Ted, one thing you might want to consider is that in the 1970s, you
presumably bought a phono cartridge that you liked the sound of when it
was used with your KLH speakers. Change the speakers, and that choice
of cartridge is no longer the same choice you would most likely have
made. The large Advents had a more forward sound than any KLHs that I
can recall from that period.

A more insidious hidden issue is your selection of recordings that
served as the touchstone for your emotional responses. Your KLH
speakers (with your existing phono cartridge) let you enjoy recordings
that, through less rolled-off sounding speakers, would have sounded too
bright or perhaps too closely miked. That's probably good--most record
producers like "hotter" sound than most record listeners, especially
listeners who attend classical concerts and have any idea what real
music sounds like in a hall. But by the time you've spent six months or
a year with the KLH-based system, your roster of favorite recordings
has been influenced by the combined sonic characteristics of your
particular cartridge and loudspeakers.

If you had started off with the Advents but used the same phono
cartridge as with the KLHs, then assuming that you're open to a wide
enough range of musical repertoire, you might have been more impressed
with flashier recordings that the Advents were effective at showing
off. For example, if you enjoyed listening to string quartets with the
KLHs, the Advents might have had you humming along to Mahler symphonies
or "The Planets." _Then_ if you switched to KLHs, you would miss the
color and presence of the Advents, with very little to compensate for
their loss, since the effectiveness of those recordings depends so much
on that presence and color. A mellow presentation of dramatic
large-scale pieces is a different taste that you might need to acquire.


Do you see what I'm getting at here?

--best regards