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TECHNOLOGY
Audio Design
Taking the next step beyond
product revival, David
Kelley, a long-time home
audio executive, took on the
task to revitalize a classic
brand - KLH Audio.
Today, KLH Audio off ers
a complete product line
that includes contemporary
products such as
fl oorstanding loudspeakers,
center-channel speakers,
subwoofers, headphones,
architectural speakers and,
yes, vintage designs such as
the Model 3 and Model 5
products.
Kelley, who serves as KLH
Audio's CEO, notes that
when he revived the brand
his long-term vision for the
company was to not only
develop products that meet
the needs of today's music
lovers, but also to pay hom " It
was important to us to remind
the industry of the signifi cant role
KLH played in the early days of Hi-Fi
when Henry Kloss companies like KLH
and Acoustic Research dominated the
loudspeaker market. "
-David Kelley, KLH Audio
age to the brand's history.
" KLH has a rich and
storied history, so it was
important to us to remind
the industry of the signifi -
cant role KLH played in the
early days of Hi-Fi when
Henry Kloss companies like
KLH and Acoustic Research
dominated the loudspeaker
market, " he says.
Before he relaunched
the brand, Kelley says he
researched the home audio
market and found there
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are high levels of interest
in vintage equipment.
Vintage home audio gear
has become a little cottage
industry, he notes (searches
of Ebay, Facebook Marketplace,
Craigslist and more
validate this). He says his
goal with KLH is to combine
the classic look of the
brand's legacy products,
along with its acoustic suspension
technology, while
utilizing modern materials
and engineering.
Discussing the company's
Model 3 and Model 5
products, Kelley states the
speakers compare favorably
to the classic KLH speakers
of yesteryear's golden age of
audio - a label that can be
applied to today's abundant
system component and
source options.
" The basic design principles
haven't changed much
in 50 years. In our case,
we build products around
the acoustic suspension
engineering principle, which
is just as relevant a technology
today, as it was then, "
comments Kelley.
" What has changed is the
materials and engineering
that go into the design. In
that respect, we're literally
lightyears ahead of where
we were 50 years ago. "
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