sophieh

Thanks for the replies, sorry I'm late getting back, been travelling - Road test of KMC 1: Excellent! It goes loud and sounds clean and tight. Charge goes until you're at the next power point, even if you're somewhere where there aren't alot of those. In this day & age, it's annoying to have something designed so you actually have to read the manual (like "how do you mute this again?", oh, volume down + off button, for an intermediate amount of time), but otherwise only complaint that KMC3 has no battery like the KMC1. I've had the Bose Soundlink 2, the Jawbox, the Foxl, the Sony SRS-BTX500, and several others - KMC1 beats them all by a great length. Am considering getting two of the KMC1, with the splitter so it becomes proper stereo sound. That is A LOT of sound for the size and weight. But yeah, would have got the KMC3 (two of that, even, maybe) but no way am I starting using those batteries from the 70s again.... I'm looking for a shop with a refund policy so I can get two KMC1s, see what I think and decide if it's worth it. It's not really stocked a lot of places, though, is it ? Ayone heard anyword if/when there might be a gen2 KMC-series ? Again, thanks for your help S

Thanks @joessportster & @billybob !! @billybob - I read reviews on a few different 3.5mm splitters, seemingly the same - but some people are looking for a splitter that will provide exactly the same sound to both devices - and some people are looking for something like my scenario - a splitter out from the phone, one 3.5mm to 3.5mm out from each end into two separate KMC1s, and then getting proper speaker imaging etc. with left sound in left speaker and the other way around. Since both types of cables exist and are inconsistently marketed, how can you tell which splitters are which ? And - perhaps a very stupid question, but - how would you know which of the two splitter outputs goes to the left speaker and which goes to the right ? Any reputable brands / favorably reviewed splitters that anyone is aware of ? Thanks Soph

Hi Had the KMC1 a few months, love it - best travel-sized speaker out there - but would have preferred the KMC3 - what's with the old-fashioned external, expensive, heavy battery approach ? Hope KMC3 comes out in rechargeable battery version soon! Anyway, made a mistake with my KMC1: KMC1 was charged with the wrong charger. Original Klipsch charger is: Input 100-240V 50/60Hz 1.0A Max Output 12.0V 3.0A Charger that was used instead (the charger for far inferior speaker Bose Soundlink 2) is: Input 100-240V 50-60Hz 600mA Output 17V 1000mA Am I likely to have done damage to my speakers ? Speakers still turn on as normal. Any difference in sound quality would be very hard for me to detect at my age, at least until I sit down and give it a proper listen I know product documentation always says to only use original chargers/cables etc., I am merely hoping someone would speculate what damage if any I may have done to my KMC1 because of my mistake. Hope someone can help, thank you very much Sophie

Hi Love the KMC1 and it occurred to me it would be great to have two of them for travelling - What's the general audiophile view on 3.5mm jack (i.e. typical headphone/ PC or phone out) splitters ? I.e. cables that take one input and provides two outputs ? Will they cause any, or a considerable, loss of audio quality ? Are they somehow magically able to provide stereo, or would both speakers be playing the same sound ? I'm thinking of a cable like for example this one: http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-MUY1MFFS-Female-Stereo-Splitter/dp/B0081ZBNI4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1400200302&sr=8-1&keywords=splitter+3.5mm Some portable speakers on the market offer the ability to couple two of the same speaker - even wirelessly, making it even more of a dynamite feature. Next-gen Klipsch KMC range should have wireless, true stereo dual-speaker allowances, I hope! Thank you so much for your help! Soph

Hi Had the KMC1 a few months, love it - best travel-sized speaker out there - but would have preferred the KMC3 - what's with the old-fashioned external, expensive, heavy battery approach ? Hope KMC3 comes out in rechargeable battery version soon! Anyway, made a mistake with my KMC1: KMC1 was charged with the wrong charger. Original Klipsch charger is: Input 100-240V 50/60Hz 1.0A Max Output 12.0V 3.0A Charger that was used instead (the charger for far inferior speaker Bose Soundlink 2) is: Input 100-240V 50-60Hz 600mA Output 17V 1000mA Am I likely to have done damage to my speakers ? Speakers still turn on as normal. Any difference in sound quality would be very hard for me to detect at my age, at least until I sit down and give it a proper listen I know product documentation always says to only use original chargers/cables etc., I am merely hoping someone would speculate what damage if any I may have done to my KMC1 because of my mistake. Hope someone can help, thank you very much Sophie (sorry for x-posting, hope that is okay or feel free to move my post, thanks)

Hi Had the KMC1 a few months, love it - best travel-sized speaker out there - but would have preferred the KMC3 - what's with the old-fashioned external, expensive, heavy battery approach ? Hope KMC3 comes out in rechargeable battery version soon! Anyway, made a mistake with my KMC1: KMC1 was charged with the wrong charger. Original Klipsch charger is: Input 100-240V 50/60Hz 1.0A Max Output 12.0V 3.0A Charger that was used instead (the charger for far inferior speaker Bose Soundlink 2) is: Input 100-240V 50-60Hz 600mA Output 17V 1000mA Am I likely to have done damage to my speakers ? Speakers still turn on as normal. Any difference in sound quality would be very hard for me to detect at my age, at least until I sit down and give it a proper listen I know product documentation always says to only use original chargers/cables etc., I am merely hoping someone would speculate what damage if any I may have done to my KMC1 because of my mistake. Hope someone can help, thank you very much Sophie