In Memory of Henry Kloss

My first truly decent speakers were KLH 6's, and I still recall how much I enjoyed how they made music. Just recently, I bought my wife a Tivoli AM/FM radio, and we both enjoy it. Henry has made his mark on my life just like he has many others. As Rayhall says, he will be missed.

I still own a 1978 model 710 6ft projection tv he made. Still runs fine and has original tubes. I bought it new in 1978 for $2000. Built like a tank.

I sold Advent product in the early days..and remember many, many things about Mr. Kloss and his ground-breaking products.

At the audio store I worked we would compare large Advents to the Yamaha NS-1, Dahlquists and the ESS AMT-1 with the Heil driver....often to have customers like the Advents best!

Once, at the CES in the Drake Hotel in Chicago, I had the pleasure of seeing a videotape (1" Sony?) on the prototype of the Advent Videobeam at 1:00 AM with several of the people from Advent.

Mr. Kloss was truly one of the greatest in the audio/video world. For us audio lovers there is much we owe to the likes of Nelson Pass, Mr. Conrad and Mr. Johnson, Mr. Johnson at ARC...and (thank God) so many more,...but to none do we owe more thanks than Henry Kloss.

Without Mr. Kloss and his Large Advents...the high-end would not have evolved as it did.

Amen Gentlemen.

I am going to link you to the obituary on the first page of the Obituary section of today's New York Times. A very touching obituary for a man whose major contributions to this world were technical. Yet, the humanity of the man shows through. I almost feel like all Audiogoners should observe a moment of silence.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/05/obituaries/05KLOS.html