Hifi/Stereo Review JUNE 1959
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June 1 REVIEW' .. !0 i.\. Stereo ,i o V .\\ Improve Your Own -d..00... 6 0 04 0 O 00b4% ``oovoa1\.`,\\.o poo ai4\ CompoSe or improvise? 0 ,\ ;, Classics - , \\\dOoOp \y s o G 0'.0 \! oboe.* 4 Is` \t.- n.00so0D0'l+, II I` Components I. t N\0o001, New Stereo '\ccO000l9 0000 - Ij< : /"i/ ;,..= .c,I,r r, *18 'k ,,~. ', I,. J I .. \, Ldr r lii j'- ouTPUT- - -. __' I ' rp I I o '="4` " 2, ao J -2i¿ O - - 3 l i n _ ti y7 .. Út''`s :-r- 1 a - 31V ON76;`JIKy1;OH =a Qzf95t4 THIS IS THE YEAR OF THE NEW HARMAN - KAR DON STEREO FESTIVAL r too - the new STEREO FESTIVAL, model TA230 Once again Harman-Kardón has made the creative leap which distinguishes engineering leadership, The new Stereo Festival represents the successful crystallization of all stereo know-how in a single superb instrument. Picture a complete stereophonic electronic center: dual preamplifiers with input facility and control for every stereo function including the awaited FM multiplex service. Separate sensitive AM and FM tuners for simulcast reception: A great new 'thirty watt power amplifier (60 watts peak). This is the new Stereo Festival. The many fine new Stereo Festival features include: new H -K Friction -Clutch tone controls to adjust bass and treble separately for each channel. Once used to correct system imbalance, they may be operated as conventionally ganged controls. Silicon power supply provides excellent regulation for improved transient response and stable tuner performance. D.C. heated preamplifier filaments insure freedom from ,hum. Speaker phasing switch corrects for improperly recorded program material. Four new 7408 output tubes deliver distortion -free power from two highly conservative power amplifier circuits. Additional Features: Separate electronic tuning bars for AM and FM; new swivel high Q ferrite loopstick for increased AM sensitivity; Automatic Frequency Control, Contour Selector, Rumble Filter, Scratch Filter, Mode Switch, Record -Tape Equalization Switch, two high gain magnetic inputs for each channel and dramatic new copper escutcheon. Ideal for limited space (only 1513/ió' wide, 6W' high, 123/" deep-excluding enclosure) the TA230 is simplicity itself to operate. Five minutes with its exceptionally complete instruction booklet, and you will use the Festival to its full per- formance potential. The Stereo Festival, Model TA230, price is $259.95. Copper and. black metal enclosure (Model AC30) price is $12.95. Handsome hardwood - walnut or fruitwood - enclosure, (Models WW30 and FW30) price is $29.95. For free attractive brochure on the complete H -K line, write to Harman -Kai -don, Inc., .Dept.MR6, Westbury, New York. h (Prices slightly higher in the West) ®a,; DON SHIRLEY ip :j..,(lC/L11.-/¡I' ] l urTMlrlr.It.N. (-:-= OF 19 1 ^` :r, i ^ ' n3 the finest .1.14.11 ,. ': in recorded 141 sound . \ AUDIO' AFLP 1,897 AFSD 5897 AFLP 1892 AFSD 5892 10 BASILE and his ACCORDEON t, di ROMA FIDELITY® VOL. ti .j I%% II i RDS I s the' records that set 'the -standard for the industry AFLP' 1871 AFSD 5871 AFLP 1901 Hear for the"-ve`ry first time on'a record, - s * m ot n a TvrT. r..r. unsurpassed reproduétion of the total -{ F,u.ffie a>íi ai'DLeLz.r._-1 nib nee soo a recordable frequency spectrum with absolute . :_. _.... distortion -free reproduction. 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PIECES FCS 50,009 i[ FCS 19flrdAlT STRAUSS WALTZES 50,013 - . - P18.91 C O MP O N E N T S E R I C O P I R 9 T CO M,P O N E N'T SERIES each 12 inch 1st. $6-.95 Compºneñt STEREODISC* FCS 50,012 FCS 50,007 JUNE 1959 3 THE C---" 1., PAGE Serving the owners of Garrard- world's finest record playing equipment ...and other discriminating listeners Stereo and monaural ... most people ready to buy high fidelity com- Interested in high fidelity. ponents seek advice from friends who awn them. Generally you will find that these knowledgeable owners have a Garrard changer. And if you ask experienced dealers, they will invariably tell you that for any high fidelity system, stereo or monaural, the world's finest record changer is the... Here are the reasons why people who,will not compromise with quality insist upon a GARRARO CHANGER for playing stereo records: It's QUIET The Garrard is actuallj a sieperb turntable. No matter -how precisely you check wow, flutter, and rumble content-you will find Garrard Ohangers comparable to the best professional turntables. Its "CLEAN" The exclusive aluminum tone ¡Arm on every Garrard Changer is non -resonant, non-distorting;, this superior to most sepuinte transcription arms. It's CORRECT Preblsion-engineered to track all cartridges at lightest proper (Wight, the Garrard Changér tone d arm insures minimum frialioll and record teem,. 17" It's GENTLE ,1, Ctlrrard's exclusive, foolproof pusher platform actually 'handles rcoord.í more carefully than by Y ytnrr J hwn hand --far more "1111r;- carefully than by any other ctuwrger or turntable. It's CONVENIENT Garrard affords all the features of a manual tutmtabte. with *the qQ1LhQtd tremendous added adnantaye of automatic play when (canted! Prcwired for steeó-and installed in minutes. Ws ECONOMICAL Thtra'tr Canoed tot RC 91 sew 17.~. RCJ21/11 Werma Despite Its many advantages, a Ievery high Nlelhr Ce.oeu Garrard Changer costs less a natant...an than enginr trod and turntable with separate arm. **MI for ,lereophnnit Sacked by Se and monaural record,. Garrard's -year ...' 50 ,'` record of perfect. trot/do-free '. , performance. Yr - 30P Tanana 1PA/12 sttrw 411F DtLutt Manual ToretablaW rtesrt,IMirm 'NV Arm Garrard is a q<ralityronttoreed component of the Brillen Industries CorporatIon 589.00_ SI9.50 (ale) Group. Your name below will bring you the nn+. halts,' Comphrhter Guide Nome Address City Srcle Mail to: Dept. GF-129 Garrard Sales Corporation Division of British Industries Corp. Port Washington, N. Y. Ca,odeor tnouitles le Cleoe W PnleIon, Ltd.. a Alden me. 'femme. R'ritoda other than U.S.A. and Gonad, le Garrard EnolnoerinaA Pilo Co , Led.. Swlnda,. Wilt,. Eegtend R E VII E W FEATURE ARTICLES Impulse Improvisation vs. Composition 33 Henry Pleasants Jufie, 1959 A re -birth of the on of Improviso- Aion may be the cure for hardening of Vol. 2 No. 6 longhair music's creative arteries The Mutated Audiophile 36 Martin Forrest Publisher Although three ears might be better, Oliver Read your stereo gains improved depth front a third speaker Editor Oliver P..FerreJi Tin Horns and Golden Voices 39 George Jellinek Small labels play e big role in pre- serving pre -hi-fi voices from opera's ,Music Editor Golden Age on modern LPs David Hall Case for the Integrated Arm 42 Oliver P. Ferrell Art Editor Scott and Shure offer new stereo components Saul D. Weiner withlho cartridge mated to the tone arm Associate Editors The "Electronic" Opera Glass 44 Hans H. Fantel Hans H. Fontel Rodney H. Williams The "Audio Baton" acts like a room lens for your acoustic perspective and puts home recordings in professional focus Contributing Editors Martin Bookspon Warren DeMotte It Started with a "Lady" 47 Charles M. Weisenberg Ralph J. Gleason Broadway shows hove sparked a new Stanley Green trend in jazz LPs. Now it's spread- Not Hentoñ ing lost to include TV and films George Jell hick David Randolph John Thorn/on Louisville Harvest 50 David Hall The Kentucky Derby City has produced Advertising Director o fabulous modern music gallery on Jahn A. Ronne, Jr. discs-a record -by -record survey Advertising Manager Herb Olsow REVIEWS Stereo HIFI Concert 59 Martin Bookspan, David Hall, ZIFF-DAVIS PUBLISHING CO. One Park George Jellinek, David Randolph, Ave., New York 16, N. Y. Willsiam B. Ziff, John 'Thornton Chairman of the Board (1946.1953); William Ziff. President; W. Bradford Briggs Execu five Vice President; Michael Michaelson, Marlin Bookspan, David Hall, Vice President and Circulation Director; Mono HiFi Concert 73 Hershel B.