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From: jeff@tesla.UUCP
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Subject: Re: KLH anyone??
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Date: Wed, 29-Jun-83 17:45:07 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 29 17:45:07 1983
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KLH = the initials of Henry L. Kloss, hardly a hacker, more an entrepreneur.
Kloss knows how to design good stuff--i.e., simply.  Thus, he built the
AR-1, etc., founded AR, and sold it to a conglomerate.  THen, he founded
KLH, built good basic loudspeakers, and sold the company to a conglomerate.
Then, he founded Advent, built even better basic loudspeakers.  Unfortunately,
before he could sell that company to General Foods or the like, he decided
to compete with Sony in projection TV and the company went bankrupt.
Now operating with legal protection, and without Kloss, Advent is out of
projection TV and, I hope, still making loudspeakers (you know, the ones
with the best price/performance ratio on the market).  One of the new
Advent "saviours" is Peter Sprague, of the Sprague [capacitor] family,
who, with money made from a wise investment in National Semiconductor ten
or more years ago, has also helped (or tried to help) the Aston Martin
motorcarc firm.
As AR is not what it used to be, so is KLH.  Does anyone know what
H.L.K. is doing now?