Hi-fi, made in Cambridge.

KLH was founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1957 by Henry Kloss, Malcolm S. Low, and Josef Anton Hofmann. The company’s own historical account names products including the Model Eight radio, Model Nine electrostatic loudspeaker, Model Forty tape recorder, and Model Eleven portable phonograph. Source: KLH’s account and reproduced company background.

We love old audio equipment, but we also want to live with it. Where does it go? Is it easy to use? Do you want to put on another record? Those questions matter just as much in a small apartment as they do in a dedicated listening room.

Symphony Hall’s story concerns the acoustics of a large room. KLH’s story brings the focus to reproduced sound and domestic equipment. There’s plenty to explore between those two stories: how a room carries music, and how a speaker brings it into your home.

That local history interests us because we spend our days asking some of the same practical questions about listening and building. We want to make systems you’ll actually use and enjoy. Read our story.