What can you buy for 2.99 ?

TroyD
TroyD Posts: 13,123
edited November 2003 in Speakers
A pair of 60's vintage KLH Model 22's, that's what!

Picked them up with nice Pioneer analog tuner for less than 5 bones all together.

The KLH's have, what appears to be a 3.5" cone tweet, 8" woof in a sealed box design. The cabs are in great shape, couple nicks but nothing major. Good grill cloth with the original KLH logos in tact.

Great sound to these, highs roll off fairly early but oh so smoothly. Bass, not lease breakers but we are talking about a bookshelf. The mids are smooth as a prom queen's thighs. Not the most detailed but in terms of smoothness, almost magic.

All in all, I'm MORE than pleased, even if George thinks I paid about a dollar too much! I've got them hooked up to my vintage Marantz receiver. I'm thinking about putting together a vintage rig with these, the Marantz, AR XA turntable.......be kinda neat.

BDT
I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited November 2003
    Awesome score.

    I NEED some old KLH back in the house here. Makes me want to go on the hunt this morning - perhaps I will!

    I was going to mention the custom Scott Nixon tube cd player (on a Phillips chassis) that I'm bagging today for $100 - but I'll save that for another post - no parade raining here. ;)

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,123
    edited November 2003
    So, when can I expect a tracking number on the ADC?

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited November 2003
    first, let me shake off my umbrella... ok, now...

    sweet td,
    weren't the 22's used in the klh "system" with the all-in-one tt and int amp? nice little entry rig from yesteryear...
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
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    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,123
    edited November 2003
    I don't know, could very well be what they were for. I can't find a THING about them and our resident Kloss expert hasn't turned up much either.

    Love 'em though. I think folks will be surprised what hifi was back in the 60's at the Polkfest.

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited November 2003
    found model 20 system, not 22...
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited November 2003
    Originally posted by TroyD
    I think folks will be surprised what hifi was back in the 60's at the Polkfest.

    I don't know what that means exactly - but it sounds like I'm going to be happy.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • mikejz84
    mikejz84 Posts: 158
    edited November 2003
    JBL L65 Jubals for $15 here.

    I feel in love with them, but in the end decided to sell them for $650 on ebay.
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  • goingganzo
    goingganzo Posts: 2,793
    edited November 2003
    thoes are a real nice set of speakers my frends dad has them they can reley pound out the music but my frend realey abused them.
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  • fgr41
    fgr41 Posts: 432
    edited November 2003
    Originally posted by TroyD
    The mids are smooth as a prom queen's thighs.
    BDT

    mmmm, prom queen thighs
    Front
    Polk RT800i (BI-wired)
    Rear
    Polk RT600i
    Center
    Polk CS400i (BI-wired)
    Sub
    SVS 25-31PCi (22Hz tuning port)... it's SubHuman
    Receiver
    YAMAHA RX-V1400
    TV
    Mitsubishi WT-46807 HDTV
    HD receiver
    T i V o HR10-250
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited November 2003
    Nice grab on those Jubal's! I don't think I could've stood them for very long myself, but they sure are collectible. I found a pair of L-96's not long ago for $20, but I didn't sell them for $650 that's for sure. Jubal's had the glass top no?

    George Grand (of the Jersey Grand's)
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  • mikejz84
    mikejz84 Posts: 158
    edited November 2003
    yeap they where the glass top one--they had black felt under the glass and they looked so neat!

    I have been thinking of building my own amp for a while now, and I want to design the case the same way-black felt and glass.
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