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Integration Don’t Come Easy

Back in the early sixties the KLH company of Cambridge, Massachusetts introduced the first contemporary integrated stereo system.

March 1, 1973
Richard Robinson

Back in the early sixties the KLH company of Cambridge, Massachusetts introduced the first contemporary integrated stereo system. Packaging it in a suitcase format, they included a record player, amplifier, radio tuner and speakers; all built together into a very portable, lightweight unit. Until that breakthrough you'd have had to purchase a massive piece of fake mahogany furniture designed to take up half your living room in order to get the same components in one package. The KLH line was an instant hit, especially with a bottom-of-the-line price tag of $200. Although KLH strove for compactness and quality at a reasonable price (as do many of the other Cambridge based firms such as AR and Advent), their basic idea was immediately ripped-off and every manufacturer in the field soon had at least one reasonably priced, integrated system on the market. But where you could depend on your KLH

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