[Vintage-Audio] KLH modular systems

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Hi Bob,

The Advent are power hungry and need 20 watts continuous RMS, or more, to 
produce acceptable audio. If you only have ten watts, it will not 
demonstrate the new amp or the response of the Advent speakers.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Nickels" <ranickel at comcast.net>
To: "Vintage home and professional audio equipment from 1975 back" 
<vintage-audio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 2:49 PM
Subject: [Vintage-Audio] KLH modular systems


>I thought someone here might know about the KLH 'suitcase stereos' made 
>from 1965 through about 1971.   I've admired them from afar for years, but 
>knowing that if the superior audio quality of my model 21 FM radio is any 
>indication, they would probably retain top value.  Well, I got to looking 
>around and found that's not actually the case, as I got a model 19 via eBay 
>for less than the cost of shipping!
> While it works and sounds as nice as I'd imagined, it is missing the 
> original KLH speakers, and I wonder if anyone might have the model numbers 
> or specs, in case I might come across a pair of the proper ones.  I've 
> read they were acoustic suspension types, not a surprise since KLH was 
> founded by AR pioneer Henry Kloss and  I do have a pair of small Advents 
> (the company he founded after he left KLH) that I'll try on it .  But I've 
> also read that the original speakers were a ported design with 4" woofers, 
> which sounds more likely to me, given that the amp is maybe capable of 10 
> watts per channel.
>
> Otherwise, the model 19 consists of the very sensitive KLH FM tuner with 
> it's trademark rotary tuning dial, and the amplifier mounted in the walnut 
> turntable base.  The turntable is a customized Garrard AT-6 with a 
> low-mass tone arm with a Pickering V-15/AT-2 cartridge.  The other models 
> were pretty similar, I think.
>
> Any information would be appreciated as there's not much information on 
> the web about these units, even though I've read they sold 500,000 of 
> them.   And of course the current KLH Audio is just a brand name.
>
> Thanks and 73,
> Bob W9RAN
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