“The KLH M5s are intoxication kings, urging me to hear my most beloved vinyl via its big personality and well-scaled dimensionality.”

“Mostly, the speaker played with a detailed, sparkling upper/mid/treble chutzpah that favored and seemed to amplify texture and viscosity. Notes had realistic weight and body. These Model Fives are attention-getters of the first order, delivering a big soundstage and big, juicy dynamics.”

“…I have nothing but praise for the clarity of the midrange, the robustness of the middle and upper bass, and the voicing across the entire frequency range.

This is a case where old school and cutting edge have combined to create something that’s truly special—and at a very reasonable price.”

Doug Schneider – SoundStage!

KLH Model Five acoustic suspension speakers are known as one of the finest and most sought-after speakers for audiophiles, both new and seasoned.  Our updated version of this classic speaker has real wood veneers, cast aluminum baskets, and uses acoustic suspension design principles made famous by founder Henry Kloss.

The KLH Model Five vintage speaker is offered in three gorgeous finishes (English Walnut, West African Mahogany, and Nordic Noir), allowing the loudspeaker to blend with all home decor. The English Walnut Model Five comes with a beautiful Stone Wash Linen grille cloth that magnifies the rich finish of the real wood veneers. Meanwhile, our West African Mahogany finish is complemented by an Old-World Linen grille cloth that will stop you in your tracks. And lastly, the Nordic Noir finish is shipped wearing the lovely Medici Grey Linen grille cloth. Want the option of pairing any grille cloth with the finish of your choosing? Don’t worry- you can purchase each style separately!

Riser base and grilles included with speaker purchase.

• Iconic Mid-Century Modern Styling
• Acoustic Suspension Design – The most accurate and linear enclosure design available today
• Three-Position Acoustic Balance Control to tailor the loudspeaker’s output for the most difficult acoustic environments
• Dedicated midrange driver to reproduce the critical mid-frequency band
• Non-Resonant Die-Cast Aluminum Midrange & Woofer Frames
• Die-Cast Aluminum Tweeter Faceplate
• KLH cabinetry featuring a structurally reinforced ¾” MDF enclosure
• Thirteen component network using high-quality iron-core inductors & Mylar capacitors
• 5° slant riser base made of powder coated 14-gauge steel (included with speaker purchase)
• Low-profile magnet attached grille

Frequency Response: 42Hz – 20,000Hz +/- 3dB

Low Frequency Extension: -10dB @ 32Hz

In-Room Sensitivity: 90.5dB @ 2.83V / 1M

Free-field Sensitivity: 87.5dB @ 2.83V / 1M

Power Handling: 200 Watts / 800 Watts Peak

Recommended Amplification: 20 Watts to 200 Watts

In-Room Maximum SPL: 112.3dB

Maximum Output @45Hz: 106dB

Impedance: 6 Ohms (3.5 ohm minimum @140 Hz)

Horizontal Dispersion: 140° Degrees

Features: Three-Position Acoustic Balance Control

Crossover Frequency: MF: 380Hz (2nd Order Electro-Acoustic) HF: 2,850Hz (2nd Order Electro-Acoustic)

High Frequency Driver: 1" Aluminum Dome with Soft Rubber Suspension

Mid Frequency Driver: 4" Pulp-Paper Cone with Reverse Roll Rubber Suspension

Low Frequency Driver: 10" Pulp-Paper Cone with Reverse Roll Rubber Suspension, 2" Diameter Flat-Wire Voice Coil

Enclosure Material: Structurally Reinforced ¾" Medium Density Fiberboard

Inputs: Five-Way Gold-Plated Binding Posts

Height: 34.25" (87.0cm) w/ Included Riser Base 26.0" (66cm) w/o Riser Base

Width: 13.75" (35.0cm)

Depth: 13.0" (33.0cm) w/ Included Riser Base 11.5" (29.2cm) w/o Riser Base

Weight: 44Ibs. (20.0kg) w/o Riser Base 52Ibs. (23.6kg) w/ Included Riser Base

Included Accessories: 5° Slant Riser Base

KLH is an audio company founded in 1957 as KLH Research and Development Corporation in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, by Henry Kloss, Malcolm S. Low, and Josef Anton Hofmann originally to produce loudspeakers. KLH was once the largest loudspeaker company in the world, employing over 500 people and shipping over 30,000 speakers a year to retailers and distributors throughout six continents.

KLH has deep roots firmly planted in high-fidelity sound reproduction as a ground-breaking company of firsts, launching the first-ever high-selectivity FM table radio, Model Eight, the first full-range electrostatic loudspeaker, Model Nine, highly regarded by the audiophile community and picked by Stereophile magazine as “one of the twelve best loudspeakers ever built”, the first portable solid-state record player named the Model Eleven, and introduced Ray Dolby of Dolby Laboratories, to the consumer product market through the first reel-to-reel tape recorder featuring the Dolby noise reduction, the Model Forty.

KLH also introduced some of the best selling loudspeakers in the world over the course of many years, most notably, the Model Five, Model Six, and Model Seventeen, featuring the acoustic suspension loudspeaker design originally developed by Edgar Villchur and our founder Henry Kloss.

KLH was purchased by David P. Kelley, longtime Klipsch and VOXX executive, in 2017. He moved the global headquarters to Noblesville, Indiana.