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McIntyre 117 Equipment Reports Altec Three Sixty Integrated Amplifier ADC Point Four and Point Four/E Cartridges Stanton 800B Stereotable System Fisher XP -10 and XP -5 Speaker Systems Reviews of Recordings 123 Feature Record Reviews Beethoven: Fidelio (Birgit Nilsson, James McCracken, et al.; Lorin Maazel, cond.) Beethoven: Sonatas for Piano (complete); Sonatas for Piano, Nos. 29 -32; Brahms: Piano Works (Wilhelm Kempff) 126 Other Classical Reviews 160 Reissues 165 The Lighter Side 173 Jazz 179 The Tape Deck OCTOBER 1 9 6 4 VOLUME 14 NUMBER 10 Published monthly at Great Barrington, Mass., by The Billboard Publishing Co. Copyright a 1964 by The Billboard Publishing Co. The design and content. of High Fidelity Magazine ore fully protected by copyright and must not be reproduced in any manner. Second -class postage paid at Great Barrington and at additional mailing offices. One-year subscription- Anywhere on Earth $7.00. Indexed in the "Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature." 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