KLH 9

roguerover
roguerover Posts: 2
in Vintage Speakers
After a 35year hiatus in the garage, I brought these speakers into the living room and they sounded like when I bought them in the early 60's, meaning very, very sweet and accurate.

I also found a way to play them as loud as I want by passing the lows to a big Martin-Logan sub woofer. It seems it is the low frequencies that short them out at high volume.

Am I the only one in the word using these speakers and loving them?
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
    Hello,
    Welcome to Polk's forum. The KLH9 are some true classic speakers, that's for sure. A few years ago I bought a pair from the road manager for David Bromberg and loved them. I had had Magneplanar Tympani speakers and was already familiar with large box-less speakers, but the KLH were special. I think, at the time, I was using the Audio Research SP3a and D75a combination.
    I sold them and took a trip to Ireland for a couple of weeks. Great speakers, take a few photos for us?
    Regards, Ken
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,802
    Amazing loudspeakers; they're not as uncommon as one might expect, given their age, fragility, and original cost!

    I'll never be able to swing a pair, so I have to make due with my ESL-57s...
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  • roguerover
    roguerover Posts: 2
    The Quads are also sweet and disappear into the music.
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