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STEREO EQUIPMENT RECORDS MUSIC MARCH 1968 M HIS H Fl II E LITT/ Amplified Instruments, Music or Noise? How to Judge an Amplifier Boulez: Composer into Conductor Budget Your Stereo Dollar Wisely www.americanradiohistory.com ,,,,,,,,,o, 00 90_ 92. 94 96 90 100 102 104 106 101 100 lE '10 00 i:-9 - 140 160 The new Fisher 550-T. www.americanradiohistory.com The 550-T has both AM and FM. The 550 -T AM/FM-stereo re- microvolts- weaksignalscansound Ir ceiver pulls in twice as many sta- like strong local stations. Mail this coupon as the 500 -T. Because it has A seventh IC is used for muting tions for your free copy Which means and for the d'Arsonval twice as many bands. controlling of The Fisher Hand- you can at last listen to your favor- tuning meter. And Fisher's pat- book 1968. This ite news, sports, or AM -music ented Stereo Beacon* signals the 80 -page reference station without distortion. presence of a stereo station and guide to hi -fi and The AM -tuner section of the a utcmatica I ly switches to the stereo stereoalso includes 550 -T is really special. Unlike most mode. detailed informa- commercial AM -tuner sections, this A word about the amplifier sec- tion on all Fisher components. new Fisher receiver has two (not tion, identical in both the 550 -T just one) transistors in both the RF and 500 -T receivers. With 90 watts Fisher Radio Corporation and mixer stages. These extra tran- music power (IHF), the 550 -T can 11 -35 45th Road sistors permit reception, without drive even the most inefficient Long Island City, N.Y. 11101 overload or distortion, of a wide speaker systems. Distortion, hum range of signal strengths. and noise are virtually unmeasur- Name We wouldn't want you to think able. And the receiver includes that in improving the AM section jacks, switches and controls for Address we've slighted the FM section. every imaginable function. Actually, the 550 -T has a more ad- So stop at any hi -fi shop or at City State Zip vanced FM -tuner section than any the audio department of your 010368 other receiver under$450. favorite store. Compare the Fisher To perform the functions of IF 550 -T ($449.95**) with the Fisher amplification and of limiting, the 500 -T ($399.50 * *). (Other Fisher 550 -T has 6 separate IC's and 2 receivers from $299.95 to FET's. IHF sensitivity on FM is 1.8 $499.50.) The Fisher CIRCLE 31 ON READER -SERVICE CARD U.S. PATENT NUNBES 324040 WALNUT CsiMET SSA 9, www.americanradiohistory.com The new Fisher 550-T and the famous Fisher 500-T are equally sensitive. So why does the 550-T pull in twice as many stations? www.americanradiohistory.com The famous Fisher 500-T. www.americanradiohistory.com The X factor in the new Pickering XV 15. The X in the new Pickering XV -15 stands for the the egg, the end result can be presented quite simply. numerical solution for correct "Engineered Appli- So can the superior performance of the XV -15 series. cation." We call it the Dynamic Coupling Factor Its linear response assures 100% music power at all (DCF).'" frequencies. DCF is an index of maximum stylus performance Lab measurements aside, this means all your favor- when a cartridge is related to a particular type of ite records, not just test records, will sound much playback equipment. This resultant number is de- cleaner and more open than ever before. rived from a Dimensional Analysis of all the param- All five DCF -rated XV -15 models include the pat- eters involved. ented V -Guard stylus assembly and the Dustamatic For an ordinary record changer, the DCF is 100. brush. For a transcription quality tonearm the DCF is 400. For free literature, write to Pickering & Co., Plain. Like other complex engineering problems, such as view, L.I., N.Y. S" Dynamic Coupling Factor and DCF are service marks of Pickering á Co. CIRCLE 43 ON READER-SERVICE CARD 2 HIGH FIDELITY MAGAZINE www.americanradiohistory.com HIGH FIDELITY VOL. 18 NO. 3 MARCH 1 9 6 8 MUSIC AND MUSICIANS OUR CORRESPONDENTS REPORT FROM TORONTO, LONDON. BERLIN, AND TOKYO 22 TOM SWIFT AND HIS ELECTRIC EVERYTHING Morgan Anics Electronic musical instruments finally snake it big 46 BOULEZ, THE CONDUCTOR Claude Samuel Once an esoteric, avant -garde composer, he's now a box -office draw as a maestro 58 MUSIC FROM CANADA Alfred Frankenstein The best is yet to come 86 JUST ADD AMPS Gene Lees Electronics and musicianship have created the most original big band since Sauter- Finnegan 114 AUDIO AND VIDEO NEWS & VIEWS Is FM replacing discs in the home? ... H -K adds tape recorders 38 EQUIPMENT IN THE NEWS The latest in quality components 40 VTR TOPICS Norman Eisenberg Among the new video machines: cartridges 44 HOW WE JUDGE AMPLIFIERS, PART I: POWER Edward J. Foster The beginning of a two -part article 52 BUDGET YOUR STEREO DOLLAR WISELY Robert Angus Some rules of thumb for all pocketbooks 63 EQUIPMENT REPORTS 67 Sherwood S -7800 A receiver with extra hook -up possibilities Jensen I200 -XLC The company's largest speaker system ADC I0E -Mk II An updated pickup Compass Triphonic 75 An unusually designed mod rig RECORDINGS REPEAT PERFORMANCE Everest reactivates the Ricordi opera catalogue 34 FEATURE REVIEWS 75 The delicious nonsense of Ponchielli's La Gioconda Busoni's gigantic Piano Concerto OTHER CLASSICAL REVIEWS 78 THE LIGHTER SIDE The Beatles . Frank and Nancy Sinatra . Jani.s Ian I I7 111 JAZZ Duke Ellington . Intercollegiate Music Festival FOLK Judy Collins ... Flats and Scruggs 124 THEATRE AND FILM Michel Legrand . Hair . Hello Dolly 125 THE TAPE DECK R. D. Darrell The cassette repertoire expands Three -hour (open) reels 129 Published at Great Barrington, Mass. 01230 by Billboard Publications, Inc. Copyright O 1968 by Billboard Publications, Inc. The design and contents of Nigh Fidelity Magazine are fully protected by copyright and must not be reproduced in any manner. Second-class postage paid at Great Barrington and at additional mailing offices. Authorized as second -class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa and for payment of postage in cash. High Fidelity /Musical America Edition is published monthly. Subscription in the U.S.A. and its Possessions, $12; elsewhere, $13. Subscription including Concert Artiss Directory published in December, $17, in the U.S.A. and its Possessions; elsewhere, $18. Regular issues 755 a copy. National and other editions published monthly. Subscription (Farms M the U.S.A. and its Possessions, $7; elsewhere, 511. Regular issues 605 a copy. 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Is there anything to LEONARD MARCUS value in the output of the Old Charlatan, who could have Managing Editor shown Barnum a few tricks as a showman, who could JOAN GRIFFITHS have made Don Juan envious as a lover (yet lived in sin Senior Editor with one of Europe's ugliest women for thirteen years), who could have given Richelieu some hints as a high -living NORMAN EISENBERG cleric -yet whose music takes almost as much space to Audio Video Editor list in Grove's Dictionary as that of Bach, Mozart, and PETER G. DAVIS Beethoven combined? Is there more than bombast behind Music Editor the bombast? Yes, writes pianist David Bar- Illan, who in- SHIRLEY FLEMING dicates that among his fellow concert artists a Liszt revival Editor is starting to boil. Yes, says Bernard Jacobson, who Musical America Section rates the available discs. No, argues Herbert Russcol, in the first psychoanalytic approach to Liszt in literature. You ROY LINDSTROM Art Director won't want to miss our big Liszt Issue coming next month. RUTH W. DUNTON Production Editor R. D. DARRELL HOW WE JUDGE AMPLIFIERS ALFRED FRANKENSTEIN BERNARD JACOBSON Part II: Preamplification GENE LEES CONRAD L. OSBORNE The second half of Ed Foster's article, which begins this Contributing Editors month, will be presented in April. It tells you the scientific, CLAIRE N. EDDINGS no- holds- barred methods HIGH FIDELITY and CBS Labs Director of Advertising Sales employ in rating the control functions of all amplification units: preamplifiers, integrated amplifiers, and receivers. MILTON GORBULEW Circulation Director WARREN B. SYER Publisher MEET SAM Sam, the latest addition to our family, may be ugly, A D V E R T I S I N G but he proved indispensable in helping us to put out Main Office: Cloire N. Eddings, The Publishing the first equipment report on headphones we have i'.ousc, Great Barrington, Moss. 01230. Tele- phone:413- ever run. 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