA, Toslink and USB sources.
I named the speaker and in less than five minutes I was done with the entire setup.
The innovative Night mode limits bass response to allow the rest of the family to sleep soundly.
The app, however, didnt let me directly select a track.
Next, I fired up the Grateful Deads Franklins Tower over Spotify.
At first the Flat equalizer setting yielded exactly what was promised, neutral audio.
I switched to my Toslink-connected LG CD/DVD player for Lyle Lovettes Cowboy Man followed by Trombone Shortys Hurricane Season.
I set up the two TTPs in my 250 square foot office and enjoyed Klipschs stereo pairing.
In addition to broadcasting all of its sources, Id lobby for adding a Qi charging plate on top.
That way I could charge my phone as it plays music through the speakers without a cable in sight.
That sounds good to me.
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