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From: rlw@wxlvax.UUCP
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Subject: KLH Speakers
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Date: Wed, 6-Jul-83 15:54:13 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul  6 15:54:13 1983
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(Apologies to those who saw this a year ago.  Since KLH is in the news, I'm
repeating it for general amusement.)

Many years ago (1962+-2) I was consultant to the U.of.Pa.-Columbia Electronic
Music Lab.  We were setting up a listening room at the U.of.Pa. and I took
a group of musicians and engineers down to Danby Electronics for a blind
listening test of a dozen or so speakers.

The results are amusing (but probably not statistically significant): all
of the 6 musicians chose the KLH-6 as their favorite... all of the three
engineers chose the AR-2 (I think it was the -2).

In consequence I bought two KLH-6 speakers for myself -- only to see them
remain behind in a divorce settlement.

Plaintive cry:  Does anyone have any KLH-6s for sale?  Is there anything
available today (for not outrageous cost) that can amtch their sound.
I don't think it was pure "fidelity" that is the answer.  KLH deliberately
shaded the sound for room listening and I think it sounded good to the
musicians who were used to being in the sound.  The ARs sounded too remote
to them.

--Dick Wexelblat (...decvax!ittvax!wxlvax!rlw)