Vintage Asylum I build my first kit in 1953 - Bold Eagle.
 Asylum Trader   Vintage Asylum I. Philosophy   II, Technology 
III, More technology   IV, Phono Systems   V. Technology   VI.
Technology  Part I, Philosophy - this is going to be a long
story  Posted by Bold Eagle on October 15, 2010 at 19:41:10  In
the late 60's, I got introduced to the KLH Model 20 Compact
System. At $400 it was the best you could do for the money at
the time. To be sure, there were compromises made. Reading a
review on it, the reviewer opened my eyes with his comments on
the design approach. The amp, for instance, had non-flat
response to help EQ the speakers. The speakers, in turn were 4
ohm versions of the KLH 17 to get more power from the amp. What
this did was to make me realize that it was not about component
quality; it was really a Systems Engineering problem. I figured,
"Hey, I'm an engineer, I understand the principles of Systems
Engineering. If I study up on the technology and increase the
$$$, I can do better and elimin