KLH TT, opinions?

[grillebilly]

Interesting TT, nice looking, appears to have built in receiver. Anyone know the quality of it?

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/ele/888421806.html

 

[vinyldavid]

I have heard that the drivers in those speakers are extremely good...

 

[cactuscowboy]

My parents had a KLH system that was very similar, if not the same, about 35-40 years ago. I used to spin British Invasion and Motown 45s at high volume on it, until they got pissed and made me buy my own stereo. Pretty good quality at the time, a cut above the cheaper consoles of the era.

Unless it were dirt cheap, and I needed something for the garage, I'd probably pass on that unit. Better to buy a vintage stand-alone turntable with better performance and more flexibility.

 

[dshoaf]

KLH did a great job of packaging good sound into the compact format of an all-in-one system like that little one. That's a Garrard changer built into it and usually came with Pickering carts.

The speakers are full range - can't remember the model number - which were also used as midrange speakers in the Model 5 speaker systems.

Cheers,

David

 

[Garrard201]

If it were $90, that would be a fair price... $110 might require you to check it out and decide in person.

 

[RichPA]

Ad link means this one goes here in Dollars and Sense.

 

[Twenty20Man]

less than 100 would be fine...they were fine lil systems..perfect college dorm system

 

[RayW]

I've got the 24. Similar but it has a tuner (am/fm) and the speakers are 2-way. Sounds pretty good. I paid significantly less than $110 for it.

Ray

 

[Nat]

Those KLH systems sound better than the various parts suggest they should. But that's not a particularly cheap price, and those are the smaller speakers, which don't have the range that the larger ones that came with those systems (I think the 14 and the 20) did.

 

[grillebilly]

Thanks for the comments. It looks cool, but like most of you, doesn't have a place in my house.

 

[vinylviola]

I've heard those speakers - still amazed at the sound that came out of them despite their size...