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High Fidelity Magazine February 1960 t_D Beecham's CARMEN and Karaian's AIDA reviewed this month iiigh1 el FEBRUARY THE MAGAZINE FOR MUSIC LISTENERS 60 CENTS Dr Refiner's Orchestra by MARTIN MAYER Big Bass from Small Boxes by NORMAN H. CROWHURST Photograph of Dr. Reiner Courtesy RCA Records www.americanradiohistory.com 3 SECONDS ... It's the Glaser- Steers GS -77. You 6 SECONDS ... the turntable has stopped -the next can tell by its modern trim styling -a hint of the precise record drops gently into play position. Suddenly you are mechanism that's 'under-the-hood'. A record has just com- aware that you have just seen something different- differ- pleted its play. The tone arm has lifted from the groove ent from any changer you've ever known. You have seen and returns to rest. So far, so good -it might be any how turntable pause eliminates the harsh grinding action changer. But, here's where the similarity ends. 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PLAINVIEW, NEW YORK 2 HIGH FIDELITY MAGAZINE www.americanradiohistory.com hjqh fki.1t1 FEBRUARY 1960 volume 10 number 2 including AUDIOCRAFT and HI -FI MUSIC AT HOME Roland Gelatt Editor Joan Griffiths ARTiCIF Executive Editor Ralph frees Audio Editor Dr. Reiner's Orchestra 38 Martin Moyer Miriam D. Manning If no liar's lost between the Managing Editor Chicago Symphony and its conductor, mutieully Irances A. Newbury Associate Editor speaking they get along fine. Roy Lindstrom Art Director H. C. Robbins Landon Music in the Midwest 42 Robert C. Marsh European Editor Alain Street has changed - considerably. Editorial Board Big Bass from Small Boxes 45 Norman H. Crowhursl Jahn M. Conly u; loudspeakers go, goori things Chairman ils far can conic in enclosures. E. Power Biggs little Nathan Rodor R. D. Darrell They Opened Her Mouth with a Corkscrew 49 Herbert Kupferberg Alfred Frankenstein Mezzo Gus licita .Simiomuo is intervira,cri, Howard Hanson and explains this and other things. Julian Hirsch Robert C. Marsh Frantic Robinson Joseph Stigeti REPORTS Warren B. Syer General Manager Claire N. Eddiegs Notes From Abroad 20 Advertising Soles Manager F. Walter Grueninger Books in Review 28 R. D. Circulation Director Darrell Music Makers 51 Roland Gelott Publication Policy Records in Review 53 Charles Fowler Lawrence Gatto Tape Deck 89 W. D. Littleford Warren B. Syer allnlprt?Ar A D V E R T I S I N G Main Office From the High -Fidelity Newsfronts 95 Claire N. Eddings, The Publishing Howe Great Barrington, Ma... Telephone 1300 Audio News 96 New York 1566 Broadway, New York 36 HF Equipment Reports 98 Telephone: Plato 7 -2800 Bert Covit, Sy Resnick EICO AF -4 Stereo Amplifier Chicago Shure Stereo Studio Dynelic Arm and Cartridge 188 W. 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