Klipsch R6 In-Ear Bluetooth - Review 2022

Klipsch is bringing the bass for its first stab at in-canal Bluetooth earphones. The $149 R6 In-Ear Bluetooth offer a secure fit, with a cablevision that tin be worn behind the neck or beneath the chin. Sound functioning is intense, with booming lows and bright, sculpted highs, at times highlighting the energy of a mix, and at other times draining it of any sense of natural sound. If you're seeking a flat response-fashion Bluetooth earphone pair you can stop reading now, only if you love bass, the R6 is i of the meliorate in-ear options for the price.

Blueprint
The R6's blackness earpieces loop over the top of your ear and utilise the weight of the safety-paneled earpieces to help hold the silicone eartips in place. The cable can exist worn either behind your neck or below your mentum, and includes a small plastic cinch to manage slack. In one case yous get the eartips in, which at first can have a little maneuvering, the fit is comfortable and secure.

On the right earpiece, there'due south a Power button, an LED status indicator, and a snap-shut compartment that houses the micro USB connection for the included ability adapter.

Klipsch R6 In-Ear Bluetooth inline The inline mic and remote control has 3 buttons—i central multifunction button that controls playback and call management, and two + and - buttons that suit volume when tapped (the levels piece of work in conjunction with your mobile device's master book), and track navigation when held. This is a tad less user-friendly than remotes that make the primal multifunction double for track navigation. Both versions crave you to press buttons in unlike manners to acheive different results, simply information technology'south far easier to misfire with this type of remote and skip a track accidentally when y'all meant to adjust the volume.

The pair ships with a black cloth conveying pouch and 4 pairs of silicone eartips in various sizes—i of which is a flange-style tip.

Pairing the R6 with an iPhone 6s was a quick and easy procedure. When powered on, the earphones will automatically connect with the nigh recent paired device (provided the device is in range and ready to pair). Klipsch claims a battery life of about viii hours, merely your results will vary based on your volume levels.

Performance and Conclusions
On tracks with powerful sub-bass content, like The Pocketknife'south "Silent Shout," the R6 deals out intense, deep bass response that never distorts, even at top, unwise listening levels. At more than modest volumes, the low frequency response is all the same quite potent—this is a bass-boosted sound signature that manages to remainder things out decently with some sculpting in the high-mids and highs.

The overall sound signature becomes more credible on Bill Callahan'due south "Drover," a track that gets boosting in the lows, bringing out the thump of the drums, and likewise the higher frequencies, pushing the guitar strumming to the forefront of the mix. Callahan's baritone vocals also receive a decent corporeality of treble edge, which helps them stay well-divers despite a potent low-mid boost that brings out their depth. The R6 sounds balanced here, but quite sculpted—certain elements are pulled out of the mix and built-up. Purists may not go for this sound, merely it's well suited for many modernistic mixes.

On Jay-Z and Kanye Westward's "No Church building in the Wild," the kick pulsate loop gets a solid corporeality of high-mid presence, allowing its attack to remain snappy and abrupt, slicing through the dumbo mix. We also hear plenty of the vinyl crackle in the loop, another sign that the highs have been pushed forrad. It's the sustain of the drum loop, however, and the sub-bass synth hits, that actually rule the mix. The bass response on these earphones is powerful, and bass lovers will truly savor the added thump.

Orchestral tracks, similar the opening scene in John Adams' The Gospel According to the Other Mary, sound a piddling ridiculous through the R6. The bass is so obviously boosted that, well earlier any of the lower annals instrumentation has really made itself known, you hear intense lows. The brightness of the higher register strings, brass, and vocals is never challenged, thank you to the tremendous boosting that's going on in the highs, but the net result is a boomy sounding orchestra, with far heavier lows than a live orchestral functioning would e'er produce.

If you're in search of a flat-response style earphone pair, the R6 isn't for you. That said, this is the Bluetooth earphone pair that bass lovers dream of. It offers rich, powerful depth and boosts the highs enough to retain clarity and some sense of balance in the mix. If you're looking for something that splits the difference with a bit more than overall balance, we are big fans of the Jaybird X2. And for less money, you can still get the large bass Bluetooth experience with the Skullcandy XTfree. If it'south a crisper sound with less bass you lot're later on, consider the JBL Reflect Mini BT. But for $149, the Klipsch R6 In-Ear Bluetooth is i of the better, adequately priced options available for all of you bass fiends out there.