KLH (company)
American audio company
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KLH Audio is an American audio electronics company based in Denver, Colorado.[2] Originally founded in 1957 as KLH Research and Development Corporation in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company takes its name from the initials of its founders: Henry Kloss, Malcolm S. Low, and Josef Anton Hofmann.
- Henry Kloss
- Malcolm S. Low[1]
- Josef Anton Hofmann
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| Formerly | KLH Research and Development Corporation; KLH Audio Systems |
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| Industry | Audio electronics |
| Founded | 1957 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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| Headquarters | , U.S. |
| Owner | Innovative Technology Electronics, LLC, DBA Victrola. |
| Website | klhaudio |
History
The original aim of the company was to design and produce loudspeakers in speaker enclosures.[3] KLH had sales of $17 million, employed over 500 people and sold over 30,000 speakers a year before it was sold to Singer Corporation in 1964.[4] In 1970, KLH became a wholly owned subsidiary of Electro Audio Dynamics (EAD) of Great Neck, New York.[4] EAD moved KLH's headquarters to Canoga Park, Los Angeles, in 1980.[4]
Japanese conglomerate Kyocera acquired KLH in 1982,[5] and production was shifted overseas. Kyocera later decided to stop manufacturing audio products, and sought a buyer for the KLH brand. In 1989, KLH was acquired by Wald Sound of Sun Valley, Los Angeles.[5]
In 2003, Sony filed a lawsuit against KLH (then Lavcon, Inc., trading as KLH Audio Systems) asserting copyright infringement of a Sony home theater system.[6]
In January 2017, Kelley Global Brands bought the company and renamed it KLH Audio.[7][8] The company makes premium high-end speakers.
In April 2025, Victrola, America’s longest-living record player brand and a pioneer in consumer audio, announced the acquisition of KLH Audio.[9]
