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Accessories: Three sets of oval- shaped single-flange eartips (sizes S, M, and L), two sets of oval-shapped double-flange eartips (size S and L), ¼” jack adaptor, airline adaptor, cleaning tool, small carrying pouch, and a larger carry case that can hold the Images plus an iPod.

Weight: 10 grams

Sensitivity: 110db/mW

Visit klipsch.com/headphones or call 1-800-KLIPSCH for more information.

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Klipsch Image

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Ionly the firm’s flagship earbuds, but also—by a significant
f you are in the “bigger is better” camp, then

 

Klipsch’s Image in-ear headphone will come as

 

quite a surprise. The Images, you see, are not

 

margin—the smallest in-ear headphones that Klipsch (or

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anybody else) currently makes. But spend a few hours

 

listening to the tiny Images and you may find yourself con-

For

vinced that in their case less is definitely more.

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sonic character

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Although a bit less sensitive than Klipsch’s Custom-3s (also

Single

reviewed in this survey), the Images also sound extremely
pure, transparent, and open-voiced. Two differences, howev-

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er, are that the Images provide slightly warmer tonal balance

 

and offer somewhat more powerful bass. This combina-

 

tion of virtues may make the Image as close to a “perfectly

 

voiced” earbud as anyone has yet built (though you could

 

build a good case for a few others, too).
One of the Image’s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

greatest strengths is its ability to convey
low-level sonic

 

information in a pure, believable, cohesive way. Harmonics,

 

 

overtones, and other small details always sound like natural,

 

 

organic extensions of the voices from which they originate.

 

 

It’s a subtle quality that quickly becomes addictive.

 

 

Posted with permission from the May 2008 issue of Playback. Copyright 2008, NextScreen, LLC. All rights reserved. Any unauthorized duplication of this article is strictly prohibited.

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