KLH Model Five: $2499.98/pair $$$ One of the first loudspeakers from the reborn KLH brand, the three-way Model Five echoes its vintage ancestor by having an acoustic-suspension woofer. A three-way switch allows the speaker's Mid-HF balance to be adjusted. With this switch set to its ma...
[66] (tie): McIntosh MR 78 & Sequerra Model 1 FM tuners [64] (tie): Avantgarde Uno & ...
KLH Model Twelve loudspeaker J. Gordon Holt|May 12, 2022|First Published: Feb 01, 1968| The idea of a loudspeaker system whose frequency response could be tailored to suit room acoustics and/or personal taste is one that has always appealed to the high-fidelity perfectionist. Ideally, such ...
They were explicit but not shouty. They were well-balanced top to bottom. No, the bass wasn't the most extended, but I did not care about that. I found the Model Threes quite good at directly communicating the emotion of the music. The KLH's best quality was its explicit, expressive ...
exaSound e38 Mk.II, exaSound e38 Mk.II (balanced), miniDSP UDAC-8, Mytek Brooklyn DAC+, discontinued. AVM Ovation MP 8.2, Mytek Brooklyn Bridge, Mytek Liberty, Mytek Manhattan II, replaced by newer model not yet reviewed. Ayre Acoustics QX-5 Twenty, not auditioned in a long time....
Built around Naim's proprietary streaming platform, the ND5 XS 2 player—at present the company's entry-level model—can be used wirelessly or via an Ethernet connection to the user's router or network switch. Depending on file type, the Naim supports PCM up to 32/384 and DSD to DSD128...
My first electrostatic loudspeaker was the KLH Model Nine, which J. Gordon Holt once called "the most nearly perfect loudspeaker we have ever heard." Indeed, it was a very fine speaker—when it worked, which was considerably less than 100% of the time. I came to dread the intermittent bu...
) who believe cables don't make a difference that matches their business models. Let's use Audioquest as an example. A large number of subjectivist audiophiles and manufacturers do not believe Audioquest's business model reflect a nearly accurare return on cable investment. This is a biggie ...
A new cartridge with the same model number, this moving-coil cartridge tracked everything cleanly at 1.2gm downforce, found MF. Used with the HCVC01 passive current-to-voltage converter (see "Phono Preamplifiers"), its presentation was on the cool side, though MF noted that "warm records ...
Footnote 1: I wrote about my participation in blind listening tests at Harman International in theFebruary 2019 issue. Footnote 2: Josef Anton Hofmann (1924–2010), the H in KLH Audio Systems, defined three desirable parameters in speaker building: bass extension, efficiency, and small enclosure...