Groove, Just As Vigorous and Maintains the Same Superb Control of His Instrument on This 1965 Recording As on the 1944 Reissue
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Coleman Hawkins: Wrapped Tight Impulse Mono A-87 The ever-fresh Coleman Hawkins is e in e groove, just as vigorous and maintains the same superb control of his instrument on this 1965 recording as on the 1944 reissue. groove Playing with a group of able young per- I*, formers-Bill Berry, trumpet, Urbie Green, trombone, Barry Harris, piano, Buddy Catlett, bass, and Eddie Locke, drums-he turns in solid, deeply felt solos that tend to dominate the group. Possibly the choice of titles has some- thing to do with the essentially solo quality of this platter. It's a pretty ro- mantic grouping that includes Inter- mezzo, Indian Summer, Marcheta, You. the Cueing Device affixed to your Miracord 40A or 40H Beautiful Girl, and And I Still Love With When the tempo picks up on She's Fit g v' turntable, you can locate your cartridge stylus to start play and Bean's Place, everyone starts to entl in any selected groove on the record. and the results are quite exhilar- turntable mech- swing It works simply and precisely, and independently of the arm and ating. a bare fraction anism. A flip of a lever raises a small platform, and elevates the arm the record without touching the surface. -Swing of an inch, so that it can be moved across Noel Boggs: Western Resetting the Repeat Stereo RS 310-8 Thus the stylus can be positioned exactly over any band or groove. stylus into the On the theory that anything so far out lever lets the platform (and arm) sink slowly, gently lowering the of style must be on the way back, Re- All Miracord 40 Series turntables are pre -drilled to accept this full of the kind selected groove. peat has issued a platter Price is $12.50 at of swinging cowboy music that has been accessory. largely absent from the music scene most hi-fi dealers. since the 1940's. Whatever the potential Benjamin Electronic Sound for such a renaissance, it must be noted Corp., 40 Smith Street, Miracord that the technical interest in their new Farmingdale, N. Y. 11736 release is substantial due to their special Series no -microphone recording technique. The 40 method is particularly well suited to stringed instruments, and sound enthus- Cueing iasts will be properly impressed with the clarity, low distortion, clean bass, and absence of background noise. Noel Device Boggs, on steel guitar, is clearly a mas- ter of the western style, and the accom- panying fiddles and rhythm are handled most ably Circle 154 on Reader Service Card TANNOY DUAL CONCENTRIC INPUT RESISTANCE "MONITOR" ( from page 32) (the most advanced co -axial to date) ever, the physical value of the bias - resistance is about 40k ohms. INCORPORATING * New revolutionary magnetic shunt circuit return flux by -frequency performance increasing useful low frequency Thus good low more than 20%- can be obtained with this circuit, but noise performance is considerably less * Unique treatment of low frequency dia- re- optimum. For significant improve- phragm surround providing improved than sponse and stability. ment in noise performance one must turn to other devices. * New acoustic balance cavity improving high frequency response, reducing distor- Field -Effect Transistors tion. The Field -Effect Transistor (FET) , Tannoy engineers have produced a speaker of unsur- in contrast to the conventional transis- passed quality, already being used as a `Monitor' by world radio, and television companies. The ex- is voltage -operated semiconductor wide recording, tor, a tended range and increased efficiency of the low frequency device. It possesses many similarities unit make it ideal for use in relatively small enclosures, with the triode vacuum tube. For the whilst still maintaining the "presence" of unrestricted sound. This, combined with the fully integrated sound source of the `Monitor' Dual Concentric makes it especially suitable for stereophonic reproduction. BASIC SPECIFICATION NEW FOR THE LOS ANGELES SHOW "Monitor" Dual Concenfrics: Models The "TOWNSMAN" Audiometric speaker 10", 12", and 15" system-a compact bookshelf, comprising 12" Frequency response woofer, high frequency pressure tweeter, and 30-20,000 cps ± 3dB crossover network. List price $110.00 - Polar Distribution for 60° inc. angle - 4dB slightly higher in the West. at 10,000 cps Write for full details. Hear it in Room 38-D! TANNOY (CANADA) LTD.. TANNOY (AMERICA) LTD.. Fig. 10. A measurement circuit. ONTARIO 1756 OCEAN AVENUE, BOHEMIA. N. Y. 11716 Circle 155 on Reader Service Card AUDIO MARCH, 1966 91 .