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KLH was much more than speakers. However, very little of their electronics ever got to Norway, due to problems with electrical standard approvals. In the U.S. they were big on table radios. These are highly sought after today and still perform their duties in kitchens and dorms. What was special about the KLH table radios was the high-quality momo speakers that came with them. These could be placed separated from the actual radio. This is the modell 18.
Much Much the same went for their "compact" units. Good tuners and amplifiers - considered the price. And they came with good speakers. What other compact manufacturers probably would call an "overkill" - speaker-wise. Modell 20 - to the right, came with the KLH 17 - a medium-class speaker we sold lots of. I have a pair.
Modell KLH 24 control panel. Coupled with the record changer this is a space-saving arrangement. It has much the same controls that you will see on the front-panel of a conventional contemporary receiver. The tuning of the FM/AM part is quite special in that it is gear-coupled for better mechanical tuning sensitivity. There is even a headphone socket and high filter switch. At the top is the input selector and a mono/stereo switch. The tuning meter is located above the KLH logo. Typical for all the KLH compacts was the better-than-average speakers that came with them. KLH was, after all, first and foremost a speaker manufacturer.
A beautiful picture! The 2-speaker shipping boxes of the modell 32. Only modell 31 cost less, but this was the one we sold the most of. The 32's had a nicely rounded treble and quite firm, if not deep, bass. Acoustic suspension - 8 in. woofer. Here seen with a contemporary Marantz receiver - probably the 2330.
KLh 27 receiver. Rather unusual design for a receiver. None of the usual horizontal tuner scale glass. Instead a circular tuning dial with gear-coupling for better mechanical sensitivity. Same as on their compact units. KLH did make receivers with conventional layout, too. These were manufactured in Japan, however.

Modell 17, Our second best KLH seller, after modell 32. The 32, 17 and modell 6 all had the same tweeters, but different woofers - respectively 8, 10 and 12 inches. Nominal size, it must be said. Measuring a little outside the frame made it. Woofers were in much the same evolving spiral as amps and the power-race. This modell also came with some of the KLH "compacts". The 17 could sound a little boxy sometimes - depended a lot on the room - they didn't like large rooms. The 32 was very tight in the lower area, modell 6 rather on the heavy side - sound-wise. But all had a very nice treble. It could be had with two different colours on the grill cloth - light-coloured as seen in the photo - and brown.

The KLH reel-to-reel tape recorder
	After I started digging around for units to my KLH collection I have got quite a few surprises. This tape recorder was one of them. Obviously not manufactured by KLH I had never heard of it. The pictures seen here is from a unit I bought at the eBay auctions site. The transport control look rather Akaish to me - that isn't necessarily bad. Maybe they had a cassette deck, too. I have never seen any of those, either.
	At the picture can be seen separate recording controls for each channel. There is another selector for A/stereo/B, probably for replay. A couple of others, too, which are difficult to read. Compared to the 7 in. reels it has a very handy size for a reel-to-reel tape recorder.

 

 

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