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RTAlit Both Polk RTA series loudspeakers achieve the extremely rare combination of good looks and state- The RTA llt is the finest conventional (non-SDA) speaker of-the-art performance. The tall, elegantly slender, and deep "tower" design cabinets allow for that Polk Audio manufacturers. Its extremely high power handling (250 watts) and high efficiency (90dB) provide substantial internal volume for high efficiency and powerful bass, while requiring less than one remarkable dynamic range from both large and small square foot of floor space. The small baffle surface area around each driver minimizes diffraction amplifiers. The RTA Ilt utilizes the same technologically (sonic reflections), thereby insuring outstanding imaging and low coloration. advanced fluid -coupled subwoofer design found in Polkt flagship model. Dual 8" sub -bass radiators are coupled to Positioning the 1" silver -coil dome tweeter between the two 61/2" trilaminate polymer bass/midrange two 6t2" mid bass drivers, resuhing in a fast, powerful, drivers achieves what is called "coincident radiation." This means that both the mid- and high - deep, and ultra -accurate bass response. without the boomy, frequencies appear to radiate from the same place on the baffle resulting in perfect blending at the undetailed sound of large woofer systems. critical crossover point. (See illustration, below). Polk RTA speakers have an uncanny ability to perfectly reproduce the human voice, pianos, guitars, RTA 8t and every other instrument whose faithful reproduction demands superlative midrange and high - In a slightly smaller package, the RTA 81 offers the same frequency performance. Bass and percussion instruments are accurately reproduced with full driver complement as the larger, more expensive RTA Ilt, and thus shares its benefits of superior imaging, musi- visceral power and realism, without the heaviness, boominess, or lack of detail that plague cality, and detail. lesser designs. The discriminating listener who seeks state- of-the-art performance and design will find the quintessential combination of both in Polk's RTA series loudspeakers.

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Monitor 10B Matthew Polk's Vision: Superior Sound for Everyone Considered one of the world.s' best sounding loudspeakers Polk Audio is an American company that was founded in 1972 by three Johns Hopkins University and. in the words of Audiogram magazine,At the price graduates who were fanatical audiophiles with a common vision. They believed that it was possible they are simply a steal.- The Polk 10B utilizes dual trilaminate polymer drivers coupled to a built-in subwoofer for to make speakers that performed as well as the most exotic and expensive systems at a fraction of accurate bass response and superior dynamic range. A 1" the price. Starting with only $200, they began by designing and manufacturing the Monitor Series dome tweeter perfectly complements the other drivers to loudspeakers. The Monitor Series combined the advantages of American high technology and insure outstanding reproduction of every type of music. durability with European styling and refinement. Over the years an unending stream of rave reviews, industry awards, and thousands of enthusiastic Polk customers have established the Monitor Series Monitor 7C as the choice for those looking for both incredible sound and an affordable price. There is no better Basically a smaller, less expensive version of the Monitor 10B. By offering superlative performance whether mounted value in audio equipment today than a Polk Monitor series loudspeaker. on a shelf or a speaker stand, the 7C is a highly versatile addition to any audio system. now good does it sound? Uncompromising Standards at Every Price Audio Ahernative magazine said. "It is amazing. - A limited budget does not mean a limited ability to appreciate fantastic sounding music. That's why we put our best engineering efforts and only the finest materials into every Polk product regardless Monitor 5B of price. Similar in design and performance to the Monitor 7C, Every Polk Monitor Series speaker uses the same trilaminate polymer cone technology as the however it utilizes an 8" subwoofer (rather than 10") and is more compact. The SB represents one of the best values of flagship SDA-SRS 1.2. Every Polk Monitor utilizes a 1" polymer dome tweeter, and most use exactly the entire Monitor Series. the same tweeter found in the SRS 1.2. All Polk Monitors employ costly multi -component crossover networks and 3/4" thick high density; non -resonant cabinets. Pick up a Polk Monitor 4A, then pick up Monitor 5Jr. + a comparably priced but larger speaker from a different manufacturer. You'll notice that the Polk Called the best sounding speaker of its price in the world is heavier, more solidly built, and sports a superior fit and finish. Now compare the sound. We are regardless of size. It achieves life -like three-dimensional sure you'll agree with Musician magazine, which said Polk Monitors are: "Vastly superior to the imaging which 10 years ago was not available in any bookshelf speaker at any price. competition." The Thrilling Sound of Polk Monitors Monitor 4.5 Polk Monitors achieve open, bodess, three-dimensional imaging Shares most of the high technology surpassed only by the SDA's. Their silky smooth frequency response components and rewarding musical performance of the larger Polk assures natural, non -fatiguing, easy to listen to sound, while their fast speakers at a surprisingly low price. transient response results in music that is reproduced with life -like A critically tuned bass duct insures clarity and detail. In addition, dynamic bass performance, ultra -wide high efficiency and great bass performance despite its convenient com- dispersion, high efficiency and high power handling are all hallmarks pact design. of Monitor Series performance.

There is a Polk Monitor Perfect for You Monitor 4A Each time you advance through the six Monitor Series models, you'll Identical to the 4.5 in a smaller cabinet. Audio critic Lawrence Johnson immediately hear a remarkable improvement in efficiency, bass called it. "an all around star of great response, and output volume. They are designed so that a smaller magnitude." The 4Als affordable price Polk played in a small room will sound nearly identical to a larger means that no matter how small your budget, you can afford the incredible Polk played in a large room. A larger Polk in a small room will, of sound of Polk! course, play that much louder with even better bass. No matter what

Matthew Polk with his incredible soundi rg price range fits your budget, there is a spectacular Polk Monitor affordably priced Monitor Series loudspeakers. Series speaker waiting to fulfill your sonic dreams. Front row (L to R) Monitor 5Jr. + , Monitor 4A, Monitor 4.5 Back row (L to R) Monitor 10B, Monitor Where to buy Polk Speakers? 7C, Monitor 5B For your nearest dealer, see page 127.

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BULLETIN 7 TECHNICAL TALK 28 LETTERS 14 POPULAR MUSIC 99 NEW PRODUCTS 18 CLASSICAL MUSIC 115 SIGNALS 24 RECORD MAKERS 134 AUDIO Q&A 27 THE HIGH END 136 EQUIPMENT HIRSCH-HOUCK LABS EQUIPMENT TEST REPORTS 33 Sony CDP-680ESD Compact Disc Player, page 33 Celestion 3 Speaker System, page 42

Rockford Fosgate RF200 Preamplifier and PAGE 84 RF2000 Power Amplifier, page 50 Beyerdynamic IRS 690 Cordless Headphones, page 57 Proton SD -1000 Surround -Sound Decoder, page 62 AMERICAN AUDIO CLASSICS 68 Products that set the standards by Michael Smolen THE MAKING OF AN AMERICAN SPEAKER 75 The successor to a classic emerges from an American tradition of craftsmanship and innovationby Ian G. Masters SYSTEMS 82 A live-end/dead-end garage by Rebecca Day THE EXPLORERS 84 Movers and shakers in audio technology by Warren Berger MUSIC PAGE 68 RANDY TRAVIS 90 "I'm singing for everybody, no matter where they came from." by Peter Reilly BEST RECORDINGS OF THE MONTH 93 Bonnie Raitt, Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony, the Thieves, and Prokofiev's violin concertos

Cover: The McIntosh MC 754 power amplifier and the Shahinian Obelisk speaker are expressions of American hi-fi know-how: see articles on pages 68 and 84. Design by Sue Llewellyn. photo by Hing/Norton.

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VOL. 54 NO. 6 STEREO REVIE11 JUNE1989 5 There. In the grillcloth. Explained quite simply, we created a speaker, That Pe diameter hole is actually the wooferamplifier and processing cartridge system that in our full -range, bookshelf -sized AST1 speakers. provides negative impedance drive to help overcome Really. A clean 20,000Hz all the way down toinherent voice coil resistance, thereby mechanically a window -rattling 28Hz, without an oversized bassdamping the cone, so that even a slight vibration driver or big, clunkywill excite the air in the enclosure, in essence creat- subwoofer to stashing an air -woofer, and... - under a couch or On second thought, this is perhaps not the behind a curtain. time or place for a full explanation. OwASTsr.ten, catnes with taw AST Made possible The proper time and place is, however, as speakers. an AST amplifier an AST by yet soon as you can get to your authorized Yamaha Zitnriturtdh earn:darn:at vizi; n'1;71,gpkir\ Yamahaanother exclusive.audio component dealer. Active Servo Technology. He'll give you a full explanation of the tech- Our patented AST combines the superior nology behind our remarkable new AST1 full -range imaging and point source characteristics of small- bookshelf speakers. enclosure speakers with the superb bass response And if you're not sure you'll understand, you of l -enclosure speakers. can always rely on two other Giving you the largest possible sound in the remarkable pieces of technology YAMAHA smallest possible space. Your ears.

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by Christie Barter conjunction with the Japanese The Buddy Holly Story, coinciding and Rebecca Day chemical company Showa Denko, with the thirtieth anniversary of has developed a speaker the rock singer's death.. .. Sting SONY'S DSP COMPONENTS diaphragm that uses diamcnd is co-starring in a film version of Sony is expected to introduce crystals . Bang & Olufsen is Tom Stoppard's play Rosencrantz two products incorporating its expected to ship its first and Guildenstern Are Dead, which new digital signal processing television components for the U.S. goes into production in July... . (DSP) technology at the Summer market in June, a 26 -inch The Doobie Brothers kick off a Consumer Electronics Show in monitor/receiver and a Super VHS sixty -five -city North American June: a portable Discman with videocassette recorder. Built by tour in Denver on June 9. Their 18 -bit resolution, eight -times Hitachi to B&O specifications, the new Capitol album, "Cycles," is the oversampling, and a digital components list for $2,000 each. first by the group's original output, and a surround -sound . . . A$100 converter will be made lineup since 1975. ... The First receiver with 130 watts for each available to Japanese consumers International Rock 'n' Roll front channel and 15 watts for that will enable them to receive Awards are being televised by ABC each rear channel. the Muse high -definition on May 31. television broadcasts on existing DOLBY WINS OSCAR NTSC-system sets, according to OPERA SELLS Ray Dolby and than Allen of Shigeo Shishido, deputy director The CBS Masterworks collection Dolby Laboratories were awarded general of the Japanese Ministry of "Verdi and Puccini Arias" sung a special Oscar this year for "their of Posts and Telecommunications. by Kiri Te Kanawa recently shot continuous contributions to Muse transmissions are to No. 1 on Billboard's chart of motion -picture sound through the incompatible with the current classical record sales when research and development NTSC standard used in Japan and curious 'ry viewers learned that programs" conducted by their San the U.S.... The Vehicle Security the recording of Puccini's "0 mio Francisco -based firm. The Association is offering a brochure babbino care" used to promote Academy of Motion Picture Arts entitled "How to Protect Yourself Totts, a California champagne, and Sciences gave Dolby and Allen Against Automobile Theft," was drawn from that album-and its 1988 Award of Merit. available for 10 cents each from then went out and bought it. VSA, 5100 Forbes Blvd., Lanham, Originally released in 1984, the SAVE THE TREES MD 20706. . . . New England Audio album went from a respectable Dozens of international pop Resource has installed a toll -free 50,000 in sales to over 100,000 in stars collaborated on the new number for customers who need the few months the Totts Virgin Records single Spirit of the service on Bozak or N.EA.R.. commercial was on the air. Forest, released in May as part of loudspeakers or components. Call Angel is making a bid for the the effort to rescue the world's (800) 552-5517 between 8:30 a.m. same audience with a new album, fast -disappearing rain forests. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through "Madison Avenue Goes to the Conceived, written, and produced Friday. .Magnat Technologies, Opera," containing familiar arias, by the English environmentalist which has ceased its U.S. choruses, and operatic band Gentlemen Without operations, will continue to instrumental music used to sell Weapons, the recording features provide warranty service for the Sony Walkman, Kentucky such artists as David Gilmour, Magnat products in the U.S. Fried Chicken, Aqua -Fresh Belinda Carlisle, Ringo Starr, Customers with questions toothpaste, and other products. Thomas Dolby, Mick Fleetwood, regarding service should call the Olivia Newton -John, Brian company's Massachusetts office, Wilson, Was (Not Was), and Joni (617) 639-1400. Mitchell. A number of top Brazilian, Japanese, and Soviet MUSIC NOTES performers joined in as well. A Rumor has it that the Who will Spirit of the Forest video was also perform its rock opera Tommy in released to tie in with World New York and Los Angeles during Environment Day on June 5. All a summer tour of twenty-five proceeds of the single and video North American cities... . go to organizations dedicated to PolyGram is set to issue a rain -forest preservation. multirecord retrospective album by the Allman Brothers, including TECH NOTES almost an hour of unreleased Magnavox has introduced two material. The company is also remote -controlled combi-players, preparing a long -form video of the priced at $749 and $799, that can international theatrical hit Les handle all sizes of cD's and Miserables.. Upcoming in videodiscs .... Pioneer, in London this fall is a musical titled

STEREO REVIEW JUNE 1989 7 AtAltec Lansing, we think it's time you had a hand in what you hear. That's the idea behind the new Altec 511 Tower, the first loudspeaker that gives you total control of amplification, tonal balance and imaging for each midrange, tweeter, upper bass and woofer. The result is a sound system that lets you mold the music -AN precisely to your taste, UNHEARD OF so everything from Mozart to ADvANGEuT Motown will sound exactly11 V the way you want it. Five years in theAUDIO TECHNOLOGY. making, this towering achievement lets the discriminating audiophile spEAKERs choose between single, bi, tri or quad amplification and MM I /STEN an impressive range of tonal balance levels, all through a simple TO you control panel. So now, you can tell the philharmonic how to conduct itself. The remarkable 511 Tower is one of twelve new Altec Lansing speakers, all designed to reproduce sound with unheard-of accuracy. If the new 511 sounds good, call 1-800-Altec 88 for the dealer nearest you. Then take a pair home and tell them what you want to hear. TEC NI SI NIG LOUDSPEAKERSFOR THE WELL TRAINED EAR. CIRCLE NO. 80 ON READER SERVICE CAM,

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obsolescence to say that aCDshould be saturation to insure unwavering flesh Emmylou Harris expected to last only ten years or even tones. Differences in frame rate, tied to Being a fan of both Emmylou Harris only "a lifetime"? Can modern technol- local power -line frequencies, are essen- and Alanna Nash for a large number of ogy do no better than that? tially irrelevant to the color -Tv argu- years, I beg to differ slightly with Ms. EVANL.LEHMAN ment. Both NTSC and PAL are mon- Nash in regard to her review of Harris's Indianapolis, IN ochrome -compatible. Engineers are in "Bluebird" in April. The song I Still general agreement that NTSC is the Miss Someone combines the twang of a most spectrum -efficient system in use, Johnny Cash original with the sorrow of Alternate Takes the most mathematically elegant com- a person who really does miss someone. How ironic that in the very same promise between the technical prob- And if you sing along with a fair imper- April issue containing reader Stewart lems of color television and the capabil- sonation of Gram Parsons in the "Safe Vandermark's letter about the record- ities of the human eye. at Home" version by the International ing industry's frequent deliberate mis- The reason for the real disparity in Submarine Band, the harmony is beau- leading of consumers with regard toCD picture quality between U.S. television tiful and sweet. reissues, in which he specifically indicts and thatin other countriesisthat Also, A River for Him has never failed the Columbia label, you tell your read- Americans don't seem to care enough to to bring tears to my eyes. That is the ers [in "Now on CD"] about Colum- do anything about it. Do you have an power of Emmylou Harris. bia'sCDissueof Ramsey Lewis's outside antenna? When did you last TIM FULCHER "Golden Hits," citing its contents as replace it? Or its downlead? Or check Austin, TX "The good stuff, including his first hit, the connections? When did you last tell The 'In' Crowd, from 1965." your cable company that it was trans- Unless you are psychic or have di- mitting *ghosts and noisy signals? Have Super VHS vined the truth from the fact that the you called your local station to gripe In William Livingstone's "The Best photos on the back of the cardboard box about excessive peaking (for phony Seat in the House" in the April issue, we are not those of Red Holt and Eldee "sharpness") or the constant color shifts are told that the advantage of Super Young, you will not find out until you between cameras or between commer- VHS is a "brighter picture." Only a few read the insert inside the jewel box that cials and programs? For that matter, do pages later, Glenn Kenny in "Get the these are not the originalhits you you adjust for natural colors manually, Picture!" mentions nothing about pic- expected but rather rerecordings re- or are you content with oversaturated ture brightness, but he does talk about leased in 1973. The version of The "In" reds and drifting automatic tuning? enhanced picture resolution with S - Crowd on theCDdid not win a Gram- How old is your set? When were the VHS. Which is it? my. One listen willtell you why-if convergence and purity last adjusted? JOHN FARE you're foolish enough to plunk down In an "ideal" world, none of this Sepulveda, CA the money for it like I did. would be necessary. This is the real A.BONITA world, however, and itis.Parts age; In effect, both. While it's true that the New York, NY connections oxidize; insulation cracks; main advantage of Super VHS is im- antennas weather; people become slop- proved resolution (sharpness of detail). Music Editor Christie Barter replies: py or lazy unless there's a reason to be this may also be perceived as increased Reader Bonita is correct that the version otherwise. In Japan, and I assume in brightness. of Ramsey Lewis's The "In" Crowd on Europe, viewers keep their receiving the CBS "Golden Hits" CD is not the equipment in top shape and demand original, which won Lewis a Grammy in that the transmission be handled with CD Rot 1966, but a remake. On the other hand. care. In Rebecca Day's April article on"CD the album does include the original That's what's wrong with American rot" ("Where's the Rot?"), she quotes Hang On Sloopy, which won Lewis a Tv pictures. It has nothing to do with Philips as saying that fifteen -year -old 1973 Grammy and is still pretty "good NTSC or the FCC. As Pogo used to say, discs "are still not showing signs of stuff" "The enemy is us." quality loss" and Sony's claim that "ac- MARKP.FISHMAN celerated aging tests ... show no change Arlington, MA of the product even after more than ten Television Standards years' time." Ms. Day concluded: "The In the April "Letters" column, reader word today from PDO [Philips -Du Stephen D. Leonard repeats two com- Clarification Pont Optical] is that as long as discs are mon misconceptions when he claims Based on published reports, the May handled andstoredproperly,they that "For twenty-five years, Americans "Bulletin" stated that engineer Keith should last at least as long as the people have put up with colorTVimages of sig- Johnson, who designs speaker systems who own them. And that should be long nificantlylower qualitythanthose for Precise Acoustic Laboratories, had enough." available in Japan and Western Europe designed a new line of speakers for I disagree. A lifetime is not enough. because the FCC insisted on making Wald Sound to be sold under the rein- Most of theLP'SI own are over ten years our colorTVcompatible with 1940's - troduced KLH brand name. According old, and they're fine. I have over a thou- technology black -and -white receivers." to Mr. Johnson, the KLH speakers only sand 78's, some dating to before 1910. Many travelers believe that the high- use some "low-cost components [he] They were owned by my grandparents est -quality routineTVtransmissions are had designed to operateindiverse and then by my parents and now by me. found in Japan and the lowest -quality speaker systems where individual mod- The music one can extract from them ones in the U.S. But both Japan and the el matching is impractical" and do not on a modern system is fantastic, though U.S. are using the very same NTSC sys- represent "the refinement and detail theysoundscratchy.They'renot tem for color television. Most of West- [he] would apply to dedicated high -end aged-they're beaten by the old hand - ernEuropeusesthe PAL system reproducers" such as the Precise sys- crank phonographs with big needles (France uses the SECAM system). The tems. To avoid confusion, he has since heavy enough to puncture one's skin. simplest, earliest form of PAL differed terminated his relationship with Wald

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converter is again a question of filtering technique.by which a CD'S THE NUMBERS design judgment. As a result, we 44.1 -kHz signal is resampled at a have seen players converting 14, 16, multiple of that signal. The effect is MADNESS 18, and 20 bits. In an ideal world- toraisetheundesirablesignals one with perfect 16 -bit converters- created by the sampling process far a by Ken C. Pohlmann we would require only 16 bits of above the audio range, where they I conversion to recover the audio can be removed with an analog fil- STOP digitalmadness! That data on a CD perfectly. terthat won'taffectaplayer's was a rallying cry among ana- Real -world converters are not ide- sound. That is the benefit of a high- log audiophiles in the early al, however. Irregularities (nonlin- er oversampling rate: the opportuni- days of consumer digital au- earities) in the transfer of informa- ty to use an analog filter that will dio. The introduction of the com- tion from the digital domain to the not affect the quality of the audio pact disc struck them as the worst analog domain introduce distortion signal. thing to happen to audio since in the output signal. Converting ad- The oversamplingratedeter- boomboxes. They protested that the ditional bits of information (made mines where the problem images sound of digital audio was a traves- available by oversampling) can ef- appear. For example, a two-times ty and the rush to that technology fectively reduce the magnitude of rate places the first image at 88.2 was madness. They did identify cer- the conversion distortion, so the kHz, a four -times rate at 176.4 kHz, tain problems in CD sound, but they race for smoother converter per - an eight -times rate at 352.8 kHz, were wrong in assigning the blame and so on. At first glance, the higher to digitization in general. And over the rate, the further away the image the years a steady evolution in the One beam versus three, spectra are from the audio band and design of digital (and analog) stages 16 bits versus 18 or 20, the less the need for a sharp -cutoff in CD players has resulted in digital two-times oversampling versus (and possibly audible) analog fil- sound that has finally convinced ter-sometimes calleda"brick - virtually every golden ear. four -times, eight -tames, or wall" filter-to get rid of them. To But now another kind of digital sixteen -times. What is some extent, that is certainly true. madness has seized the audio indus- But to conclude simply that the try. Among CD player manufactur- important in the design of a higher the sampling rate the better is ers, frenzied number wars now rage: CD player, and, perhaps wrong. Once again, there are other One beam versus three beams, 16 more important, what's not? factors involved. Even low -sam- bits versus 18 bits versus 20 bits, pling -rate digital filters are tricky to two-timesoversampling versus design. One slip and the quality of four -times versus eight -times versus the computation, and hence the sixteen -times versus .... Theresult formance (better linearity) has giv- quality of the audio signal, can be is a case of technology hype that has en us players with 18 and 20 bits of jeopardized. many consumers unnecessarily con- conversion and a multitude of dif- In addition, high oversampling fused. What is important in the ferent converter designs. rates can tax D/A converters, caus- design of a CD player? And, perhaps More bits should yield a more ing them to work a little too quickly more important, what's not? accurate audio signal, but the prob- and introduce accuracy problems. All CD players have a single laser lem isn't that simple. For example, Finally, once the image spectra have source. In some designs the laser's if you use an 18 -bit converter that been moved far enough away from beam remains a single beam, while happens to have greater nonlineari- the audio band (four -times over - in others it is split into three beams. ty than a I6 -bit converter, you've sampling would appear to do this), Most playerswiththree beams taken a step backward. In fact, some the required analog filter can be loudly proclaim that fact, suggesting manufacturers have embraced long- designed to be harmless; thus, a that three beams must be better er conversion "words" with little higher rate does not provide any than one. But it just isn't necessarily regard to the basic problem of non - improvement. In short, extremely so. The number of beams is a ques- linearity. What you should look for high oversampling rates do not nec- tion of design judgment. A single is a CD player that offers the most essarily provide a higher -quality beam and three beams can work linear performance-no matter how sound and may actually degrade the equally well, though a single -beam it's achieved. signal. pickup probably offers more con- The oversampling-rate wars (two- These kinds of numbers wars are sistent performance because it is in- times, four -times, etc.) are about as pure madness. While technical evo- herently simpler and requires less logical as a nuclear arms race. Every lution and diversity in digital prod- critical calibration. CD player needs an output filter to ucts are important, it is also impor- The question of how many bits attenuate the ultrasonic frequen- tant not to introduce any more con- are necessary in a digital -to -analog cies-images of the audio spectrum fusion here. If people get confused (D/A) converter is another source of at multiples of the sampling rate- enough, or begin to defer purchases confusion. Although all CD's are en- that appear as a natural conse- while waiting for still higher num- coded with 16 -bit audio data, the quence of sampling and can create bers and rates, no one is going to be number of bits converted by the D/A distortion. Oversampling is a digital happy. 0

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but it is unlikely to help with tapes that er. Because there are no out -of -phase by Ian G. Masters won't rewind, as that function doesn't signals in mono, the surround decoder employ the dual capstans, so you may has nothing to work with, so it feeds have to play every such tape through to nothing to the rear speakers. Unplug- the end. Even so, the investment in a ging one side of the Y -cord breaks this new deck would probably be cheaper in internal mix, and so the surround re- the long run than replacing your whole turns. collection. Amp4fier Heat Horns and Bass QMy power amplifier becomes quite QIam considering a pair of speakers hot after about an hour of use at that are 'fully horn loaded." Can moderate listening levels, although the such a speaker produce good bass? Also, automatic protection circuit has not shut they are rated at 100 watts; could my it down to date. Would there be any 150 -watt amplifier damage them? advantage to installing a cooling fan ROB SPROVIERI anyway? APO, New York DANIEL C. GALLAGHER Iowa City, IA A Over the years it has been common H to attribute specific sonic charac- AOnly if the air flow around the teristics to the differentvarieties of amplifier is restricted, resulting in speaker design, but in reality fine per- a greater buildup of heat than was antic- formance in all parts of the spectrum- ipated by the manufacturer. This is including the very low end-has been unlikely in your case, however, as that achieved with every configuration. So would almost certainly have tripped the there's no reason that a horn -loaded protection circuits at some time. All speaker shouldn't produce as much bass amplifiers develop some heat, so al- as you want. To do so, however, such though a fan would certainly do no speakers are typically very large, and harm (unless it's noisy enough to be dis- that isn't convenient inalllistening tracting),it'snot really necessary in Saving Cassettes rooms. most systems. QIhave a large collection of music On the other hand, most horn -loaded on commercially recordedcas- speakers are very sensitive, needing rel- settes, but most of them are damaged. atively little power to produce a lot of Crackling CD's Some stop in midplay, some won't wind sound. Chances are, therefore, that your QWhen I listen to certain compact forward or rewind, and some exhibit 150 -watt amplifier will usually put out discs on my portable player I hear severe distortion. Is there any way I can much less power than it is capable of, a crackling noise that resembles the salvage these tapes? which means itwill have more than sound of a badly worn vinyl record, yet VICENTE FONT ZELINSKI adequate reserves for musical peaks. It's they are fine when I play them on my Santurce, PR unlikely that you will ever have occa- home system. It's been suggested that sion to drive such speakers hard enough the problem might have something to do A It's an unfortunate fact of audio to damage them. with the sampling rate of the portable. Alifethat most commercially re- Could it? corded cassettes-particularlyolder JEAN FREGEAU ones-were producedusinginferior Disappeartng Surround Mount Airy, MD tape and cassette shells. Consequently, QI have two videocassette recorders your problem is a very common one, connected through an Ng' receiver AIt's not likely to have anything to and it has no complete solution. You with a built-in Dolby Surround decoder. do with the sampling rate, which is may have to resign yourself to losing Occasionally 1 copy tapes from one VCR fixed at 44.1 kHz for the compact disc some of those recordings forever. to the other while watching the program system. Some machines do employ That's nottosay,however,that and enjoying the surround effect. My "oversampling," using a digital filter to there's nothing you can do. Most of the second vat is a mono model, so I have increase the clock frequency during problem has to do with the physical to connect it to the outputs of the receiver playback by two, four, or even more interaction between the tape itself and by means of a Y -cord. Whenever I hook times, but oversampling affects only the its carrying mechanism, the shell. De - this up, however, the surround signal player's ability to reproduce the high coupling these two elements may allow disappears completely.Disconnecting frequencies with little phase shift. you to play most of your recordings one of the plugs restores the rear -channel 'What you are probably hearing is the satisfactorily. There are kits available information. Why is this happening? resultof yourportable'serror -cor- that allow you to remove the tape from KENNETH M. SULLIVAN rection circuits misbehaving. Built into a faulty shell and place it in a new one, Shreveport, LA the compact disc system is a method for and that may be the best answer for the every player to detect missing bits of worst cases in your collection. A Surround sound works by detect- information; up to a point, the player is Simpler, but more expensive, would ing any out -of -phase information, able to re-create what's gone, but when be to use a cassette deck that features a which may or may not have been delib- it can't it produces the sort of noise you closed -loop, dual -capstan transport erately added to a stereo signal, and are hearing. Typically, home players mechanism. This effectively isolates the routing it to the rear speakers. By using have moresophisticatederror -cor- tape from its shell and often makes it a Y -cord to derive a mono feed for your rection circuitry than most portables, possible to play cassettes that tend to second vcR, you have also mixed the which may be why your discs sound bind or jam in conventional transports, stereo signals to mono within the receiv- fine at home. 0

STEREO REVIEW JUNE1989 27 TECHNICAL FALK

cally separate from thereceiver. have "systems" made up of unre- byJulian Hirsch Such integrated controls as may ex- lated components from different ist are usually in the receiver (or manufacturers whose severalre- integrated amplifier, in some cases) mote controls form an unsightly and a wireless remote control. and often inconvenient adjunct. When video control features are It was to answer the problem of part of a receiver or integrated am- dealing with multiple remote units plifier, it is generally referred to as that a number of manufacturers de- anA/Vor audio/video receiver or veloped universal controllers able amplifier. In some of these compo- to "learn" the commands of several nents, especially inexpensive ones, unrelated dedicated controls. I use the video functions may consist of such a unit in my own home to little more than signal switching, replace separate controls for a stereo whichsimplifies dubbing video- receiver,TVset,VCR,andCDplayer. tapes from oneVCRto another, and It is both less obtrusive and easier to perhaps a switched line from the use than the four units it replaces. video source to a monitor. In fact, it Several companies-a/d/s/, Pio- may be something of an exaggera- neer, RCA, JVC, and Mitsubishi tion to call such a product an"A/V" among them-have developed lines component at all. of truly integrated components, all The major link between audio of which are served by a single con- and video media involves surround troller. Recognizing that universal sound, which provides an immedia- controllers are sometimes forbid- cy and viewer involvement that dingly complex, these companies greatly enhances the effect of a mo- offer control units that expose (for vie, especially a movie whose sound the most part) only those buttons or has been processedskillfullyto switches associated with the compo- maximize its contribution to the nent currently in use, such as the visual program. Many, if not most, receiver, tape deck, orCDplayer. SYSTEM motion pictures nowadays are is- This design approach greatly sim- INTEGRATION sued with Dolby Stereo soundtracks plifies operation of the system, since and Dolby Surround -encoded tape the user has to deal only with those and disc versions (some videodiscs controls affecting one component at LTHOUGHcomponentinte- provide a high -qualitydigital a time. To operate another compo- gration, combining in a sin - soundtrack in addition to the stan- nent, a sliding panel or similar de- Agle chassis two or more ba- dard analog track). vice exposes the necessary control sic audio building blocks This situation has led to the de- buttons. Naturally, the benefits of -tuner, preamplifier, and power velopment of a number ofA/V such a design are available only to amplifier-has been a familiar part receivers or amplifiers with built-in people who buy a single -brand com- of the high-fidelity scene for many Dolby Surround decoders and low - ponent system, although these are years, there is a current trend to- power rear -channel amplifiers. In usually of very high quality and ward system integration. In some the higher price brackets, the decod- involve no sonic sacrifice. cases the "system" is merely a more er may employ Dolby Pro Logic cir- Within the constraints of such a extensive or more versatile group of cuitry for enhanced directional sep- unified system design,there are audio components, including one or aration, and such a system has the many possibleconfigurationsof more cassette decks, a turntable, capability of matching or surpassing control functions, which are best and perhaps an equalizer. Another the sound heard in almost any the- discussed in detail in reviews of a system configuration might contain ater. In combination with a suitable specific system or its major compo- some or all of the above plus such video source (and, of course, a mon- nents. Although I do not normally video components as aVCR,a vid- itor),plus an additional pair of test complete systems, the control eodisc player, and aTVset or video speakers, such a product becomes center is generally the receiver unit, monitor. the control center of a trueA/V and I do test those. I cannot judge Any combination of components home entertainment system. how easy or difficult it might be to forms a system, but "integration" But how does one "integrate" a operate the other components, but I usually implies a unified control number of physically separate and can get a pretty good idea of the structure linking the various com- functionally very different compo- strengths and limitations of a uni- ponents. System integration may in- nents? The answer is found in the fied system control from testing and volve some audio integration, up to wireless remote control, now a stan- using the receiver. My opinions as the point of having a receiver as its dard feature of many receivers and to which products are likely to be main part, but the video compo- integrated amplifiers and of almost easier or more difficult to use will nents and external audio source everyVCR, CDplayer, and videodisc appear in the appropriate published components are normally physi- player. In fact, many homes today reports. 0

28 STEREOREVIEW iliNE1989 Adcom would liketomake this perfectly clear.

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comprehensive editing andpro- gramming features. It can play a sin- SONY CDP-608ESD gle track, an entire disc, or up to COMPACT DISC PLAYER twenly tracks in any desired crder, and a shuffle -play mode plays the Julian Hirsch, Hirsch -Houck Labwatoriec tracks in a random order. Among special provisions for users who wish to tape programs from cam's is THESony ES series of audio The CDP-608ESD is moderately an Auto Memo feature to select components was developed large -18318 inches wide (including tracks that will fit in a designated to provide state-of-the-art its furnished wood side plates), 14 time span (it can select two pro- performancein consumer inches deep, and 4114 inches high- grams, one for each side of a cas- audio technology. Although they are and weighs a hefty 271/2 pounds. At sette, with minimum tape waste). hardly inexpensive, most ES com- first glance, it appears to be a fairly The player also has a provision for ponents are priced well below most conventionalfront -loading player inserting 3 seconds of silence be- so-called "high -end" audio prod- with all the usual controls and fea- tween tracks (for tape players that ucts. The CDP-608ESD aptly illus- tures plus some that are less famil- use such blanks to locate the begin- trates the ES approach. It uses 18 - iar.In addition to the standard ning or end of a segment) and an bit digital -to -analog (D/A) convert- transport controls, a matrix of twen- automatic fade function. ersand eight-times-oversampling ty numbered buttons gives direct The Custom File feature of the (352.8 -kHz) digitalfilters. Almost access to any track on a disc. (Press- CDP-608ESD storesuser -selected every feature yet created for CD ing the >20 button allows track programs for up to 227 different players is built into it, and it is rated numbers up to 99 to be keyed in discs in a nonvolatile memory (it is for state-of-the-art performance: a with the other buttons.) There are retained indefinitely as long as the signal-to-noise ratio (s/N) of 113 dB, separate pairs of fast and slow scan- player is plugged into anACsupply distortion of 0.0022 percent, chan- ning buttons instead of the usual and for about one month with no nel separation of more than 110 dB, single pair of buttons that increase power available). The.stored infor- and frequency response from 2 to scanning speed as they are held in. maticn for each disc can include a 20,000Hz±0.3 dB. The CDP-608ESD has unusually title (up to ten letters or numbers

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It has always been true that placement in The best sound comes in four the listening room has a profound effect on the sound of any loudspeaker, regardless of its small packages. inherent qualities. Cambridge SoundWorks Ensemble consists of four speaker units. has confronted this fact and created Ensemble;" livo compact low -frequency speakers repro- a speaker system that can provide in your duce the deep bass, while two small satellite home, the superb sound once reserved for the units reproduce the rest of the music. Separat- best conventional speakers under laboratory ing the low bass on both channels from the conditions. And because we market it directly, rest of the range makes it possible to repro- Ensemble costs far less than previous all-out duce just the right energy in each part of the designs. Perhaps best of all, it virtually disap- musical spectrum without turning your lis- pears in your listening room. tening room into a stereo showroom. With clumsy conventional systems, you can either strive for that balance by letting loudspeakers dominate your room, or sacrifice it for less

conspicuous speaker placement. Because lowfirquencies are non-ditectional, Ensembles bass units can be installed holizonnilb; irmeallu facing Your listening room works with upwards. orfacireg downwards. Ensemble, not against it. range, depending upon where the speaker Room acoustics emphasize and de- is placed in the room. If you put a conven- emphasize various parts of the musical tional speaker where the room can help the low bass, it may hinder the upper ranges, `Unlike satellite .systems which use a slit* !urge slibm.lokr: Ensembk:fratwes or vice -versa. separate compa: tbassunitsforeach Ensemble, on the other hand, takes I stereo channel. Thcyfit mom gracendb- advantage of your room's acoustics. You put intoyour &Mg environment. and help minimize the (fleets o/ the listen* the low -frequency units where they provide mom Sstane litilt'S. the best bass, whether or not that location is Heng Kloss, creacr cfne dominant spaiker models of the '50s (Acoucic Rearch). '60s (KM). and '70s good for the high frequencies (and it usually (Advent). btiwy-v Eme.mbk, aggecnuinee i new kind of .speakerrystemfo: the ',Os. avai bkfacioo, dima .from Cambtidge Smndi-brks.

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XIII can put Ensemble's low- units cractbl where they should goftr swab bass. }tru can't do this with conwntional speakers becauseou have to be concerned about the upperfrcquencies comirgfrom the same why (or why not) to buy Ensemble to those enclasures as the low ones. you may have about related equipment. Your audio expert will take your order (you can use flooL atop bookshelves, or under furniture. The best showroom of all: Visa, MasterCard or American Express), and The satellites can be hung directly on the your living room. arrange surface shipment via UPS ($7 to wall, or placed unobtrusively on window- $25 anywhere in the continental U.S.). You sills or shelves (among other possibilities). Choosing a loudspeaker after a brief lis- should have Ensemble within one week. And The test is extraordinary. There are no ten at a dealer's showroom is like deciding your Cambridge SounchNbrIts audio expert bulky speaker boxes to dominate your liv- on a car after one quick trip around the will continue as your personal contact with ing , yetEnsemble reproduces the block. Therefore we make it possible to audi- us, to answer questions which might come deep bass that no mini tion Ensemble right in your own home. In up after you've begun to enjoy Ensemble at speakers can. fact, Ensemble is sold only by Cambridge home. W think you'll like this new way of SoundlAbrks directly from the factory. doing business. Not all the differences between That only makes sense. You get to match *In Canada, cal11-800-525-4434. Audio experts Ensemble and other speaker Ensemble specifically to your listening room are on duty Mon. -Sat., 9AM-10PM, Sun., 9AM- systems are as obvious as our in a way no other system pennits. You get to 6PM Eastern Time. Fax #: 617-332-9229. listen for hours without a salesman hovering two subwoofers. nearby And deer 30 days of all that you're Unlike three-piece satellite systems that not happy, you can rearm Ensemble for a full CAMBRIDGE SOUNDWORKS may apS. .sink Ensemble's four -piece refund (wei even reimburse the original UPS Suite 102UN, 154 California St.. Newton, MA 02158 design n't cut any shipping charges I=1 Send more information and test reports. corners. lAt use pre- in the continental What Henry Kloss tells O Send Ensemble risk -free for 30 days, for $499! mium quality compo- his fnends: U.S.). 0 Send an Ensemble Gift Certificate for $499! nents for maximum Every time lane out with a new speaker at You also get I'm paying by 0 Check 0 MC 0 Visa AmEx power handling, AR, CO save. or Advent, my friends would ask me, Acct. Number Exp individual crossovers "Henry, is it worth the extra money for me to trade At only $499- that allow several up?" And every time I would answer,No, what complete with 5 - Name wiring options and you've already got is still good enough" all hardware, cabinets But today, with the introduction of Ensemble, 100' of speaker Address consult or proper I tell them, "Perhaps now is the time tc give your old cable, and free City State Zip acoustical perfonnance. speakers to the children." ongoing Phone (Area Code) Number The low -frequency units assistance- FOR IMMEDIATE SERVICE: 1-800-AKA-HIF1. use the classic acoustic Ensemble V* ship worldwide induding APO and FPO. suspension design, and are finished in costs hundreds of dollars less than it would in Delivery time usually 2-7 days (in USA). black laminate. The satellites are finished a retail store. MA residents add 5% sales tax. *Plus freight ($7-$24). CIRCLE NO. 157 ON READER SERVICE CARD TFST REPORTS

that appear in the display window is being adjusted remotely (it is mo- channel versus the right to the left. whenever the disc is loaded), the tor -driveninremote operation). The departure from linearity at "program bank" (uptotwenty The rear apron contains fixed and very low signal levels was less than tracks in any order), and a "custom variable analog outputs and both 0.05 dB from 0 to -90 dB, the best index" of up to ten selected points coaxial and optical digital outputs. performance we have measured on the disc. A user can program A front -panel button switches the from a CD player. The 1,000 -Hz playback starting from any of the digital outputs on and off. totalharmonic distortion(THD) stored points or repeat the program The Sony CDP-608ESD isfur- plus noise was between -94 and between any two of them. There are nished with a wireless remote con- - 92 dB (0.002 to 0.0025 percent) provisions for checking the pro- trol that duplicates virtually all its over a level range of 0 to -90 dB in grammed information and clearing control functions except power on/ the poorer of the two channels. The or modifying any portion of it. off, timer mode, and digital output other yielded substantially lower The CDP-608ESD can be oper- switching. Price: $1,000. Sony Corp. distortion readings, in the range of ated automatically by means of an of America, Dept. SR, Sony Dr., 0.001 to 0.00125 percent, at levels external timer switch. The large dis- Park Ridge, NJ 07656. from -40 to -90 dB. Across the play window, which can be switched audio frequency range, THD plus off if desired, shows the current Lab Tests noise at the 0 -dB level was -92 to trackandindexnumbers,the The frequency response of the - 94 dB from 20 to 10,000 Hz, drop- elapsed or remaining track time, Sony CDP-608ESD was flat within ping as low as -97 dB (0.0014 per- and the time remaining on the disc. +0, -0.15 dB from 11 to 20,000 Hz. cent) at 20,000 Hz. Its "music calendar" shows un- The output from a 0 -dB test signal The de -emphasis error was only played track numbers (up to No. into an EIA standard load was 0.07 dB at 16,000 Hz, and interchan- 20), and there are status indicators about 2.45 volts (fixed or maximum nel phase shift reached a maximum for practically every one of the con- variable), with a channel imbalance of -0.65 degree at 20,000 Hz. The trol features. of 0.03 dB. The channel separation A -weighted signal-to-noise ratio was A small knob on the front panel decreased smoothly from about 128 better than 117.5 dB (referred to a adjusts the level at the adjacent dB at 100 Hz to 92 dB at 20,000 Hz. 0 -dB level), and the dynamic range headphone jack and at the variable As with most CD players, there was was 98.4 dB. The quantization noise analog outputs in the rear. A red a measurable but insignificant dif- (with the D/A converters energized) LED in the knob serves as an index ferencebetweentheseparation was-94.7dB.Thefrequency marker and blinks while the control readings from the left to the right (speed) error was -0.0167 percent. The cueing to tracks that were not separated by a silent interval was FEATURES perfect. The slew time was 1.8 seconds from Track 1to Track 15 of O Eight-times-oversampling (352.8 ten -character disc titles and up the Philips TS4 test disc, not quite kHz) digital filters and 18 -bit WA to ten user -assigned index points converters per disc the fastest we have observed but O Coaxial and optical digital Automatic fader better than average. The tracking outputs Time Edit to program playback was unaffected by fairly hard blows O Fixed- and variable -level analog for maximum recording time on to the top or side of the player; a audio outputs tape cassette Front -panel headphone jack with Auto space very hard fist blow or open -palm level control (also controls Direct access to any numbered impact was needed to cause mis- variable line outputs) track tracking. The defect tracking (error O Programmable to play up to External -timer operation correction),measuredwiththe twenty tracks in any order Wireless remote control of all Shuffle -play front -panel functions except Pierre Verany #2 disc, was out- Repeat function for all modes power and timer switching, standing. A dropout duration of Custom File to store programs digital -output selection 2,000 micrometers, or two succes- for up to 227 discs, including siveclosely spaced dropouts of 1,000 micrometers, was needed to LAB MEASUREMENTS cause mistracking. Comments Maximum output level: 2.45 volts Maximum phase shift (from Total harmonic distortion at 5,000 to 20,000 Hz): -0.65 Our measurements of the CDP- 1,000 Hz: 0.001 to 0.0025% degree at 20,000 Hz 608ESD speak for themselves-this from -90 to 0 dB Low-level linearity error (without is unquestionably an outstanding Signal-to-noise ratio (A -weighted): dither): +0.05 dB at -90 dB CD player. Not surprisingly, there 117.5 dB Cueing time: 1.8 seconds Channel separation: 128 dB at 100 Cueing accuracy: A was nothing in its sound quality Hz, 113 dB at 1,000 Hz, 92 dB at Impact resistance: top, A; sides, A that was not perfectly consistent 20,000 Hz Defect tracking: tracked with its performance on the test Frequency response: +0, - 0. I 5 1,500 -micrometer level of Pierre bench. dB from 11 to 20,000 Hz Verany #2 test disc Moreover, the special features of the CDP-608ESD are at least as

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Philips superiority is clear, from this graph showing deviation from ideal linearity (dB) vs. recorded level (dB).

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20,000 Hz. The close-miked woofer response reached a maximum in the 100- to 300 -Hz range, falling at 12 dB per octave below 100 Hz. There was also a slight rolloff above 300 Hz, although the close-miked measurements are not valid above a few hundred hertz. Splicing the room and woofer response curves resulted in a curve showing a ±4 -dB variation from 57 to 20,000 Hz. Our quasi-anechoic FFr response measurementsshowedthatthe crossover between the drivers oc- curred at about 2,000 Hz. The frequency response on -axis at a 1 - meter distance showed a distinct output increase of about 5 or 6 dB in the range from 5,000 to 9,000 Hz that was not present in the room response or in a 45 -degree -off -axisz measurement. The off -axis measurement showed that, excluding the raised portion of the axial response, thehorizontal dispersion of the speaker was excellent up to 10,000 CELESTION 3 SPEAKER SYSTEM Hz. The difference between the on - axis and off -axis curves did not Julian Hirsch, Hirsch -How* Laboratories dB up to 20,000 Hz. The phase linearity of the speaker UNTILrecently, there were wooden cabinet finished in black was outstanding,resultingina two broad categories of and a removable black cloth grille. group -delay variation of less than Celestion speakers: the DL When the grilleis removed, the ±0.2millisecondfrom500to series and the SL series. speaker resemblesahalf-size ver- 30,000 Hz. The system's sensitivity The DL series speakers are fairly sion of Celestion's SL-6Si, with was relatively high, a 91 -dB sound - conventional, low -to -moderate -cost what appears to be a 5 -inch paper - pressure level (sPL) at 1 meter with systems of differentsizes,with cone woofer operating in a sealed an input of 2.83 volts. The imped- prices ranging from $330 to $929 a enclosure and a 1 -inch aluminum - ance dipped to 7 ohms at 20 Hz and pair. Speakers in the SL series, on dome tweeter. The binding posts between 200 and 250 Hz, and it the other hand, are considerably recessed into the rear of the cabinet reached its minimum of 6.5 ohms at more expensive ($950 to $3,000 a accept banana plugs, stripped wire 10,000 Hz. Its maximum was 55 pair), and all of them are housed in ends, or open lugs. ohms at the bass resonance frequen- cabinets of similar size and shape. Althoughnospecificationsor cy of 82 Hz, and it measured 30 They have a well -deserved reputa- technical details on the Celestion 3 ohms at 2,000 Hz, another indica- tion for quality among serious au- were furnished with the speakers, tion that this was the approximate diophiles in Britain and the U.S. we were able to derive most of the crossover frequency between the At the January Consumer Elec- relevantinformationbydirect woofer and tweeter. tronics Show, Celestion introduced measurement. Price: $250 a pair. The woofer's distortion with a a new speaker, the Celestion 3, that Celestion,Dept.SR,89 Doug 2.52 -volt drive level (corresponding is smaller and less expensive than Brown Way, Holliston, MA 01746. to a 90 -dBSPL inour sensitivity any of the company's previous measurement) was about 1 percent models, and demonstrations in Ce- Lab Tests at 200 Hz, 2 percent at 100 Hz, and 5 lestion's CES exhibit room indi- We placedthe Celestion 3 speak- percent at 60Hz,the approximate cated that it produced remarkable ers on 26 -inch stands for testing. lower limit of the speaker's useful sound for such a small, moderately Like most small speakers, they are response. Despite the small size of priced speaker. We have now had designed to give their best perform- the Celestion 3, it was able to handle the opportunity to test and listen to ance in a free-standing installation, a considerable pulse power input (a a pair of the Celestion 3 speakers. not too close to a room -boundary single -cycle tone burst). At 100 Hz, A bookshelf system that weighs surface. The averaged roomre- the 5 -inch woofer rattled at an input 81/4 pounds and measuresonly 121/4 sponse was smooth and uniform of 168 watts into its 19 -ohm imped- inches high,71/4 inches wide, and 8563 over most of the audio range, vary- ance. At 1,000 Hz, where the imped- inches deep, the Celestion 3 has a ing less than ±2 dB from 500 to ance was 18 ohms, our amplifier

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IS clipped at 400 watts before the sound. The SL-12Si is capable of speaker emitted sounds of distress, creating a seamless sound stage and at 10,000 Hz the tweeter ab- across the whole width and height sorbed 745 watts into its 8.5 -ohm of our listening room. The Celestion impedance at the clipping point. 3 did no better, or worse, than hundreds of other speakers we have FOR Comments tested in matching this aspect of the Good as they were, the measure- SL-12Si's performance. ment results from the Celestion 3 do We also heard (in some program YOUR not begin to describe its perform- material) a slight brightness in the ance. It had a clarity and spectral sound of the Celestion 3 compared balance that seemed entirely incon- with the SL-12Si. This brightness KIDS sistent with its size and price. There appeared to come from the Celes- was none of the usual "small speak- tion 3's increased treble response in er" sound character, such as thin the 5,000- to 9,000 -Hz range, an THAN bass or overlybrighttreble.It effect that is concentrated along the sounded the way we would expect a forward axis of the speaker. There Celestion speaker to sound. was a substantial difference in the Luckily, we were able to put that bass performance of the two speak- DRUGS... judgment to a real test, as we had a ers as well, even though the SL-12Si pair of Celestion SL-12Si speakers is not designed to generate large on hand. This speaker has almost amounts of low bass. The difference three times the cabinet volume of appeared to be mostly in the upper the Celestion 3 and sells for about bass and lower midrange, where the six times its price. We consider it to SL-12Si has two 6 -inch drivers in be Celestion's finest, and one of the operation. In their basic character, best speakers we have had the plea- however, the two speakers were so sure of using. similar that from a normal position We placed the Celestion 3's on many people would not be able to top of the SL-12Si's, to minimize detect which one was playing. position shifts when switching, and This is not a review of the SL- SO proceeded to compare the two. The 12Si, but being able to make these similaritiesbetweenthemwere comparisons with it gives me a solid much greater than the differences. basis for saying that the Celestion 3 TALK! is one of the most outstanding small For information on what to say and In fact, often the most obvious dif- how to say it, write me, McGruff, ference when we switched from one speakers I have heard, and an abso- P.O. Box 471 Washington. D.C. 20044 speaker pair to the other was a lute "best buy" at its price. change in the spatial quality of the Circle 141 on reader service card

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QY er's built-in active crossover network for driving biamplified speak- ROCKFORD FOSGATE ers through additional power amplifiers. As delivered from the factory, RF200 PREAMPLIFIER AND the RF200's internal crossover is set at 100 Hz (with 12 -du -per -octave RF2000 POWER AMPLIFIER slopes), but the frequency can be changed by the user without open- Julian Hirsch, Hirsch -Houck Laboratories ing up the cabinet. Removing a small plate on the rear apron ex- ROCKFORD FOSGATE, which stereo mode selection. Small center- poses a dual in -line package (DIP) is known primarily for au- detented knobs control bass, treble, containing the resistors that deter- tomotiveaudiocompo- and balance, and a larger knob oper- mine the crossover frequency. The nents, has now entered the ates the volume control. A rocker - instruction manual containsthe home hi-fi market with a high -qual- type power switch, headphone jack, formula for calculating the resist- ity preamplifier and power ampli- and green LED pilot light complete ance values for any frequency, al- fier. The two units, similar in styling the front -panel features. lowing the user to make a custom and finish, offer a high degree of The gold-plated phono jacks on crossover module. Additional DIP operating versatility. the rear include the inputs for all assemblies are available from Rock- The compact RF200 preamplifier signal sources and input and output ford Fosgate for crossover frequen- has slightly sculptured sides that en- connectors(normally joined by cies from 50 to 9,000 Hz at half - hance the appearance of the other- jumpers) for an external -processing octave intervals. wise conventional black box. All of loop to insert an equalizer or anoth- The RF2000 power amplifier is a the controls are clearly marked in er accessory into the signal path. very powerful and rugged compo- large, white letters. The four inputs There is a single switched AC outlet. nent. The power supply uses a large (three high-level and one phono) are The preamplifier has three pairs toroidal transformer, which is able selectedbypushbuttons.Other of output jacks, identified as main to supply 1,000 watts continuously, pushbuttons operate the tape -moni- out, high out, and low out. The lat- and a total of more than 80,000 tor switch, tone bypass, and mono/ ter two are used with the preamplifi- microfarads of filter capacitance.

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Each output channel uses sixteen on the output -transistor heat sinks, Another protective system moni- MOSFETpower transistors to deliver respond to a temperature rise by tors the operating current and volt- a peak output current in excess of 50 turning on and gradually increasing age of the output devices, calculates amperes to a speaker load. The am- the speed of the built-in cooling fan. their internal temperature, and cuts plifier is fully rated for use with 4 - Normally the fan is either off or the power to safe values when the or 8 -ohm loads, and it can operate turning so slowly as to be inaudible, maximum limits are reached. At stably into 2 ohms, although heavy, and under home listening condi- this time, the green power -status sustained2 -ohm operation may tions it is unlikely to be heard. If the LED on the front panel changes to trigger its thermal -shutdown protec- heat -sink temperature approaches a red. Since the fan continues to cool tion system. dangerous value, the amplifier shuts the output stages, the amplifier soon The thermal protectors, mounted off altogether. returns to normal operation. There are also two channel -status LED'S on the panel, which are extinguished FEATU R FS when the amplifier is off or if its power output is under about 200 RF200 Preamplifier RF2000 Power Amplifier milliwatts (such as during a quiet O Pushbutton input selection O Sixteen MOSFET output devices portion of a program). In normal OThree high-level inputs, one per channel phono (MM) input O Rated for 4- and 8 -ohm loads; operation, they are both green. If O Gold-plated input and output safe, stable performance with there is distortion in a channel's jacks 2 -ohm loads output signal, for any reason, its Tape -monitor loop O Protected by thermal sensors light changes to red. O External -processor loop O Continuously variable fan speed O Bass and treble tone controls for silent operation The RF2000 is rated for 200 watts with bypass switch O Speaker -protection fuses per channel into 8 ohms from 20 to O Mono/stereo switch O Toroidal power transformer 20,000 Hz with less than 0.05 per- O Headphone jack O Normal stereo, stereo plus cent total harmonic distortion. Into O Built-in active crossover; bridged -mono, bridged -mono, crossover frequencies changeable and dual -mono operating modes 4 -ohm loads the rated output is 300 by user with plug-in modules O Power -status LED indicator watts per channel with less than 0.1 O High -efficiency toroid power O Separate channel -status LED's to percent distortion. A switch on the transformer for reduced hum indicate low-level operation, rear of the amplifier bridges the two normal operation, and presence of output distortion channels, giving it a mono rating of OIndividual level controls for each 600 watts into 8 ohms. Another channel on rear operating mode uses the bridged connection to drive a mono sub - woofer or center -channel speaker LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS while driving two satellite speakers in the normal stereo mode. Normal- 0 RF200 Preamplifier RF2000 Power Amplifier ly the input signal ground is floating Frequency response:20to Sensitivity(for a 1 -watt output): (isolated from the output grounds), 20,000 Hz +0.02, -0.05 dB 45 my but a third switch connects the chas- Output at clipping:8.8 volts A -weighted noise(referred to a sis to the output ground should this Sensitivity (for a 0.5 -volt 1 -watt output): -95 dB be desired. output): high-level (CD), 53 Output at clipping(1,000 Hz): my; phono, 0.52 my 345 watts into 8 ohms, 565 The only front -panel features of A -weighted noise(referred to watts into 4 ohms the RF2000 are the threeLEDsignal 0.5 -volt output): high-level Clipping headroom(relative to lightsand arocker -typepower (CD),-91 dB:phono, rated output): 4.7 dB into 8 switch. Its rear apron, in addition -83.6 dB ohms, 5.4 dB into 4 ohms tothebridging and grounding RIAA equalization error:20 to Dynamic power output:450 switches, contains five -way binding - 20,000 Hz, +0.15, -0.8 da watts into 8 ohms, 720 watts Phono-input overload:20 Hz, into 4 ohms, 1,150 watts into post speaker terminals (which can 74 my; 1,000 Hz, 73 my; 2 ohms accept standard twin banana -plug 20,000 Hz, 71 my Dynamic headroom:7 dB into 8 connectors). Each speaker output is Phono-input impedance: ohms, 7.6 dB into 4 ohms protected by a 5 -ampere fuse. The 47,000 ohms in parallel with Slew factor:12.5 input phono jacks are gold plated, 130Pr Frequency response: 20to Harmonic distortion(THD 20,000 Hz +0, -0.37 dB and there are individual level -con- noise) at 1 dB below clipping Harmonic distortion(THD trol knobs for the two channels. The level: 0.003% noise at 1,000 Hz into 8 cooling -fan exhaust is in the rear of Tone -control range:100 Hz, ±7 ohms): 0.003% at 20 watts, the amplifier. dB; 10,000Hz,±9.5 dB 0.0021% at 100 watts, 0.0023% at 200 watts The RF200 preamplifier meas- Maximum distortion(20 to ures 171/2 inches wide, 81/8 inches 20,000 Hz into 8 ohms): deep, and 214inches high and 0.0077% at 200 watts weighsabout6 pounds.The (10,000 Hz) RF2000 amplifier is the same width but 121/4 inches deep and 41/2 inches

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Lately you have been hearing a lot about our take - in its class. The ultimate judgment, however, should it -to -the -limit Monitor Series components. We ask be made by listening. We invite you to do so at one you to consider now a new member of the NAD of our carefully selected dealers. You may be Classic Series: The 7225PE Receiver. It is compact, surprised at what you hear. shockingly powerful, and entirely affordable. Call us at (617) 762-0202 for your nearest Simply put, a "25 watt" receiver is not expected dealer, or send the coupon for detailed product to perform and sound like the 7225PE. Experierced literature, to: NADIUSA), Inc., 575 University Avenue, listeners, in blind tests against receivers rated at Norwood, Massachusets 02062. twice and three times the power, have been moved to such comments as: "More open': "more dynamic': "richer sound:" It was not news to us. To obtain a glimpse into the reasons for this, NAD ask your dealer to take the 7225PE off the shelf. Pick it up yourself. You will realize at once that you are holding a very substantial component. As you would expect from NAD, every ounce is there to enhance For the music, pure and simple. listening and ease of use. For example, NAD's renowned Power Envelope amplifier design uses a two -stage "smart" power Please send 7225PE Receiver information and dealer locations to: supply that provides higher power for musical

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we think, a product destined to become a standard SR4 1988 NAD TEST REPORTS high; it weighs 35 pounds. Prices: output fuses blew before the ampli- either one can be turned on or off RF200,$550;RF2000,$1,198. fier waveform clipped. before the other without risking Rockford Fosgate, Dept. SR, 613 S. In dynamic power tests, the 8 - damage to the speakers or the listen- Rockford Dr., Tempe, AZ 85281. and 4 -ohm power levels at clipping ers' sensibilities. The manufacturer were 450 and 720 watts, respective- doessuggest,however, thatthe Lab Tests ly, corresponding to dynamic -head- power amplifier be switched on last The RF200 met or surpassed all room figures of 7 and 7.6 dB. Since and off first since other system com- its specifications in our tests.Its the average power is relatively low ponents may not be as carefully clipping -leveloutput(fromthe during these tone -burst tests, we guarded from power -surgetran- main outputs) was 8.8 volts, and the were also able to measure the 2 -ohm sients as the RF200 and RF2000. sensitivity for a reference output of dynamic power-a most impressive And the same care was taken with 0.5 volt was 53 millivolts (my) 1,150 watts! the other switches on the RF200, so through a high-level input and 0.52 The harmonic distortion (THD that both components are true "si- my through the phono input. The plus noise) was less than 0.0023 per- lent partners" in a music system. phono-preamplifier stage over- cent at the rated 200 watts into 8 We did not operate the RF2000 in loaded at inputs between 71 and 74 ohms for frequencies between 20 itsbridged modes,inwhichit my from 20 to 20,000 Hz. The and 1,000 Hz. It rose slowly at high- should be an even more formidable phono-input impedance was 47,000 er frequencies to a maximum of just amplifier than it was in a normal ohms in parallel with 130 pF. The under 0.008 percent at 10,000 Hz. stereo configuration. We noted with A -weighted signal-to-noise ratio was At lower power levels the distortion interestthatalthougha warm 91 dB through a high-level input and readings were roughly similar. breeze could sometimes befelt 83.6 dB through the phono input. The low-level frequency response emerging from the fan vent on its The frequency response, essen- of the RF2000 was down 0.2 dB at rear apron, absolutely no sound tially unaffected by having the tone 20 and 10,000 Hz and 0.37 dB at could be heard from the fan. Nei- controls in the circuit, was flat with- 20,000 Hz. The -3 -dB frequency ther the amplifier nor the preampli- in 0.01 dB from 20 to 15,000 Hz, was 100,000 Hz. With the input lev- fier ever became more than faintly down 0.05 dB at 20,000 Hz, and el controls at their maximum set- warm to the touch. down only 0.4 dB at 50,000 Hz. The tings, an input of 45 my was needed Finally,the user's needs have error was ±0.15 for a reference output of 1 watt, and been taken into consideration in the dB from 20 to 10,000 Hz and -0.5 the A -weighted noise was -95 dB design of these products. The in- dB at 15,000 Hz. The active cross- referred to 1 watt. The amplifier's struction manuals, though unpre- over frequency was 100 Hz, as rated, slew factor was 12.5 (the waveform tentious in size and appearance, tell with the specified 12 -dB -per -octave at 200 watts output became triangu- how to install and use the compo- slopes. The tone controls did not lar at approximately 250 kHz), and nents in clear and unambiguous lan- affect the response between 500 and it was exceptionally stable with ca- guage. The preamplifier's control 1,000 Hz. The bass control had its pacitive loads, showing no over- markings are legible - and intelligi- maximum effect at 40 Hz, where the shoot or ringing in square -wave ble as well, thanks to a welcome output could be varied ± 14 dB. The tests. absence of cryptic abbreviations- treble control had its maximum ef- and the channel lights on the power fect of ± 11 dB at 20,000 Hz. Chan- Comments amplifier are an exceptionally sim- nel separation (through a high-level The test results speak eloquently ple and effective source of informa- input) was about 80 dB from 20 to for the quality of both the RF200 tion. They're off when the signal 2,000 Hz, falling to 66 dB at 20,000 and the RF2000, which certainly level is near zero, bright green dur- Hz with the unused input shorted or constitute an auspicious entry into ing all normal operation, and red to -40 dB with it open -circuited. the home market by Rockford Fos - only when the amplifier's output is The crosstalk from the CD input to gate. We were very impressed by the becoming nonlinear. This system is the tuner input was a constant - 80 degree to which they surpassed their far more practical than either level dB from 20 to 20,000 Hz. Harmonic key specifications in our tests. The meters or an array of LED's, since it distortion at 1,000 Hz reached its "bulletproof" nature of the RF2000 indicates unequivocally when the minimum of 0.003 percent just be- amplifierwasreadilyapparent. amplifier is operating within its lin- fore the output clipped. Moreover, even though it has elec- ear range and when those limits are The RF2000 poweramplifier tronic circuit protection for the out- being even momentarily exceeded. proved to be very conservatively put transistors, it also has speaker As for "how they sound"-if you rated. After the FTC -mandated 1 - fuses that are likely to blow well believe that all amplifiers sound dif- hour preconditioning, during which before the amplifier reaches its own ferent, you will have to listen for the exterior of the amplifier became limits. yourself. I hold that all good ampli- only moderately warm, its 1,000 -Hz There were other encouraging fea- fiers sound pretty much alike, and output clipped at 345 watts into 8 tures of these components, which the Rockford Fosgate units are very ohms and at 565 watts into 4 ohms. we operated together in our listen- good amplifiers.I found them a The respective clipping -headroom ing tests. Neither had any tendency pleasure to test and to use in a figures were 4.7 and 5.4 dB. With a toproduce an outputtransient music system. 2 -ohm load, the 5 -ampere speaker - when it was switched on or off, and Circle 142 on reader service card

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The headphones themselves re- BEYERDYNAMIC IRS 690 semble a conventional circumaural headset, with an adjustable plastic CORDLESS HEADPHONES headband whose inner cloth band rests on the wearer's head. An Julian Hirsch, Hirsch -Houck Laboratories opaque dark -blue dome, about half an inch in diameter, is mounted on the top of the headband. It contains SINCEthe time when radio was have not made a significant impact a photodiode that receives the ra- called "wireless," the profu- on the home hi-fi market. For one diation from the linear array of sion of wires involved in any thing, although some of these head- LED'Sacross the front of the trans- working audioinstallation phones have had reasonably good mitter. has contrasted sharply with that sound quality, they generally did The headset also contains the re- name. More recently, as the sophis- not offer much competition to the ceiver that amplifies and demodu- ticationof consumerelectronic better conventional audiophile lates the left- and right -channel fre- products has increased and they phones. Also, a wireless headphone quency -modulatedcarriersignals have become an integral part of the is always more costly than wired from the transmitter. The specifica- modern household, there has been a phones of equivalent performance, tions provided with the system indi- welcome trend toward reduction of because it uses a separate transmit- cate the use of 95- and 250 -kHz sub - the wires external to the basic com- ter unit plus a receiver in the head- carrier frequencies for the two chan- ponents themselves. phone assembly. nels (modulating the infrared light - Examples of this trend include A new wireless headphone from beam carrier), with a nominal fre- cordless telephones, wireless remote Beyerdynamic of West Germany quency deviation of ± 30 kHz and a controllersforstereo and video may help increase the acceptance of peak deviation of ± 50 kHz. components, wireless auxiliary wireless phones among serious mu- The left earpiece contains the on/ speakers, and cordless headphones. sic listeners. Beyer phones have a off switch for the phones, which are Early remote -control systems used well-earned reputation for quality, powered by an 8.6 -volt rechargeable ultrasonic sound waves as carriers and the new IRS 690 system has battery.Whenthephonesare for the control information, and been designed to meet true high- placed on their stand, a plug from some used radio -frequency electri- fidelity standards. The transmitter the transmitter power supply can be cal signals, either radiated (as with is a flat package about the size of a inserted into a socket on the bottom telephones) or carried by house hand-held remote control. It is con- of the left earpiece to charge the bat- power wiring, but most contempo- nected by a slender cord to a remote tery. According to the manual, the rary systems employ infrared light - power supply that plugs directly phones can be used for about 4 beam carriers. into the wall and delivers 24 volts hours on a charge and can be com- Infrared stereo headphones were DCto the transmitter. The transmit- pletely recharged in 14 hours. The introduced a number of years ago, ter is designed to be installed in the right earpiece has a three -position and many theaters now offer in- base of a polystyrene display unit slide switch, which selects stereo op- frared phones for the benefit of thatalsoholds the headphones eration or sends a mono signal (ei- hearing -impaired patrons, but they when they are not in use. ther the left or the right channel) to

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Close your eyes, put on your woofers placed in the center of the favorite CD and listen. That's the TZ's cabinet minimize standing best way to appreciate the natural,waves while providing accurate low - accurate musical reproduction of frequency response to 20 Hz. the new Elite TZ Series reference The cabinet of the 143 -lb. TZ-9 loudspeakers from Pioneer. is specially con- Designed by the same structed, using engineering team that de- 1" -thickhigh- veloped Pioneer's renowned density board TAD studio monitors, the and a separate TZ Series speakers are de- inner baffle that signed to accommodate isolates the nega- the extended dynamic tive influence of range, superb clarity and Unique bar -jointed twin -woofer systcm. low -frequency depth of digital source materials. vibration. Corners are specially Pioneer began by developing rounded to eliminate diffraction and two entirely new diaphragm mate-drivers are arranged for optimum rials-ceramic graphite and ceramicsound -field intensity The result is carbon. These unique low -mass imaging and clarity that bring materials are used to construct performances alive with smooth, midrange and high -frequency true-to-life sound. dome -type diaphragms that virtu- But enough conversation. If ally eliminate spurious resonanceyou're interested in hearing more while providing lightness, stiffnessabout Pioneer's new TZ Series and excellent signal propagation speakers, call 1-800-421-1404 for a speed. Now critical midrange fre- technical white paper and the Elite quencies and delicate highs will dealer nearest y34.1. sound clearer and more natural And let the speakers do than ever before. the talking. To reproduce the extended low frequencies found on digital recordings, Pioneer developed a ELITE twin woofer system that packs a punch you'll feel as well as hear. 1989 Pioneer Ms:trunks (USA) Inc , I.ong Beach, CA Opposite -mounted bar -jointed Model shown: TZ-9. Also available: TZ.7. TEST REPORTS both ears, and a volume -adjustment the output reached a maximum of among the better headphones we wheel that affects both channels. about +6 dB at 180 and 5,000 Hz, have tested over the years. They had The transmitter has a small power falling off to -10 dB at 20 and an ideal balance across the full audi- button on its front and a red LED 14,000 Hz. ble range, with crisp but never stri- that glows dimly when its power The channel separation (relative dent highs and a deep but not tubby supply is plugged into a 120 -volt to the clipping output of the phones) bass. The available volume was source. The LED brightens or flashes was about 35 dB through the mid- more than sufficient-most of the when the audio -signal input exceeds range, falling to 20 to 30 dB in the time we used about half the rotation 2 volts (the system's overload level). 4,000- to 10,000 Hz -range and to 10 of the earpiece volume control. A signal greater than 35 millivolts dB at 20,000 Hz. With the head- The headset was light and com- automatically turns on the infrared phone level control set for the onset fortable, and its circumaural ear - carrier, and if the signal drops below of clipping at a maximum 1,000 -Hz cups, which enclosed the ears com- that level for 45 seconds, the carrier signal input of 1volt, the total har- pletely, attenuated external sounds

automatically shuts off. . monic distortion (THD) plus noise only slightly because of their open - The key specifications for the IRS was about 1 percent for inputs be- backed construction. The infrared 690 system include a frequency re- tween 0.3 and 0.7 volt. At lower lev- beam from the transmitter appar- sponse of 20 to 20,000 Hz, a maxi- els the readings were higher because ently reflected strongly from the mum acoustic output level of 114 of the relatively greater influence of room walls and ceiling, since the lis- dB, and distortion of less than 1.5 wide -band noise, and the distortion tener could be a full 90 degrees off percent.The channel"synchro- reached the rated 1.5 percent at the either the horizontal or vertical axis nism" (presumably balance) is giv- point of clipping. A spectrum analy- of the transmitter without a signifi- en as better than 1.5 dB. A nominal sis showed that the distortion was cant increase in background hiss 1 -volt input signal is required for predominantly second and third anywhere in the room. Only by cov- the rated FM deviation. Price: $399 harmonics. ering the receiving -diode dome on complete. Beyerdynamic, Dept. SR, The unweighted noise spectrum the headband were we able to im- 5-05 Burns Ave., Hicksville, NY was -60 to -70 dB (referred to the pair reception significantly. 11801. clipping level of the output) from The absence of the umbilical cord 100 to 10,000 HZ, falling to -80 dB that normally links a headphone lis- Lab Tests at 20,000 Hz. Power -line hum ob- tener to the program source is a def- We tested the IRS 690 phones on scured the noise at lower frequen- inite plus, and the infrared system a standard headphone coupler. The cies, which measured -33 dB at 60 never compromised the uncom- transmitter, driven from the output Hz. This effect may have been an monly smooth and balanced sound of our Audio Precision System One artifact of the measurement setup, of the phones. These qualities, com- measurement system, was located however, since we never heard any bined with their physical comfort, about 6 inches from the receiving hum in our listening tests. may well make the Beyerdynamic dome of the headphones. IRS 690 system the headphones of The transmitter's overload light Comments choice for people who cannot toler- came on at signal inputs that varied TheBeyerdynamicIRS690 ate the limitations of ordinary head- with frequency from a maximum of phones not only worked flawlessly, phones. 4 volts at 20 Hz to a minimum of 0.4 but they sounded excellent, ranking Circle 143 on reader service card volt at 15,000 Hz, averaging about 2.5 volts over most of the midrange. The transmission area is specified as 4 x 6 meters (about 121/2 by 181/2 feet), and we found that it easily covered our 15 x 20 -foot room. (It is important, however, that the path between receiver and transmitter not be obstructed by any optically opaque material.) When the signal level fellsufficiently, we heard a backgroundhisssimilartothe weak -signal hiss of an FM tuner. The acoustic output of the headphones clipped at about a 119 -dB sound -pressure level, well above the rated 114 dB. The frequency response was good, with a somewhat emphasized output inthe lower midrange and upper bass and in the range between 1,000 and 5,000 Hz. "By the way, sir, hemorrhoid sufferers report that if one sits on it while Relative to the 1,000 -Hz level, the playing Gluck'sOrpheus and Eurydiceit has a pronounced therapeutic effect."

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steering, circuits have been devel- PROTON SD -10 oped to improve the effective sepa- 00 ration between the channels derived SURROUND -SOUND DECODER from a matrix. They operate by sensingtherelativelevelsand Julian Hirsch, Hirsch -Houck Laboratories phases of the various signals and rapidly shifting their distribution in the matrix to cancel the leakage into THEincreased integration of the left and right front signals, a other channels. home video and high-fideli- mono center -front channel to fix di- As might be expected, these steer- ty music systems has alogue in the center of the screen, ing systems vary widely in their spurred the development of and a surround channel to supply effectiveness. Dolby Laboratories' audio/video (A/v) receivers and sur- ambient sounds at the sides or rear Pro Logic, an advanced version of round -sound decoders that can be of the theater. The center channel, the basic Dolby matrix system, is used with aVCRor videodisc player formed by summing the two stereo widely used in the motion -picture (vDP) to bring the impact of theater channels, is heard from a speaker industry. Although no matrix sys- surround sound, or Dolby Stereo, above or below the screen. The sur- tem, even with logic steering,is into the home. In general,A/Vre- round signal, derived from the dif- capable of true discrete perform- ceivers require only a simple matrix ference between the left and right ance, in which each of the four input decoder with Dolby B noise reduc- channels, is played through one or channels is recovered in its original tion to meet the licensing require- more speakers at the sides or rear of form from the decoding matrix, it is ments of Dolby Laboratories. Al- the room. possibleto come verycloseto though even this basic configura- In a licensed Dolby Surround sys- achieving that result. tion can provide much of the sub- tem for consumer use, the surround Onehigh-performancematrix jective benefit of surround sound, channel also undergoes Dolby B system was designed by Aphex Sys- its full realization requires a more noise reduction, is delayed by 20 to tems, a company well known in the advanced "logic" decoder. These 30 milliseconds relative to the front professional sound and recording decoders are not used in typicalA/V signals, and has its frequency re- fields. The new Proton SD -1000 En- receivers because of their complex- sponse rolled off below 100 Hz and hanced Surround Decoder employs ity and cost, but they are a part of above 7,000 Hz. These modifica- Aphex circuit designs. Unlike other most accessory decoders. tions to the surround signal are surround systems, it does not use Basically, the Dolby system com- needed to prevent dialogue and vo- any time delays or digital signal pro- bines four channels of information cal sibilance from leaking into the cessing.Its electrical performance in a so-calledMP(motion -picture) rear channel, where they could de- has been designed to provide the matrix to form two channels that stroy the spatial illusion the system general signal quality of a high -qual- can be recorded on a film or video attempts to create. Such leakage is ity preamplifier without perceptible soundtrack. In playback, the two inevitable in a basicMPmatrix, degradation of the signal. Its logic channels are passed through an in- which provides only 3 dB of separa- circuits operate about twice as fast verse matrix decoder to recover the tion between adjacent channels. as those of other decoders, and the original four channels, consisting of A variety of so-called "logic," or separation it provides between adja-

62 STEREO REVIEW JUNE1989 Not only do we design and build it, we know how to put it together AMP 100 simple as plain vanilla. LOUDSFEAKEFSHT -621 WNW, DISC InAv. Plain Vanilla 18.000-20.400SUPER TWEETERSHL) "I LOUDSPEAKEFHT-6201NT-62I S PLAYERCOMPACEIN -DASH DISC ter:[03 03S, IllE1CII. RCA GOINECTORSCIE El CI (401}20.0111MIDRANGE H4) CARDIGITALFIX RA010 -533 LOUDSFEAKEFSHT -6/10 01,1I:0551:,1 C3 C3 Ci 8888 CROSSOVERELECTRONICUhl 3 MOBILE 120-400MID WOC H.) FERS 15.00020.400TWEETEFSLOUDSFEAKEFSHT -621 HD 1200-20.003LOWERLOUDSFEAKERSHT -620011-621 HT/ MIDRANGE LOUDSPEAKERSHT -R40 . se= CROSSOVERELECTRONICXM 3 MOBILEIlkame 120,125WOOFER. Ha 12.000.20.030UPPERLOUDSPEAKERSHT -62011-T-621 MIDRANGEHz) HT -6201I- T-621 REMOTE POWER 1100-20.001MID -WOOLOUDSPEAKERS TERS Hz) RIGHTGROUND CHANNEL LEFT CHANNEL RCA CONNECTORS SUBWOOFEROUTPUT CROSSOVERELECTRONIC/CMS MOBILE HT -650120.SUBWOOTERSLOUDSPEAKERS Hil CIRCLE NO 68 ON READER SERVICE CARD 411111I1 COUStle .. a sound Immelment. TEST REPORTS cent channels is claimed to exceed mation. In theCINEMAmode, the and in theCINEMAmode it was 40 dB (Dolby Pro Logic calls for at SD -1000 emulates a Dolby Sur- down by 3 dB at 4,500 Hz and by least 25 dB separation). round system, withitsrestricted 13.5 dB at 20,000 Hz. The mute but- The result is a system whose spec- rear -channelbandwidth,andis ton attenuated all outputs by 67 dB ifications include a frequency re- compatible with programs recorded over the full 20- to 20,000 -Hz range. sponse that is flat far beyond the with that system. A square -wave signal was repro- audible range, a signal-to-noise ratio The SD -1000 has a separation - duced with no trace of ringing or greater than 80 dB, less than 0.008 enhancement button that adjusts overshoot. The rear channels were percent total harmonic distortion, the degree of channel separation, 180 degrees out of phase with the andtypicalchannelseparations with settings of 3, 6, 18, or 50 dB. front channels in the music mode; ranging from 40 to 58 dB (depend- There is also a control to deal with in theCINEMAmode they were ap- ing on the locations of the sources). the problem of "dialogue scatter," proximately in phase from 20 to It is designed to work in either the in which sibilants may come from 1,000 Hz, changing to 90 degrees out basic four -channel mode or as a six - various parts of the room instead of of phase at 20,000 Hz. channel systemusing additional the center front. The control appar- speakers along thesides of the ently reduces this effect by rolling Comments room. The decoder adapts itself au- off the highest frequencies in certain Our measurements indicated that tomatically to the type of installa- of the channels (theinstruction the SD -1000was veryunlikely to tion, depending on whether phono manual suggests using this feature degrade even the finest digital signal plugs are inserted into the extra out- when playing noisy recordings as in respect to frequency response, put jacks, so that the full program well). noise, or distortion, but only listen- content is available in either the The Proton SD -1000 is a compact ing could show whether the Proton/ four -channel or six -channel mode. device, measuring 161/2 inches wide, Aphex approach to surround sound There is also a mono subwoofer 94's inches deep, and only 23/4 inches was fully successful. output with a 150 -Hz crossover. high. Price: $1,200. Proton Corp., We connected the SD -1000 to a The Proton SD -1000's display Dept. SR, 5630 Cerritos Ave., Cy- pair of high -quality stereo ampli- window has colored, illuminated in- press, CA 90630. fiers. These were connected to a pair dications of volume, balance (in of moderate -price compact speakers four directions, front, back, left, and Lab Tests at the front of the room and a pair of right), and the status of its several In our evaluation of the electrical smaller speakers at the wall -ceiling control features. The only front - properties of the SD -1000, the input junctions near the rear of the room. panel controls are a calibration but- circuit overloaded at 3.8 volts, well Our program sources includedLP ton and an input -balance knob, with above a preamplifier's line level or records andFMradio as well as a a 6 -dB range, used to optimize the tape -output level. The rear of the high -qualityVCRand a videodisc cancellation of front signals in the SD -1000 contains individual level player used with a 25 -inch monitor. rear outputs. The SD -1000 has no adjustments for each of its seven The videomaterial,allDolby - front -panel power switch and is nor- available outputs (left and right for encoded, included demonstration mally left powered at all times. It front, center, and back speakers and tapes and discs and commercial comes with a wireless remote con- the subwoofer output).At their movie discs. trol that operates all its functions, maximum settings, the gain in each Used to enhance ordinary stereo including on/off switching. channel was 3.8, and the output of programs, from recordings or off the Four balance buttons on the re- each channel clipped at 7.7 volts. air, the Proton SD -1000 imparted a mote control shift the gain along Most othermeasurements were healthy ambience, at least as good each of the major axes. Other but- made with the gain set to unity. as what we have experienced from tons adjust the overall system gain, The totalharmonic distortion time -delay enhancement systems, affecting all channels, and a mute (THD) plus noise at 3 volts output but also quite different. The absence button silences the system. Since was 0.0055 percent. Spectrum anal- of anyunnaturalecho sounds, the SD -1000 is normally connected ysis (excluding the noise) reduced which can easily mar the effect of a into a tape -monitor loop,ithas this to 0.004 percent, essentially all time -delay system, was immediate- input and output jacks for a tape second -harmonic. The distortion ly apparent. We especially appre- deck, and monitoring off the tape is was not significantly greater at 7.7 ciated the SD -1000's performance switched by a separate button on volts,justbelowtheclipping with stereoFMbroadcasts. Voice thecontroller. A mode button point. announcements onFMare normally mutes the surround channels, leav- The A -weighted noise was -98.5 in mono, and almost all time -delay ing the front channels operating dB referred to a 0.5 -volt output, systems that have been adjusted for without modification (BYPASS -114 dB referred to a 3 -volt level. a satisfactory effect with stereo mu- mode), or selects either the music The front -channel frequencyre- sic make a monovoicesound as if it orCINEMAoperating mode. In the sponse was flat within 0.01 dB from were recorded in an echo chamber. music mode, the surround channels 10 to 20,000Hz,falling to -0.5 dB The SD -1000 put the announcer carry the full audio bandwidth, and at 90,000 Hz. The rear -channel fre- front and center, without a trace of the left and right rear outputs are quency response was ± 0.2 dB from leakage in the rear. controlled by the front stereo infor- 20 to 20,000Hz inthe MUSIC mode, It was impractical to make any

64 STEREO REVIEW JUNE 1989 Obvious but very deceptive... Plus pre -amp outputs and CD/AUX input You'll probably notice our 50 -watt RX-533 capability designed for lexible system expar- offers obvious features such as Digital AM/FM sion, two-tone illumir ated control pare) guaran- cassette/radio witn Dolby' B & C noise reduc- tees easy viewing and identification and tion, 24 -preset stations, preset scan, -ape pro- replaceable Lithium back-up battery helps program search, separate bass & treble lone tect and store information in the controls, etc., and of course, it's removable! microprocessor. But you'll probaoly overlook the not -so -visible Though not in plain view, these state-of-the- but specially engineered features such as FM art engineering innovations are obviously what optimizer II circuitry designed for superior FM you have come to exoecl from a company with recep-ion and buiLin Automatic Radio Monitor over 11 years of manifacturing experience. for filling the void with music while you are fid- Coustic...a sound nvestment. geting with your tape. Special cassette features such as "Auto Azimuth Correction System" rotates the tape head 180 degrees whenever 1111111PCOUStie tape direction changes to keep perfect azimuth 4260 Charter Street al gnment, Keyoff Pinch Roller Release mini- Vernon, CA 90058-2596 (213) 582-2832 mizes wear and tear of tape pinch roller and DC servo motor accurately controls tape movement thus minimizing wow and flutter.

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IF, 915 direct comparisons with a true digi-of the room, and there were often a tal signal processor, but our impres- number of distinctly placed rear sion is that while the latter might besound sources as well. The subjec- more effective in simulating certaintive separation was total. We heard va specific acoustic environments, itno trace of front dialogue from the merffmall also requires very careful adjust-rear speakers, and the sounds they

-="" ment to avoid unnatural ambienceemitted were usually distinctly dif- effects. The Proton decoder wasferent from those we heard coming much less critical in respect to level from the front of the room. More- setting and other adjustments, andover, there was no audible noise Audi:a/Video, Car Stereo, Telephones it never sounded artificial. from any of the speakers. AT LOW DISCOUNT PRICES! We brought out some matrixed We can only surmise what these quadraphonic recordings of moreprograms would have sounded like Youll find the most helpful shopping infor- than a decade ago to check the com-with the other two channels and a mation in the 116 page Crutchfield catalog. patibility, if any, of the SD -1000subwoofer in use. The apparent bass matrix with the SQ (CBS) and QScontent of the video programs was (Sansui) matrices. It was totally in-much greater than one would have compatible with the SQ from theexpected from the relatively small FREE standpoint of directional qualities,speakers we used. Of course, the but it seemed more usable with thedemonstration recordings we used QS recordings. In neither case, how-for this evaluation, mostly excerpts Stereo ever, was the result as satisfying asfrom regular commercial releases, with ordinary stereo material. were the kind of material that can The real test of the Proton SD -benefit most from surround en- Catalog 1000 was its performance with ma-hancement, and not all video re- Refer to the Crutchfield catalog trixed audio/videosources.Pre-leases would produce such spectacu- before buying your next car stereo, vious experience with other sur- lar results. home stereo, or video product: round decoders and with this sort of In short, we are unreservedly en- program material had acquainted us 116 pages of helpful articles, consumer thusiastic about Proton's SD -1000. with the benefits of even a simpleItisnot inexpensive, especially tips, charts, and installation guides. MP matrix decoder, especially with Color photos, complete descriptions when you add two or three stereo and technical specifications on such films as Top Gun and the vari-amplifiers, as many pairs of speak- hundreds of the finest brand name ous Star Wars releases. Well, theers, and perhaps a subwoofer to products. performance of the SD -1000 wasyour present stereo system. But this nothing less than sensational. Thelittle box can put you front and cen- You get more value shopping ambience was no longer merely ater in your own home theater. Crutchfield: vague sound effect toward the rearCircle 144 on reader service card 1bn-free product advice, ordering, and customer service. 24 hour shipping. Absolute satisfaction guaranteed. Full 30 -day return privileges. Discount prices on Sony, Pioneer, JVC, Jensen, Proton, Advent, Clarion, Kenwood, Canon, AR, Infinity, Bose, and many more! r- 1 Call or send this coupon now for your FREE Catalog 800-336-5566 Be sure to mention Stereo Review when calling

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OUGHLY thirty years ago American manufacturers began to lay the groundwork for what has become a fascinating field of advanced technology: high fidelity. From the startling AR -1 loudspeaker, introduced circa 1954, to the current home theater surround system from Shure Brothers, America's audio manufacturers have devised the methods, broken the rules, and set the pace for bringing superior sound reproduction into our listening rooms. Along the way we have seen truly comical blun- ders, such as turntables for automobiles, and expressions of pure genius, like Dolby Pro Logic surround. In practically every crucial phase of audio's evolution, however, American know-how has been involved. As the photos on these pages prove, we have a rich history of classic stereo products from the past and present. But the world doesn't stand still, and recent shifts in the global economy have left their mark on American audio. Audio manufacturing in the United States has taken a back seat to the massive production facilities found in the Far East. And major product introductions such as the compact disc have come from the labs of European and Jap- anese engineers. As a result, many American audio companies have had to change the way they do business. Big manufacturing quotas have been dis- carded in favor of building a smaller number of higher -quality products. In fact, the ingenuity dis- played in the reorganization of our production facilities has prompted foreign manufacturers to set up shop over here. And foreign companies working on breakthroughs such as high -definition TV are opening U.S. research centers and tapping Kipschand Associates have been the brains of American engineers. producing the Klipschorn loudspeaker When you consider what these minds have in tiny Hope, Arkansas, since 1943. accomplished already, it becomes clear that the Designed for corner placement, the United States will always be able to compete in the system incorporates Paul Klipsch's audio market. From the classic design of the Klip- classic folded -horn midrange driver and tweeter along with a 15 -inch schorn speaker to the graceful economy of a PS woofer. The Klipschorn is still a highly Audio preamplifier, American stereo products will desired speaker among consumers and always stand tall on the world stage. audio professionals. by Michael Smollen

68STEREO REVIEW JU NE 1989 ILLUSTRATION BY MARTI SHONFT" 4IP

NelsonPass fo.-med the Threshold Corporation in Anbu-n, California, in 1974. Today. Threshold products such as the FET Ten/h1 with its cascoding MOSFET gain aages are at the leading edge of modular preamplifier design.

Incorporatingthe design ideas of the late Lincoln Walsh, Ohm's limited - edition Walsh 5 speaker is made in Brooklyn, New York. It is 43 inches high and is rated for a frequency response of 25 to 25,000 Hz, a sensitivity of 88 dB, and 600 watts power handling.

ThePremier Seven preamplifie is literally Con.-ad-Johnson*s prem'er product. It features an ali-vacuum-tabe design using twelve triodes in a zero - feedback configuration and achieves absolute channel separation by using two completely separate mono preamp stages with separate power supplies.

Amainstayon the speaker front is the Pose 901, now in its .s.ixth generation. The Model 901 uses tae direct/reflecting 'sign of M.I.T. Frofessor Amar Bose, and it's made of his company's impressive facilities on top of The Mountain in Framingham, Massachusetts.

STEREO REVIEql 'NE 198969 Infinity Systems of Chatsworth, California, is word Tre Design Acoustics PS.3 Micro renowned for its Monitor is a three-piece system with $50,000 Infinity small satellite speakers using Point Reference System Source technology to achieve pinpoint Series V speakers imaging and a slot -loaded woofer that The four -piece IRS can be placed anywhere in the room Beta, half of which that's convenient. Price: $599 a set. is shown at left, incorporates many of the same design .features and sells for $10.500.

Henry Kloss was a founder of such famous companies as Acoustic Research, KLH, and Advent. His new Boston -based company, Cambridge Sound Works, makes the Ensemble Designed and manufacturer in speaker system, Chatsworth, California, Sumo's which has two 200 -watt Andromeda II power satellites and a pair amplifier uses no current -limiting of bass modules. circuitry that can constrict music reproduction. The totally balanced design's overall negative feedback of only 10 da attests to its inherent stability and low distortion.

70STEREO REVIEW JUNE 1989 TheBX1 power amplifier from dbx in Newton, Massachusetts, features a high -current design that can be switched by the user for two-, three-. or four -channel operation. In its two -channel stereo mode, the BX1 is rated to deliver a muscular 400 watts per channel into 8 ohms or 800 watts into 2 ohms.

Magnepan's new flagship speaker system. the MG -20, Made in utilizes the latest in Hauppauge, New ribbon and planar - York, the Dahlquist magnetic DQ-20, successor to technologies. Made the popular DQ-10, in White Bear features a phased - Lake. Minnesota, it array design has a multiple - intended to avoid ribbon midranr/ two basic kinds of tweeter and a newly speaker inaccuracy: designed planar time -delay distortion bass diaphragm and diffraction effects.

M:rtin-Logans Statement, a hybrid four -piece loudspeaker system, uses two 3 x 5 -foot transpc.-ent, curvilinear electrostatic transducers for frequencies aboe 120 Hz and two 7 -foot -tall Line -Source subwoofers for bass extension below .00 Hz.

The Koss cornpaay has been associated with high-auai ty headphones for decades. Made in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the Studio Pro/4.9.0 at left uses neody-nivm raagnets and hybrid dual -element Drivers for increased bass. 7-1;eModel 505 from Altec Lansing in Milford, Pennsylvania, is a three-way speaker with a 10 -inch carbon -fiber woofer, a 31/2 -inch carbon - fiber midrange, and a 1 -inch laminated RoyAllison's polyimide-and- IC20 Image Control titanium tweeter speaker systems are with ferrofluid unique in that thev cooling. can be adjusted with an infrared remote control to protect a broader or narrower stereo image to conform with the spatial properties of the original recording.

Epicure'sModel 100 was once the best-selling speaker in the world. The twenty -year -old company in Newburyport, Massachusetts, now heads its line with the Model 1, a tower system that uses an outboard Speaker Placement Equalizer module to control the critical bass and lower - midrange regions.

BostonAcoustics of Peabody, Massachusetts, claims that you no longer have to sacrifice bass quality for small size. The Power Vent bass module in its three-piece Subsat Six combining a sealed acoustic - suspension chamber with a vented chamber.

72 STEREO REVIEW JUNE. 19S!) Alt Fe top of the' line fivr: Audio Cowry!. based in McsintIcke Terrace, Washington, is the C -I01 eanializer/ analyzer, a ten -bona model suith a hula ir.,7ink-noise ger'racr and laboraio-v-grade ineeswernent microphone. _. -

SzeliAcoustics of Haverhill, Massachusetts. was founded by the late Peter Snell in 1976. The Snell Type C/11 features crossover values adjusted to match the particular - drivers in each speaker, a TiePS Audio Model 4.6 zero -diffraction preamplifier, made in San Luis grille, and a Obispo, California, has an unusual rear -firing ultra- "straightwire" mode in which its line high frequency amplifer is bypassed for high-level driver. sources. No active circuits come between the source and the output, so virtually no distortion or noise is added.

TeSRS-1.2TL is the new flagship of Polk Audio's Stereo Dimension Array line, made in Baltimore, Maryland. It uses four of Polk's new SL3000 dome tweeters, fb.nned from a &dominate of polyamide, aluminum, and stainless steel.

STFREO Ri-xlEk%1_, I. 1989 73 Designed to provide excellent sound with a Pmited footprint, the Adv.nit Prodigy Tower requires less than a square foot cffloor space. Made inSchiller Park. Illinois. the speaker las an a -inch hng-throw woofer cnd a 411 -inch rolyam:de soft -dome tweeter.

One of the current leaders in vacuum - tube amplifier technology is Audio McIntosh Research in products. made in Minneapolis. Its Binghamton. New Classic 150 uses an York, may be the all-FEr input stage most highly coveted and eight No. 6550 components in all of output tubes hi -ft. The MC 754 operating in triode is a 100 -watt stereo configuration. The power amplifier that 150 -watt mono can be bridged into hybrid amplifier mono for 200 watts sells for $4,995. into 8 ohms.

The new Pro -Power Ten amplifier from Soundcraftsmen Sarta Ana, Califortic, can be swisched jar two-, three-, cr'rour-channel cpertgion. making it ideal for use -vith surround - sound, suowoofer/satehte, and biampleiad or triamplf ed ststems. It delivers 600 watts per caanrwl in stereo.

This year Shure Brothers of Evanston. Illinois, is celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of its first V15 cartridge. The V15 series is named for its 15 -degree vertical tracking angle.

74STFREO REvinv juNE1989 171E

ft The successorto JBL's classicL100 loudspeaker upholds a tradition of craftsmanship and innovative engineering.

BY IAN G. MASTERS

HY James B. Martini changed his last troduction of the Fizrtsfield corner - name to Lansing when he moved to horn model, which JBL says still holds California in the mid -1920's is ob- therecordforbeingits"most - scure, but in doing so he created a requested" speaker ever. name that for many people symbolizes In 1977 Dr. Sidney Harman, who American audio, one that is still borne had owned JBL since 1969, sold it and by the two companies he was asso- several other aucio companies he had ciated with during his short life, Altec acquired or founded, including Har- Lansing and JBL. man Kardon, to become Undersecre- Although Lansing's first products, tary of Commerce in P,esident Carter's domestic radio speakers, were forerun- administration, tut three years later, a ners of today's consumer audio prod- private citizen again, hr began to reac- ucts, he made his reputation in the quire some of his fornur companies- field of professional audio. At a time notably JBL and Harman Kardon. In when the major challenge was to pro- the process, he also picked up Infinity, duce sufficient speaker output to fill a Epicure, Pyle, and Concord along with movie theater using only the low -pow- two professiona.aucio companies, ered amplifiers then available, Lansing Urei and Soundcraft, a leading Euro- turned his talents to the development pean transducer maneacturer, Audax of high -efficiency, flat -wire voice coils of France, and a DE nish enclosure and vented low -frequency horn trans- maker, Lydig. ducers (the landmark Altec -Voice of As Sidney Harman sees it, manufac- the Theatre" speaker system was one turing speakers from tte ground up is, project on which he worked). Early and always has been, a key element in audiophiles who could afford them the success of JBL. "I' you are genu- bought these speakers for home use, as inely interested in putting out a prod- there was nothing else on the market uct that is fundamentally better, you that would satisfy their demands for have to make it yourself," he told us. good music reproduction. "Here, we are specifically devoted to Fortyyearsafter JimLansing's music; the mix of technology and love death, the James B. Lansing Co.-its of music is what makes the audio busi- name long since shortened to JBL- ness special." remains true to his roots in profession- Engineer John Eargle, who has been al sound; it is still a leading supplier associated with JBL since 1977, agrees. of sound -reinforcement "The founders of the hi- speakers andstudio fi business in this coun- monitors. But JBL, now try-Rucy Bozak, Paul a division of Harman Klipsch,Frank McIn- International, has also tosh, Sad Marantz, Sid usedits pro expertise Harman [and Edgar to produce high -quality Villchur,andHenry speakers for the home Klcss, and Amar Bose, market since its 1954 in- to name a few others]- did it out of a love of music," he standing system using a new type of said. "If you're really an audio per- enclosure called a "six -sided lock son you just can't do anything else; miter." As is usual in product devel- even if you can, you usually don't opment, the details were worked want to." out in extended negotiations be- The Harman/JBL factory occu- tween design, production, and mar- pies 440,000 square feet of space keting personnel. (30,000 feet are devoted to a new The main design challenge was to Harman Electronics plant) in Cali- bring the selected transducers and fornia's San Fernando Valley. The enclosure together in a speaker that factory makes practically everything would be true to its origins and yet that goes into a JBL speaker, the as technologically sophisticated as major exceptions being crossover possible. The first step was to test I. Although the JBL LI00t3 networks, woofer cones, and some the individual drivers in the devel- is derived from an existing elements used in lower -cost speak- opment lab's anechoic chamber- professional monitor, its ers (and all these components are or, in the case of the woofer, on the "six -sided lock miter" subject to rigid quality -assurance factory roof-to find out exactly enclosure is all new. It tests when they are delivered to the what each one did. began as a series of detailed factory). One result of that, accord- Next, a prototype of the enclosure drawings produced by the JBL engineering ing to Harman, is the possibility of was constructed in the lab. The dri- op establishing tighter tolerances for vers were mounted in it and meas- department. the components that go intoa ured again to determine how they 2. Before incorporating No..ellopLAO...M.op.. speaker. "The consumer gets some- would interact with the cabinet. Fi- drivers in a speaker system, thing out of all this: The chances are nally,thedevelopment engineer a designer must know the went to work designing a crossover specific characteristics of very high that if he buys a pair of each one. The L100t3's JBL speakers, the left one will per- that would bring all these elements tweeter and midrange were form exactly like the right, and both together in a good speaker system. tested in the engineering will perform identically to the ones Since the L100t3 was to use exist- lab's anechoic chamber, but he heard in the showroom." ing transducers, it was a straightfor- it was too small to represent For most of the past year, JBL ward job to prepare for produc- frequencies below about 500 designers and engineers have been tion-no retooling was required. Hz with any accuracy. In working on an upgrade of one of the Like all JBL products, it uses high - order to measure the company's best-knownspeakers, efficiency, edge -wound voice coils free -field response of the and cast -aluminum woofer baskets. LI00t3's woofer, the the L100. The new version, the development engineer L 1 00t3, is now reaching the market. Becauseitisa high -end model, resorted to the world's Although it shares the name of a however, much of the assembly of largest anechoic chamber, classic speaker and ultimately de- these components is done by hand. the great outdoors, using a rives from the original, it is a new By the time a speaker actually special assembly on the roof device. reachesproduction,thehardest of the JBL plant. Like many of the early JBL mod- work has been done. In the case of 3. An initial battery of els, the original L100, introduced in the new version of the venerable measurements was 1969,was essentiallya"studio L100, the process of determining performed on the L100t3 monitor in walnut," as one market- what kind of speaker was wanted, prototype in the laboratory's ing manager put it. It was decided examining the technological and anechoic chamber. Fine- that the new version would be based production options, consulting with tuning of the crossover on the company's current three-way the relevant staff, testing the com- network and of the ponents, building the prototype, re- relationship between drivers studio monitor, the Model 4412, and enclosure-a process using the same transducers-in- testing the assembled system, de- called "voicing"-took cluding a titanium -dome tweeter, signing the crossover, listening to place at this stage. To help hence the "t" in the model name. theresult,making adjustments, keep control of all aspects of But the crossover would be re- and, finally, gearing up for produc- its products, JBL designs worked with "audiophile subtlety" tion took some 900 man-hours, in- and builds its own test and to give the system a new overall cluding some for wrong turns along measurement instruments. op- sound, a process that JBL calls the way. 4. Ultimately it is how a yr "voicing." Moreover, instead of the We were able to see how the speaker sounds that Model 4412's bookshelf configura- design of the LIO0t3 becomes a real- matters. Every new JBL tion, the L 1 00t3 would be a floor - ity during a special factory tour. model undergoes extensive listening tests by both the engineering and marketing staff Only when both are satisfied with the result can the speaker proceed to manufacturing. An early version of the LI00t3 failed at this stage because its sound differed too radically from that of its predecessor, PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROCKY THIFS the classic LI00.

8 5-6. Despite a general opinion that titanium is an "unworkable" metal, JBL pioneered its use in tweeter diaphragms because it combines lightness and stiffness. A diaphragm -forming machine uses a proprietary high-pressure process to stamp out tweeter domes for the LI00L3, each one only a thousandth of an inch thick. The diamond pattern in the dome's surround increases its flexibility. 7. To insure uniformity of response in L100t3 speakers. JBL uses an automated assembly to attach the tweeter diaphragm to the voice coil. In the photo, a hand points to where the machine is inserting a high -temperature adhesive at the critical joint. 8-10. Woofer voice coils are wound in "sticks," to be cut into proper lengths further along in the production process. 11 11-13. The east frames for the L10013:-. woofers are electrostatic -211y coated with an epoxy powder. which is then baked on, rather than being painted conventionally. One benefit is a pollution free working enironment. 14. Final assembly cf the LI00t3's woofer is performed on a turnable that spins the basket to allow even applicaticn of the glue tha; will hold the 12 cone -coil combination in place. 15. Every transducer-in fact. every voice coil-is individually tested against an engineering prototype in one of the many quality -assurance staions in the JBL factory.

lb STEREC REVIEW UNE 1989 79 16-21. Panels for the L1001.3's enclosure are cut from veneered particle board in JBL's own wood mill. The side panels are cut in a single piece, and a saw makes V-shaped grooves through the board-but not the veneer-where the cabinet edges will fall. The crossover network is mounted and the pre-cut 17 side piece is folded around the front and back panels to produce the finished enclosure. Tolerances are very tight to insure that the cabinet fits together with no air leaks.

"When it comes to loudspeakers and of origin. Strong distinctions are often, cartridges, or entrance and exit and unjustifiably, made between a JOL IA JAPAN devices, people in Japan, including the "California" sound, an "East Coast" BY audiophile press, believe that foreign sound, a "British" sound, and so on. namesaresuperior," I was told by No doubt these attributes give foreign BRYAN H A R R E L L Kohtaro Yasuda, the marketing products a certain "spice of identity," TOKYO-Though countless Americansdirector for JBL products in Japan. though image -conscious Japanese may think of Japan as the leader in audio The existence today of some pay more attention to the "aura" of a equipment, many Japanese audiophiles excellent Japanese speakers and product than to the product itself have historically considered certain ,cartridges, and some rather poor In any case, the aura surrounding categories of American and European Western counterparts, easily disproves the JBL name in Japan has been audio gear superior-namely, phono this myth, though the fact that many strong for years. Nobody really knows cartridges and loudspeakers. Local Japanese still believe it makes for when the first JBL loudspeaker was wisdom has it that the Japanese are impressive foreign sales opportunities sold here, but Sansui began good at mathematics and equations, in a market more than half the size of distributing the line officially in 1969. making possible the production of the U.S. and larger than any European Four years ago, distribution was taken efficient hardware, but are less adept at country. over by the Tokyo branch of Harman the subjective artistic judgments Furthermore, imported loudspeakers International, known as Harman Asia. involved in transducer craftsmanship. are closely identified with their country According to Yasuda, sales have 22 23 2223. The cabinet's veneer is polished and the driers are mounted in op6nings on the main par els during final assembly of the speake-. 24. After completed LIA0t3 speakers roll off' the assembly line, they are packaged for shipment to dealers.

increased in that time despite awards. The JBL Everest DDSS000 out that it's often hard to determine aggressive inroads made by other speaker was one of three loudspeakers how a product will be used once it is speaker makers in Japan. Bose. (along with the McIntosh XRT-18 and sold. "We're sure that the end users of especially, has built a large presence the Diatone DS -1000) to win Stereo some JBL professional products are here in the last decade. "Each Sound's1985 Golden Sound Award. actually ordinary consumers." he said. [manufacturer] has its own niche," The JBL name can also be seen at Harman Asia is involved in some Yasuda said, "though there must be every important trade show and JBL product planning, although all the some overlap, which is good for industry event in Japan. Last October, speakers are made in California. "The competition." while JBL was represented at both the Japanese prefer certain "The JBL name is prestigious [in Japan Audio Fair and the Imported characteristics," Yasuda said, "like Japan]." Yasuda continued. Audio Show (the only foreign name to very punchy bass and sharp, quick "Perception has a high value, and be present at both events), Harman transients." Interestingly, the Harman Asia tries to reinforce this Asia also highlighted JBL products at prize-winning Everest speakers, which image." A large number of jazz coffee its own three-day audio fair. retail in Japan for 2.7 million yen houses and live -music spots bear this JBL sales in Japan are (about $22,500) a pair, were developed out: JBL speakers are quite common approximately one-third for in conjunction with Harman Asia and and have a loyal following. professional use and two-thirds to sell predominantly in the Asian JBL speakers receive good press here. consumers. That's a high ratio of market. A few of those ought to do and they have won several Grand Prix pro -use sales, though Yasuda pointed something for the trade deficit. STEREO REVIEW JUNE 198981 SYSTEMS A live-end/dead-endgarage

by Rebecca Day

.IF you go to Wayne Mackey's Dimensional Array SRS 1.1 Manhattan Beach, California, speaker systems, so he covered the home just to visit, you're likely ceiling and a good portion of the to be directed to the living walls with 1 -inch -thick room; there, his "graveyard" cloth -over -fiberglass ceiling panels. stereo system provides At the dead end of the room, where background music. If you go to do the speakers are, he stuffed 31b some serious listening, he will lead inches of raw fiberglass behind the you back to the audio room he wall panels to absorb more sound built himself. a 17 x 18 -foot and "keep the low frequencies from chamber that takes up half of a getting out of the room." At the live four -car garage. end, he used 0 -inch soundboard Look closely, and you'll see that made of coconut husks and then the walls are slightly off the covered it with drywall. He also vertical, by 2 or 3 degrees. That's used leftover fiberglass to pad two okay-they're supposed to be. But 4 x 6 -foot panels -again to keep Mackey had a tough sell lows from escaping. To hold convincing the building inspector equipment, he built 3/4 -inch shelves that he constructed the room that recessed into the wall so that the way to prevent standing waves. components wouldn't interfere with Clearly, acoustics are the the SDA speakers' crosstalk - primary concern in this room. cancellation effect. Mackey wanted everything to be There's so much sound just right for his Polk Audio Stereo absorption in the room that

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itolittis_ I MEM Mackey had to biamp the speakers and supplement his 110 -watt -per -channel Hafler DH 220 power amplifier with a 200 -watt -per -channel Onkyo M-508. The Haller drives the high frequencies, and the Onkyo powers the bass. A McIntosh C-27 preamplifier is connected to the fixed input of the Onkyo amp and to the B input of a Niles A/B switch box, which in turn runs to the Hafler. Straightwire LSI cables Hi-Fi VCR, a Sony Profeel tuner, dimensions -11 feet from the connect the switch box to the and a Sony Profeel 25 -inch speakers, which are precisely 6 feet variable output of a Denon monitor make up the video picture. apart. DCD-3300 CD player, which A pair of Sony speakers connected To eliminate interference from bypasses the preamp. The Denon's directly to the monitor provide the switching noise of the fixed output connects to the video sound for nonmusical fluorescent lights, Mackey variable input of the Onkyo amp. programs. positioned them far enough back To play CD's, Mackey turns the Everything in the room is where that they're not a problem. He also switch box to A; for preamp/vcR it is for a reason. The sofa is installed a small incandescent light operation, he switches it to B. A carefully placed for optimum in the front, which he says provides Mitsubishi HS -400 VHS Hi-Fi listening according to a Polk just enough light to see the VCR,a Sony SL-HF360 SuperBeta formula based on the room's equipment. 0

STEREO REVIEWjUN E 1989 83 Movers and shakers in new audio technology

HEY toil in laboratories and andindividualityindesigning ferent kinds of mixtures, involving sound rooms, testing and re- speakers, and that's not likely to carbon or fiberglass-there are real- testing, coming up with new change in the future. "Designing ly unlimited ways of mixing materi- ideas, re-examining some old speakers will become even more als now to achieve different sound ones, and always listening. challenging in the years ahead," ac- results, and [the use of such mix- Some, like Ray Dolby, attain a cer- cording to Tommy Freadman, who tures] will increase." tain celebrity, but most, like Tom- heads the research and develop- Such opportunities will certainly my Freadman or Larry Schotz, are ment program at Altec Lansing. not go unnoticed by the likes of well known, and revered, only with- Freadman will, no doubt, rise to Moray Campbell and Paul Burton, in the audio industry. They are the challenge. A musician turned the brains behind the hot new Sumo people who have altered the way we engineer, he worked in Israeli re- Ariaspeakers.Fiveyearsago, listen to music in our homes, but cordingstudiosandengineered Campbell and Burton met acciden- their names are not usually on prod- soundatconcertperformances tally and discovered they both had uct labels. That's of little concern to around the world before getting into an interest in planar speaker design. most of them: Generally, the top product engineering and design. Working with limited resources and audio engineers don't hunger for Freadman's patented electronic res- testgear-"Our testequipment fame and glory. They get their kicks onance -control circuit is still in use consisted of microphones strapped from breaking sound barriers. today, though what he's best known to the sides of our heads," Campbell The fraternity of explorers on the for now is the line of award -winning recalled-the two developed a pro- cutting edge of audio technology is speakers that have come out of the totype of what would eventually be not large, really. Among the thou- Altec Lansing labs during the last the Aria, a full -range panel speaker sands of audio engineers at work five years. that generates sound virtually like a today, perhaps only a hundred- Freadman predicts that speaker point source by precisely applying maybe fewer-could be considered makers will rely on "more and more drive to the diaphragm's center. truly influential in terms of guiding controlled circuitry to correct and While Campbell and Burton are technology in new directions. The compensate for speaker perform- now working to create scaled -down members of this elite class are not ance. There is a limitation to what versions of the Aria, they've got mere tinkerers-clearly, they are you can do mechanically. The more their eyes on the road ahead as well movers and shakers. intelligent way isto control the and see some interesting possibili- And if you're trying to get a han- speaker with the amplifier or some ties. "I believe the box speaker will dle on what lies ahead in the rapidly kind of feedback circuit." gradually fade away in the next ten changing world of audio, who better What particularlyintereststhe to twenty years," said Burton. "And to ask than the best and the bright- forty -two -year -old designer, howev- I think we're just around the corner est audio engineers? er, is the potential for experimenta- from planar units that will effective- tion with new materials. "It's hap- lyreplace cone drivers-and be Speakers pening already," he said, "with peo- physically slimmer than what we In no other component category ple moving from paper cones to have now. The time has come for will you find as many varied opin- laminates to polypropylene, in dif- panels, and I think we're going to ions as in the realm of speakers. see a real movement toward less From anengineer'sstandpoint, expensive, mid -market panel speak- there's plenty of room for creativity ers in particular. I think perhaps a

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S3ny's STR-02010 is the first receiver to use digital signal processing for every key control function.

Larry Schotz designed the front- end circuits of The polydirectional the highly regarded Obelisk speaker is Proton 440 tuner. the brainchild of engineer Richard Shahinian.

Recording engineer Keith Johnson's ideas are embodied in the Precise Monitor 7 speaker.

STEREO REVIM LNE.1989 85 dozen more planar -speaker compa- People will need more of them, and nies will appear, and then you'll they'll want more functions and fea- start seeing some really exciting de- tures in them. "I expect amplifiers signs." to have more channels for sur- Campbell and Burton also foresee round -sound and remote -control a greater application of rare-earth applications," said Sidney Corder - magnets as opposed to ceramic, and man of McIntosh. "People want in- possibly also some plastiform mag- ess, and the system would analyze dependent levels in different rooms nets. "People are going to realize and then adjust its own output. and independent program sources that a small, compact magnet struc- Like Johnson, Richard Shahinian for those rooms, and that dictates ture is an advantage in producing a is bullish on the back -to -basics ap- extra amplifiers for those rooms." wide -bandwidthplanar transduc- proach. In fact, Shahinian, the whiz Corderman's prognostications er-and I think the price of that behind Obelisk speakers, becomes should not be taken lightly. A thirty- technology is going to come down downright nostalgic when he looks eight -year veteran of the engineer- as usage increases," Campbell said. ahead. "I think that a lot in the ing department at McIntosh, he su- KeithJohnson,whodesigns future is going to depend on how far pervises all engineering in the labs speakers for Precise Acoustic Labo- back we look," he said. "There was and personally designed all of the ratories, agrees that usage of new an awful lot of work done in the late company's vacuum -tube amps and materials "will be a major thrust," Thirties and early Forties that de- preamps. though he feels it will be particularly fined the nature of the loudspeaker, "In general, I see amps continuing important with regard to enclosure and those ideas will rise again- to move in the direction of more design. "The days of serious speak- using passive radiators for bass tun- power, lower distortion, and ers in a wooden box are almost ing,for example.Ithink what's wider bandwidths," Corder - gone," he said. "We'll see more neededis not necessarily radical man said. "I think there will be complex bracing and inner struc- new means of producing sound, but more amps with balanced inputs, tures as well as exotic laminated rather some radical applications of which will be particularly important materials to control cabinet reso- old technology." with remote -control systems to get nances." A musician who became a hi-fi rid of ground loops as the systems OHNSON knows his resonances. salesman, Shahinian's interestin become more extensive." He's a veteran of the recording speakers led him to study and buy Corderman believes digital tech- studio (he still works in that kits. His first design was manufac- nology's potential in the amplifier Rfield today), and his experience tured by Precision Laboratories in category is limited. "I think many in designing equipment goes 1962, after which Shahinian moved companies are looking at applying beyond the Precise speaker line. He on to Harman Kardon, where he digital techniques, particularly in also engineered the Spectral DMA - helped open the company's loud- the preamp where there's equaliza- 50 professional amplifier as well as speaker acoustic lab and also helped tion and surround -sound [decod- Spectral's new SDR-1000 compact engineer the HK -40 speaker.In ing] to be done-those things can be disc player, which has the unique 1976 he formed his own company, done nicely in the digital domain, feature of being able to anticipate where he introduced the Obelisk but the economics of it aren't favor- and then compensate for certain polydirectional speakers. able now, and the know-how has to digital recording errors. These days, Shahinian is thinking be developed. But I don't see digital "I think the industry is now in modular, and he predicts that the power amps. The radiation require- more of a listening phase than a industrywilleventuallycome ments down the speaker lines limit technological phase on speakers," around to his philosophy. "A uni- what you can do." Johnson told me. "People are start- tized modular approach to speakers, M IKE Corderman, Lew Johnson ing to work with enclosures, stand- allowing customers to take a build- of Conrad -Johnson sees "evo- ing waves on drivers, the way that ing-block approach when they buy lutionary, not revolutionary" materials behave,the way that speakers-that'sthewaywe're developmentsinamplifier crossovers and drivers interact-in headed," he said. "We already have technology. "Therewillbe a sense, there's a back -to -basics and a partially modular program in our progress and refinements relating to back -to -physicsmovement,and system, with different subwoofers issuesthat have been around- there's a little less techno-flash.I and other modules that can be add- sonic effects of negative feedback, think that movement will continue ed on. It's a cost-effective way to effectsofincreasingopen -loop as speaker makers concentrate on build a state-of-the-art loudspeaker bandwidth, effects of power -supply getting things to sound natural and with very low distortion." interactions," Johnson said. "Some realistic." Shahinian also envisions "new of the biggest gains in recent years The next breakthrough? Johnson approaches to enclosures, using ma- have come because of new materi- thinks it could come in the form of a terials such as plastic resins or con- als, and there may be some new self-adjusting system to control the crete and resins together-materials materialsstillto come that will bottom end better in a given listen- that have virtue for acoustical pur- allow us to make better resistors, ing environment. Such a system, he poses. The box speaker is dead," he better capacitors." postulates, might involve placing declared, echoing pronouncements An economist who took up audio low-cost microphones throughout by Johnson and Burton. as a hobby, Johnson has emerged as the room; the user would play back one of the most respected makers of a compact disc recorded with in- AMpWrS amplifiersinthebusiness.He structions and test tones designed to "More" is the operative word in teamed up with partner William help with the setup and testing proc- discussing the future of amplifiers. Conrad in 1976 because the two

86STEREO REVIEW JUNE 1989 shared a common goal: to build a modern, state-of-the-art preamplifier styled after the classic tube amplifiers of the Fifties. Conrad -Johnson achieved that with the PV1 preamp, which was followed by the equally successful MV75 power amp and, Speaker designer John Eargle now spends later, by the company's renowned much of his time as Premiere line of amps. recording engineer Johnson expects audio/video sys- for Delos Records. tenr s and surround -sound setups to become increasingly prevalent, which will call for control units with switching facilities for video signals as well as audio signals. Meanwhile, the effect on power amps will be that more of them will be needed for surround sound, though there may be a trend toward smaller amps because of space limitations. "The thing that is perhaps hardest to gauge," Lew Johnson went on to say. "is the effects of the almost -certain coming of the recordable optical disc. Regardless of what the recording industry thinks, digital recording can't be far away. My guess Denon's 20 -bit Model is, it won't be digital audio tape that 3520 CD player uses is the medium; it'slikely to be technology developed for professional use recordable discs. The computer in- by Takeaki Anazawa. dustry is almost going to force the development of the recordable optical disc, independent of audio. But once it's there, the audio aspects can be added on quickly. That will have unpredictableconsequencesfor amps and preamps. Future preamps may include digital processing circuitry, at least as an option." The Digital Domain TakeakiAnazawaofDenon agrees that the recordable compact Lew Joinson's amps disc is on the horizon, though he are styled after adds a word of caution: "Copyright classic 1950's tube protection," he said, "is the key to equipment. making it happen." Anazawa has been at the center of developing digital audio technology from the start. As a recording engineer in Japan, nearly twenty years The Philips ago he helped develop one of the improved - first professional digital audio re- definition TV set, a corders. By 1972, he was using the big step equipment for the first digital re- toward high - cording sessions in the world. Ana- definition zawa continued to develop digital TV, was developed equipment-mostly recording con- in the U.S. soles and editing equipment-for professional use. As far back as ten years ago, he was involved in the development of 18 -bit analog -to - digital and digital -to -analog converters for professional recording use, technology that was later used in Denon's 20 -bit converters for consumer applications. Today Ana -

STEREO REVIEW JUNE1989 87 zawa is involved in design and goal is to eliminate the dipole or the development of all types of CD proj- metal -rod antenna and reduce it to a ects, including CD-ROM (data stor- printed circuit 5 inches in diame- age), CD -I (interactive CD's), and CD - ter-the applications are almost un- G (CD'S with graphics). limited." "Data -compression techniques Terk is also working with TV an- will become much more important tennas these days. "We could come in years to come," Anazawa predict- der of Draco Labs in the mid -Seven- out with a great indoor TV antenna ed, "and high-performance digital ties, Schotz, now thirty-nine, de- right now," he said. "The only prob- signal processing (DSP) will be the signed Sherwood's Micro CPU 100, lem is, it would be 12 feet wide. We key to improving data compres- the first digital tuner on the market, haven't yet made the breakthrough sion." Anazawa sees a bright and and he followed that act by design- there that we had with Gamma versatile future for DSP. "On the ing highly regarded tuner lines for Loop-that is, being able to capsu- consumer side, digital preamplifiers both Proton and Crown. Later, after lize the technology. But we are mak- will become more popular, and founding LS Research, he designed ing some headway in the area of these preamps willrely on very the Schotz FM noise -reduction cir- well -designed amplifiers for cable high-speeddigitalsignalproces- cuitry that's still in use today in a systems as well as UHF and VHF." sors," he said. And, he added, DSP number of products. ERK is also looking beyond will be instrumental in improving Looking ahead, Schotz anticipates antennas andfocusingon professional sound -recording tech- improvements in the ability of tun- what he predicts will become niques in the next few years. ers to handle front-end overload. a very hot area in the future: LikeLew Johnson,Anazawa He also expects that "phenomenal wireless audio/video technol- noted that the recordable CD is signal-to-noise ratios in FM tuners" ogy. "We're looking into ways in already in great demand in the com- are just around the bend. "I'm talk- which you can expand entertain- puter industry, which could spur the ing about something in the area of ment systems throughout the home development of recordable CD'S for 100 dB," he said. "The stations can't by taking advantage of existing wir- audio. "We're now using a CD write - broadcast at that level yet, but I ing in the walls." once system, and it works very well think they will soon-we're going to John Eargle, a long-time designer for us," he said. "I think within a start seeing FM broadcasts being re- for JBL, knows just what Terk few years write -once CD's will be ally close to digital audio in terms of means. "There's still the problem of available, assuming copyright prob- quality. running wires around rooms, and I lems are dealt with. An erasable CD "It would be nice if we could hope someone will come up with a will be more difficult-erasing does broadcast digital information di- way to plug speakers into a socket not lend itself to the CD format." rectly, to be decoded in your tuner," on the wall, with the program infor- NAZAWA'S affectionfor DSP Schotz mused, "but I don't know if mation coming via an infrared or RF seems mild compared with the that will happen, because the federal link going back to the AC wiring." feelings of Sony's Ken Hanei- government may not want to make With one foot in consumer audio shi. A thirty-year veteran of the existing broadcast format obso- and one in the professional record- the company, Haneishi now lete. Maybe it can be done in a sub - ing field, Eargle has made his mark serves as director of product plan- carrier format." in both areas. He helped develop ning and coordinates the design If broadcasting does change, Neal JBL's Bi-Radial professional studio team responsible for the coming Terk will, no doubt, be the first to monitors, and he designed the L- generationof Sony components adjust his antenna. A onetime de- 250 (now the 250 Ti), the same with DSP capabilities. signer of record covers, Terk was company's flagship consumer loud- Already, Haneishi maintains, DSP "seduced by the antenna business" speaker. A veteran also of RCA and is having a major impact on hi-fi. in 1985 when he formed Terk Tech- Mercury Records, Eargle today still "Until now the term DSP has been nologies. By June 1988 Terk, work- spends much of his time in record- used to describe various types of ing with independent engineers (in- ing studios, mostly working for the surround -sound and digital delay cluding Larry Schotz), had devel- Delos label. devices," he said, but he thinks that opedthebreakthrough Gamma "Digital audio tape is not going to currentDSPreceivers-including Loop or "Pi" FM antenna. Unlike be significant as a carrier of infor- Sony'sown STR-D2010-have the 17 -inch rod antennas on the mation to the home," he said. "I "given DSP an entirely new mean- market, which areindiscretein don't see record companies flocking ing, since all key parameters that terms of the bandwidths they tune to duplicate program material in affect music reproduction can be in,the round, compact Gamma that format. It's still very costly and processed digitally." The best of DSP Loop, with its built-in signal -boost- will remain far more expensive than is yet to come, Haneishi predicted: ing amplifier, was designed to re- the CD. And the CD is so well estab- "I believe that DSP will revolution- ceive signals between 88 and 108.5 lished now that nothing will shake it ize the way we listen to music in the MHZ only, thereby cutting down on out of its present position. future, not just in the home, but in out -of -band interference. Today the "Recording equipment isin a all music -oriented environments." company is still struggling to meet good evolutionary cycle,"Eargle demand foritsred-hot Gamma added. "The only real breakthrough Radio Reception Loop antennas. I'd like to see is perhaps an increase On the matter of tuning in radio "In the future," Terk said, "we in the present digital standards of a signals, you'd be hard-pressed to will expand the use of Gamma Loop 44.1 -kilohertz sampling rate and 16 - find an expert with better creden- technologies into other products, bit conversion to 48 -kilohertz sam- tials than Larry Schotz. As the foun- both consumer and industrial. The pling or 96 kilohertz just as a mat -

88 STEREO REVIEW JUNE 1989 ter of principle, I'd like to see a higher sampling rate." The Big Picture Even with all of these expected Moray Campbell improvements in audio technology, and Paul Burton the biggest breakthrough in con- woked five sumer electronics during the next years to create few years will take place on the tele- the Sumo Aria. a full -range vision screen as the much -talked- planar speaker. about high -definition television becomes a reality. When will HDTV get here, and what will it look like? We asked Dr. Larry French of Philips. After spending twenty-two years inresearch and development at RCA, French was tapped by Philips to head the company's American HDTV program, a U.S.-based research effort to develop an HDTV system for North America. He has presided over the company's rapid progress in the new field: Philips was among the first to demonstrate HDTV hardware in this country, and the company is expected to demonstrate a terrestrial HDTV broadcast signal sometime this year. "We're going to see a steady pro- gression of the viewing experience," French said. "Step one is improved - definitionTV(IDTV), which is now available and is already being refined. Further enhancements in the IDTVtelevisionset, and perhaps some enhancements in the broadcast signal itself, will result in what we're now calling IDTv-plus. "In time, IDTV will lead us into HDTV, although before that can happen we'll need unified broadcast standards that can serve cable as well as satellite transmissions-it will have to be consistent throughout." According to French, Philips is "projecting that the FCC will accept a terrestrial broadcast standard in early 1991. If that's done, one could expect that within two more years HDTV service will be introduced. So we're looking at 1993, although that may be optimistic." One thing is certain: When HDTV .4t arrives-with its wide picture, dra- Neal Terk and Larry matically improved texture, color, Schotz developed and resolution, and CD -quality au- the GEmma Loop dio-it will, as French says, "change technology for Terk's the whole viewing experience." powered P FM antenna. The desire to change the home entertainment experience is what drives the explorers, the best and the brightest engineers. In the years Altec Lansing's to come, as you find new clarity and Tommy Freadman designed the four- realism in your hi-fi sound and in way Model 511, which your television picture, remember: can take up to four It couldn't have happened without separate amp inputs. the guys in the lab coats. 0

STEREO REVIEW JUNF.1989 89 DD that so many people continue to think the big - money music business is essentially about music. Not so in the case of the most successful singers. For them it's always been about time and place, personality, communication, and true performer -listener intimacy. The music they perform is filtered through all of these things and aimed at the mass -audience ear. Enter the Platinum Kid, a.k.a. Randy Travis, who has just won his "I'm singing for everybody, no matter what kind second Grammy. Since June 1986 of background they have or where they came from." his three albums-"Storms of Life," "Always and Forever," and "Old 8 x 10"-have "gone" (as music -biz types say) Double Platinum, Triple Platinum, and Platinum,respectively. His last European tour, cul- minating in a sold -out appearance at London's cavernous Royal Albert Hall, was a triumph. That seemed to surprise him. "I didn't expect to have that huge an audience over there," he told me recently in New York. "They don't havespecializedradioprogram- ming, so my records are just played along with alot of other mainstream stuff. It was a scary feeling, walking out on that stage. And Mick Jagger came, and I sure didn't expect that!" AnotherthingTravisdoesn't seem to expect is the instant recognition that trails him wherever he goes. Even in down -and -dirty, celebrity -proof Manhattan, he's definitely a Somebody. People point, people stare, and a lot of them come right up and give the New York equivalent of "Howdy," which is "Yo, how you doin', Randy?" He's a Somebody, but also obviously an Available Somebody, and the interest is genuinely friendly. He's an easy person to like, open, unpretentious, with a certain down- home shrewdness and humor that can surface unexpectedly. He's not a particular fan of city life, but he will admit that it can have its merits- such as the pasta with meat sauce at a small Italian restaurant he's discovered. Also, he's not precisely in- conspicuous. He bears more than a passing resemblance to that lantern- jawed favorite of bygone Western 2 Tv shows, Chuck Conners, and his wardrobe would scare the hell out of the Brooks Brothers. He also seems ig deeply committed to gold. Large so

chunks of it blossom from his open lei shirt collar, and one of his fingers is BY PETER REILLY weighted down with an enormous "custom-made" gold r ng in the tually to do. Sometimes I see the successwith it-Kenny Rogers, shape of a guitar. kids today, and I'd like to break Crystal Gayle, Eddie Rabbit. But it Travis grew up in Nor :h Carolina through their hopelessness and tell got to the point where it seemed like and listened to a lot of country them that you can straighten out. every country artist was trying for music. "My first favorite was Hank I've been there, and I know you can, crossover appeal. And not every art- Williams, Sr.," he said. 'Then Lefty no matter what state you're in." ist has it. It doesn't suit everybody. Frizzell, Merle Haggard, and Travis's career actually started, as Merle Haggard's never tried for it, George Jones. As a matter of fact, it does with so many country per- and I can't hear a Porter Wagoner those zre still my favorites. Lately formers, in the small clubs of Nash- singing that kind of material.I I've worked with George Jones and ville. "A lot of people helped in the couldn't deliberately sing that kind Merle Haggard, and it's great to get beginning, like Gene Watson and of pop music myself. It wouldn't to know people that you' 'e admired Joe Stampley and Johnny Russell sound right.I have a voice that for so long." and Little Jimmy Dickens. They sounds like a country singer, and Rock has never been much of a used to hear me in a club called the there's no way around that. Plus, I part of Travis's life. "I never lis- Nashville Palace. I worked there for don't want to do anything else.I tened to it as a kid. But I had three three and a half years. They'd come love country music." brothers and two sisters, and they over from the Grand Ole Opry, INTRA VISis shrewdly realistic liked it and had it on around the which was across the street, after or about his long-term career house, and my older brother used to between shows, have something to prospects, however. "An- try to sing and play it, so I heard it eat, and listen to us pick and sing. other way to look at it is through him. But I never listened to They'd come back several times. this: Things are going great right it by choice or bought rock records And thatwas encouraging.Of now, and I hope they continue to for or listened to it on the radio. course,"he added,"theywere a long time. But I know that at some "Iwas introducedto country friendly with the owner, and the point things will slow down whether through my mom and dad. They food was good." I want them to or not.It's not had a great collection of it. Records How does he account for his suc- because people get tired of you. It's by Hank Williams,sr.,Ernest cess among the urban professional because they get used to you and Tubbs, Gene Autry, and Roy Rog- crowd? He doesn't, but it doesn't there's not the excitement of the ers. And I used to watch all the old surprise him, either. "The people beginning for them.I know that Roy Rcgers movies on Tv. Still do. I from thirty up-that's always been point will come. It has for every- love those Westerns! a country audience. What does sur- body else. You're going to have "But I never listened as a kid to prise me is the big audience I have your little rise up, and then you're the more classical -type singers like with young people in their teens and going to maintain, and then you're Peggy Lee or Frank Sinatra. Nowa- twenties." Travis's groupies, by the going to slow down. You're not days I have a great respezt for what way, are apt to turn up backstage going to drop out of sight. You're those people, like Sinatra, can do. with fresh -baked pies and cakes of- just at a lower level, and you main- Technically he's a wonderful sing- fered with girl -next-door shyness. tain there. Look at Johnny Cash. er-the way he's always able to stay The punk and metal crowd still There's a man who's been maintain- onpith. Andhispirasingis seem impervious to his charms. ing for a long, long time. Besides, great." "Even kids four and five years old you can only stretch crossover so far TODA YTravis seems about seem to like what I'm doing," he and it gets dull." as threatening asahit said. "I'm singing for everybody, no One recent project that Travis is team of koala bears. That matter what kind of background particularly enthusiastic aboutis wasn't always so. He left they have or where they came from. RichardPerry's "Rock, Rhythm North Carolina and ended up in Anyone who's had a happy relation- and Blues," a gala tribute to the Nashville-"running with the ship, or would like to, can relate to a music of the Fifties just released by wrong crowd," as he put it. "I was song likeForever and Ever. Or Warner Bros. Travis has one track seventeen and pretty rebellious.I somebody who's having bad times on it. the old Brook Benton hit Just was taking a lot of drugs and drink- or just lost someone can relate to a Matter of Time. "It's just about as ing. At3ne point I would have con- Diggin' Up Bones. When I go into close to pop as you're ever going to sidered myself an alcohoic. I didn't the studio, I just try to find the best hear from me. Perry's purpose is to want tolistento anyone. I got songs and play them well.I don't show the influence that country has locked up a lot of times for a lot of aim itat any audience. Inever had on rock. You can hear that different reasons, including break- thought I'd be lucky enough to get when you listen to Hank Williams, ing and entering. Once fcr trying to some crossover airplay and then Sr." outrun -xdicemen. Now that's not a land on the pop charts. Those were All of the media attention that has good icea. Also,it's a very hard the farthest things from my mind. come to Travis still seems to sur- thing to do. I'm glad it happened, but what I prise him. "I don't know why things "The main reason I eventually got really want to do most is still cut have gone the way they have. My straightened out was that I met my good country music." whole career has been a shock to manager, Lib Hatcher. She gives On the subject of crossover Travis me. I don't really have a game plan. great advice, and finallyI found is somewhat ambivalent. "Cross- I'm just going to keep doing what someone I could talk to. I never had over music is fine, but I think that I've been doing. I've had a lot of that before. It was really z combina- on the whole it got kind of boring. film offers, and I think I'd like to do tion of her and my music. For the Too many country people were try- some more. My main purpose is first time I took the music business ing too hard to cut that kind of keeping the music up to where it seriously. It gave me something ac- music. Some of them had a lot of should be." 0

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Stereo Review's stitched together by some five pro- ducers who saddled her with a critics choose the outstanding mishmash of material and styles current releases and buried her in an avalanche of rhythm sections. Her choice of producer for "Nick of Time," though, was inspired-Don Was, of the De- BONNIE RAITT troit -based band Was (Not Was). He pared away any excess instru- WORKS HER mentation and left ample space for MAGIC AGAIN Raitt to work her magic in returning 111111111111111 to the loose, primal funkiness of blues -orientedrock-and-rollthat or so ago, singer -song- first brought her public attention. writer -guitarist Bonnie Raitt As with Raitt's best-known suc- AlRlooked in the mirror and cesses, "Nick of Time"isheld saw a woman rapidly ap- together by three strong, unifying proaching forty, a romantic who'd elements: her emotional and tangy just had her heart broken at the end slide -guitarplaying,her uncom- of a long-term relationship, and an monly expressive, husky soprano- artist whose last album, the 1986 soaring here with thrilling gospel "Nine Lives," had been a resound- and r -&-b leaps-and her selection ing disappointment. On top of it all, of sassy, knowing songs about the she hadn't found self-expression in ups and downs of romance. The songwriting for quite some time. album is remarkable, in fact, for its And so, she said in a recent inter- lack of weak songs, but even more view, she fell into a "personal quag- so for Raitt's extraordinary vocal mire," breaking down both physi- treatments, with the backing of an cally and emotionally. When she array of outstanding (andwell- Paulino Da Costa (percussion); other came out of it, however, she wrote known) musicians. Among at least musicians. Nick of Time; Thing Called what is probably the strongest song five truly impressive performances, Love; Love Letter; Cry on My Shoulder; of her career, Nick of Time. one in particular clings to the mem- Real Man: Nobody's Girl: Have a Heart; That song, which also lends its ory. The song is Jerry L. Williams's Too Soon to Tell; I Will Not Be Denied: name toRaitt'sterrific new al- I Will Not Be Denied, a pounding, I Ain't Gonna Let You Break My Heart bum-her first for Capitol after an rhythmic anthem about a strong Again; The Road's My Middle Name. entire career at Warner Bros.- woman who refuses to be bested by CAPITOL C1-91268, ©C4-91268, C2- addresses the anxieties of aging, the a straying man. With dramatic vo- 91268 (43 min). ticking of the biological clock, and cal control, Raitt builds on her an- the realization that "life gets mighty ger through the first verse and cho- precious when there's less of it to rus, and then, after seething through RACHMANINOFF'S waste." But the final verse brings a the bridge, finally lets her bitterness celebration of the redemptive pow- ooze out like a slowly deflating ball. SECOND FROM ers of love, as Raitt sings of finding If the tradeoff for this kind of ar- ROZHDFSTVENSKY a soul mate in the "nick of time." tistic apex is facial lines-which, Of course, the irony is that Raitt Raitt complains, "are pretty hard to hasn't really found such a buttress- take when they're staring back at GENNADY ROZHDESTVEN- ing relationship in real life, but that you"-the artist has learned that SKY'S new recording of doesn't diminish the impact of the age, for all its physical deterioration, Rachmaninoff'sSecond song, which calls for a positive reor- also brings a luminous resilience of Symphony with the Lon- dering of priorities as well as giving spirit. For Raitt, too, maturity has don Symphony Orchestra on MCA a realistic, if hopeful, chronicle of brought the kind of self-examina- Classics runs as long as many per- adult life. More than that, both the tion and committed integrity that formances of Beethoven's Ninth, song and the album-Raitt's best any generation-if it's lucky-will more than sixty-six minutes. with sincethe early -Seventies classics finally learn to embrace. "Nick of the first movement allone account- "Give It Up" and "Home Plate"- Time" somehow makes it easier. ing for over twenty-four of them. point to a renewed optimism and Alanna Nash But Rozhdestvensky is no slow- artistic vision. BONNIE RAITT: Nick of Time. Bon- poke; his tempos flow with natural It's no wonder, then, that the nie Raitt (vocals, slide guitar, piano); momentum throughout the work, album is being viewed as something David Crosby. Graham Nash (back- without dawdling or big gear shift- of a comeback. Raitt'slast few groundvocals); Johnny Lee Schell, ing to accommodate the more vo- albums have shown a profound lack John Jorgenson (guitar); Herbie Han- luptuous passages. What accounts of focus, the last one having been cock (piano); Don Was (keyboards); for the timing is that he not only

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something we can believe in. He can smart, blues -based,guitars -only also be depended on to have any Americanrock-and-roll.Infact, orchestra playing at the very top of "Seduced by Money" is perhaps the its form. His own successful efforts finest example of that genre since are enhanced here by outstanding Jason and the Scorchers unleashed sonics, with a balance of warmth "Fervor" back in 1984. and brilliance ideally suited to this The band's not -so -secret weapon performance. Neither the LSO nor in that regard is lead singer and the Rachmaninoff Second has ever songwriter Gwil Owen, who has the sounded better in a recording. classic rock mixture of knowingness Richard Freed and innocence down cold. He's also got a novelist's eye for detail, an ear RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2,for the melodic hook, and one of in E Minor, Op. 27. London Symphony thosegreatplain-spokennasal Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky voices that's equally at home with cond. MCA CLASSICS MCAD-6272 cry -in -your -beer ballads and sar- (66 min). donic hard -rock screamers. In short, he's a real find. Fortunately,therestofthe THE THIEVES: Thieves are more than equal to the Conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky task of keeping up with him, and CLASSIC they are all assisted to no small performs the score without cuts, as ROCK-AND-ROLL degree by an exceptionally flattering more and more conductors have no -frills production job by Marshall been doing lately, but takes the first - Crenshaw.Ibelieve that thisis movement expositionrepeatas TALK about misleading. "Se- Crenshaw's debut behind the con- z well. Yet nothing seems at all exces- ducedby Money,"the trol board, but it's not hard to see sive. Everything makes such beauti- splendidly titled debut al- why he took the job. The Thieves' ful sense that one is not aware of bum by the splendidly mon- music, like Crenshaw's own, is for- time ticking away but simply of ikered Nashville band the Thieves, mally concise, tuneful, and rooted being thoroughly absorbed in an old isnota concept album about yuppie in classic pop/rock verities. In fact, "standard" made remarkably fresh. greed. Well, not exactly. Money and on the evidence here, Crenshaw Not only the first movement but status are, shall we say, merely sub- should produce himself next time; the scherzo, too, gains from being texts. Actually, what the record is none of his own albums has ever taken at a sensible pace, a bit more really about is providing aural evi- sounded this unfussy and right. expansive than the norm and the dence, quite conclusively, that these Lou Reed, who ought to know, more convincing for it. The justly guys are among the last inheritors of observed in the liner notes to his beloved adagio is kept moving with a great and seemingly dying genre- recent "New York" album that a fetchingly balletic elegance, reaching an unlabored climax that simply The Thieves: Ban Weilburg. Jeff Finlin. Gwil Owen. Robin Altomonte sweeps away any thought of resistance. And if you thought the Second Symphony was the one big work in which Rachmaninoff was free of his obsession with theDies Irae,you'll find yourself stunningly corrected by Rozhdestvensky's clarification of innumerable details, particularly in the final movement, in which the chant melody emerges umistakably and the entire structure comes together with-again-extraordinary conviction. Conviction is the one word, perhaps, that sums up what makes this performance so remarkable. Rozh- destvensky has an uncanny knack for dispensing with superficialities and reaching into the very core of a thrice -familiar work, persuading us that it has more substance than we could have imagined, thatitis

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"you can't beat two guitars, bass, tition a real run for the money. This and drums." The Thieves' "Se- is Sitkovetsky's first recording of NOW ON CD duced by Money" proves that he twentieth-centuryconcertos,and Compact Discs of was absolutely right. The album the brilliance and control of his also proves that heart, wit, and a playing are simply dazzling. For previously released LP's refusal to pander are not as obsolete their part, Davis and the orchestra as the soulless fodder that clutters provide ideal collaboration all the our airwaves might make you think, way. The miking is fairly close up, POPULAR and it provides a wonderfully brac- with the violin favored but not CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND ing antidote to moussed hair, ex- exaggeratedly so, and the record- THE MAGIC BAND: Trout Mask Replica.REPRISE 2027-2. "Mad" posed navels, and drum machines. ing's dynamic range is very wide. (January 1971). In other words, if rock-and-roll has In the more diabolical pages of ART BLAKEY'S JAZZ ever meant anything at all to you, these scores-the scherzo of the MESSENGERS: Les Liaisons you should hear this album as soon Concerto No. 1 and the finale of No. dangereuses.FONTANA/POLYGRAM 812 as humanly possible.Steve Simels 2-Sitkovetsky's performance has a 017-2. Music for the first film version, blood -chilling edge. Yet in the open- directed by Roger Vadim in 1960.

JIMMY CLIFF: Cliff Hanger. THE THIEVES: Seduced by Money. ing and closing passages of No. 1 COLUMBIA CK 40002. "Fine fusion" The Thieves (vocals and instrumen- and theineffably beautiful slow (January 1986). tals).Everything But My Heart; All the movement of No. 2 his lyrical sense MILES DAVIS: Ascenseur pour Lines Are Down; Black Lipstick; Girl of is unerring. His violin tone is not as l'echafautFONTANA/POLYGRAM836 My Dreams; When I Wake with Some- "hot" as that of many of his Russian 305-2. Eighty -minute compilation for one New; From a Motel 6; Pick a Num- the soundtrack of Louis Malle's 1958 ber; Pendulum; Seduced by Money; Cas- contemporaries; rather, he exhibits thriller (titledFranticin the U.S.). sidy Knows. CAPITOL C1-91153, ©C4- an essentially Classical poise, with BILLEVANS:The Complete 91153, ©C2-91153 (35 min). all the control that implies. His Fantasy Recordings.FANTASY attacks and rhythmic pulse are pre- FCD-1012-2 (nine CD's). Ninety-eight cise and brilliant without being tracks recorded by the influential jazz SITKOVETSKY'S cold, and he sails into the more dra- pianist between 1973 and 1979. PROCOL HARUM: Grand Hotel. matic passages with great gusto- CHRYSALISVK41037. The band's DAZZLING sometimes almostoverbearingly. debut recording for this label, "perhaps But thatis a minor reservation. their most mature, ambitious, and PROKOFIEV Overall, these are outstanding per- moving album yet" (Best of Month, June 1973).Home.MOBILE FIDELITY formances by a thoroughly stimu- MFCD 793. Originally released by pROKOFIEV'Stwomasterly lating artist. David Hall A&M in 1970. violin concertos are repre- PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 1, BABATUNDE OLATUNJI: The sented on CD by several forin D Major, Op. 19; Violin Concerto Invocation.RYKO RCD 10102.The midable performances, but Beat. RCD 10107. The return of this No. Z in G Minor, Op. 63. Dmitry Sit- international musical missionary's the new recording of them by Dmi- kovetsky (violin); London Symphony famous Drums of Passion. try Sitkovetsky, Colin Davis, and Orchestra, Colin Davis cond.VIRGIN WHOOP -UP(MooseCharlap- the London Symphony Orchestra CLASSICS VC 90734-4, (15) VC 90734-2 Norman Gimbel). POLYDOR 837196-2. on Virgin Classics gives the compe- (49 min). Original Broadway -cast recording of 1958, plus ten bonus tracks, including Dmitry Sitkovetskr:brilliance and control cover versions of songs from the show. CLASSICAL

GOTI'SCHALK: ANight in the Tropics; Grand Tarantelle; ten short works for piano solo.Nibley, Abravanel; List. VANGUARD VCD 72026. "A felicitous, warm-blooded program" (November 1968).

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Discs and tapes reviewed by Chris Albertson, Phyl Garland, Ron Givens, Roy Hemming, Alanna Nash, Mark Peel, and Steve Simels

ASHFORD AND SIMPSON:Love or Physical. Nicholas Ashford and Valerie Simpson (vocals and instrumentals); instrumental accompaniment.Love or Physical; I'll Be There for You; Comes with the Package; Til We Get It Right; Something to You:and three others. CAPITOLC1-46946, © C4-46946, © C2- 46946 (38 min). Performance:Still a thrill Recording:Excellent

I guess you could call Ashford and Simpson old smoothies, for even after all these years they can deliver a musical thrill-at least some of the time. They are in generally fine form here, with eight original pieces of sleekly pro- ducedcontemporaryurbanmusic. While not every track is brilliant, the average is high, and there are two stand- outs:I'll Be There,the first single from this set, is one of the duo's classic love songs, a paean to loyalty that builds to stunning vocal peaks. AndSomething to You,a midtempo dance tune, takes its time winding up before socking home the main theme. P.G. THE PROCLAIMERS LACY J. DALTON: Survivor. Lacy J. ScoriISHtwins Craig and Charlie lovely, poppishCome On Naturerecalls Dalton (vocals); vocal and instrumental Reid wear Buddy Holly horn - the pleasing harmonies of Peter and accompaniment.I'm a Survivor; A Dia- rims and harmonize with the Gordon. The Proclaimers occasionally mond All the Time; Turn to the One; Me siblingsuretyof theEverly weave politics into the program, with and These Arms; Hard Luck Ace:and Brothers, but don't be deceived-the Cap in Handplainly stating the case for five others.UNIVERSAL/MCAal UVL- Proclaimers are true originals. Every- home rule ("I can't understand why we 42264, UVLC-42264, © UVLD- thing about them, from their thick and let someone else rule our land") and 42264 (33 min). undiluted Glaswegian accents ("aboot" What Do You Dosadly ruminating on Performance:Back on track for about, "oat" for out) to the crisp the failure of democracy to ameliorate Recording:Nice cadences of their folk -flavored songs, is poverty. Overall, they do an admirable the genuine article. Their new album, job of balancing the personal and politi- After years of fighting with Columbia "Sunshine on Leith," is so fresh and cal, perhaps giving a little more weight Records over the promotion and direc- uncorrupted that you can't help but rev- to life's pleasure and fulfillment at the tion of her music, Lacy J.Dalton el in its optimism and promise-and level of friends, lovers, and families, recently left that label for Universal how often do records like that come just as it should be. Records, the promising new subsidiary along? At its best, music lifts you up, gives of MCA. The move was a good one. Both of the Reids sing, and Charlie you a sense of possibilities,fills you Most of the songs here echo the senti- also plays guitar. Their first album, with crazy hope. "Sunshine on Leith" ments of the first cut,I'm a Survivor, "This Is the Story," was unaccompan- does all these things in a truly wonder- celebrating not only Dalton's own abili- ied folkie minimalism, but wisely they ful way. Parke Puterbaugh ty to hang in there, but others' as well, haven't let that become a gimmick. In from ordinary no -name folks to the "Sunshine on Leith" they've broadened THE PROCLAIMERS:Sunshine on likes of Hank Williams, Jr., Waylon the palette with keen folk-rock backing Leith.Craig and Charlie Reid (vocals, Jennings, and Janis Joplin-the three from a variety of players, including two guitar); instrumental accompaniment. fitting subjects ofHard Luck Ace, the Fairport Convention alumni, guitarist I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles); Cap in Jerry Donahue and drummer Dave Hand: Then I Met You; My Old Friend Mattacks, who really shine. the Blues; Sean; Sunshine on Leith; EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS: At times, the subtle electrification of Come On Nature; I'm on My Way; a =DIGITALLY RECORDEDLP the Proclaimers' music gives it an early What Do You Do; It's Saturday Night; © =TAPE. CASSETTE British Invasion -stylevigor.Sean,a Teardrops; Oh ean. CHRYSALISFV = COMPACT DISC (TIMINGS ARE. homage to Elvis Presley, effervesces 41699, © FVT 41699, © VK 41699 (41 I-0 NEAREST MINUTE.) with Hollies-type "ah-yars, and the min).

STEREO REVIEW JUNE198999 THE LATEST rocking jewel that rounds out a proud FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS: The and eclectic program. Raw & the Cooked. Fine Young Canni- LICKS FROM DMP Though some of the songs fit the "sur- bals (vocals and instrumentals); vocal vivor" concept a little too neatly, and and instrumental accompaniment. She These new releases set the standard for though the idea gets a tad repetitious, Drives Me Crazy; Good Thing; I'm Not jazzperformance and superior sound. Pure, the singer pulls free of cliche in her the Man I Used to Be; I'm Not Satisfied; clean, live and all digital. inspired interpretations of the three Tell Me What; and five others. I.R.S./ cover tunes-Paul Simon's Still Crazy MCA 0 IRS -6273, © IRSC-6273, After All These Years, Guy Clark's Old IRSD-6273 (35 min). Friends, and Kris Kristofferson's The Heart. Dalton, who is equally at home Performance: Soul sensation in country, folk, blues, and rock, has Recording: Could be better long been one of the most distinctive Roland Gift of Fine Young Cannibals and creative of country music's neo- has a supple, soulful voice that emerges greats, both in her tough songwriting entirely without affectation and with a and her raspy vocals. "Survivor" bears weightless, effortless grace. If he and the out her artistry with integrity, grit, and Cannibals stay the course, Gift could grace. A.N. very well wind up becoming one of the CD-468/Cassette C-468 major voices of the Nineties. As itis, FAIRPORT CONVENTION: Red & the British group's intermittent record- Pianist/composer Warren Bernhardt Gold. Fairport Convention (vocals and delivers a blazing live performance, leading ings-"The Raw & the Cooked" fol- us through his vision of jazz with new instrumentals). Set Me Up; London Riv- lows their debut album by a full three er; Summer Before the War; Open the original works and selections by Gershwin, years-smack of an offhandedness that Bill Evans and others. With drummer Peter Door Richard; and six others. ROUGH deserves to be tightened up, given the TRADE US 63, C) USC 63, Erskine, bassist Jay Anderson, Gordon USD 63 dimensions of their talent. (Admittedly, Gottlieb on percussion and introducing (40 min). they've been sidetracked-or sound- Mike DeMicco on guitar. Performance: Never say die tracked-by movie work.) Recording: Good "The Raw & the Cooked" is evenly divided between Motownish ballads In the case of Fairport Convention, you and uptempo, high-tech dance tracks, don't talk about a family tree but a fam- with five of each. Gift, singing over the ily forest. "Red & Gold" is the group's backing by fellow Cannibals Andy Cox 3,624th album, or thereabouts (actually, on guitar and David Steele (late of the twenty-fourth sounds about right), and English Beat) on keyboards and bass, if you factor in all the offshoots and solo caresses the songs with a velvety sheen albums of Fairport's many alumni, that fans of Al Green and Smokey Rob- thereareenoughrecordsfloating inson will find appealing. If the material around to send a determined collector were consistently worthy of the vocals, CD-467/CaKsette C-467 to the poorhouse (or the madhouse). "The Raw & the Cooked" would be a Throughout its career, Fairport Con- stoned -soul picnic. As it is, a handful of Another astonishing effort from the vention has vacillated between pure - songs-notably Ever Fallen in Love and bandleader/composer that led DigitalAudio folk revivalism and visionary synthesis, to comment,"The Bob Mintzer Band ...is I'm Not the Man I Used to Be-are rev- the best big band ever" melding traditional British styles with elatory, the rest are entertaining, and such contemporaryAmerican in- Roland Gift is amazing. P.P. fluences as Jefferson Airplane and Bob Dylan. In advanced middle age, the GUADALCANAL DIARY: Flip -Flop. band seems content to lean to the tradi- Guadalcanal Diary (vocals and instru- tional side of the seesaw. The current mentals). Look Up!; Always Saturday; edition of Fairport coalesced around Barometer; Happy Home; Pretty Is As founding member Simon Nicol after a Pretty Does; Everything But Good Luck; well -received reunion show in1980. The Likes of You; Whiskey Talk; and While Nicol's a fine singer and guitarist, threeothers.ELEKTRA60848-1, © he's not the charismatic spark plug that 60848-4, 60848-2 (38 min). former Fairporteers Richard Thomp- son, Sandy Denny, or even Dave Swar- Performance: Earnest Get "A lhste of DMP" brick were. Recording: Okay (CD -466), our first 60 -minute sampler, fea- Still, "Red & Gold" is passably pleas- Guadalcanal Diary has taken the basic turing the cleanest licks from our catalog- ant, strewing three fiddle -filled instru- college -band sound about as far as any- many critically acclaimed as the best jazz mentals among seven vocal numbers, one. In "Flip -Flop," as in its three pre- recordings of the decade. All for only $9, none of the latter written by the band. vious albums, the group has coaxed a for a limited time only. British folkie Ralph McTell's title tune near-Spectorian fullness out of its basic is a solemn historical account of a lineup of singer, guitarist, bassist, and Name famous battle fought in the village that drummer. Producer Don Dixon de- Fairport calls home. London River is a serves some of the credit for this, since jaunty ode to the sailor's life, and Set he pretty much stayed out of the way. Me Up benefits from Dave Mattacks's Guadalcanal Diary's music doesn't "ar- City rocking,Faces -stylebackbeat. The range" you to death. This band catches most joyous track, however, is a rollick- a good hook and rides it like a surfer Stair Zip ing Cajun -flavored romp through a rides a wave. Lyrically, "Flip -Flop" is "BasementTapes" -eraDylangem, less successful-telling you how to feel Send $ 9 for A Taste of DMP to: Open the Door Richard. A whole album instead of making you feel it. Ten Laws Digital Music Products in that vein might help to focus Fairport blends religious images like a Cuisinart Park Square Station a bit, which couldn't hurt. In the mean- making gazpacho, and the song called P0.15835,S5 Stamford, CT 06901 m time, "Red & Gold" will please long- ... Vista literally consists of nonsense airyAllan IMAIMIn time fans. P.P. language (nonsense may be the point,

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The sound is pure, pristine, immaculate. The artists, talented jazz musicians on the rise. The label is DMP. Compact discs and cassettes recorded live to digital for the most intimate, life -like sound possible. DIGITALMUSIC PRODUCTS INC. CIRCLE NO. 57 ON READER SERVICE CARD but it's still nonsense). These shortcom- ings may not matter to you, however, if GUY CLARK AND FRIENDS you're a rock-and-roll surfer who simply wants to hang ten with the big -beat sound. R.G. GIPSY KINGS. Gipsy Kings (vocals and instrumentals); other musicians. Bamboleo; Tu quieres volver; Moorea; Bem, bem, Maria; Un amor; Inspira- tion; A mi manera;and four others. ELEKTRA60845-1, © 60845-4, 60845- 2 (44 min). Performance:Vigorous Recording:Very good Romantic lore abounds with tales of the Gypsies, an ancient and mysterious roving people whose name has become synonymous with an adventurous spirit and a gift for passionate, fiery music. The Gypsy heritage of the great jazz violinist Django Reinhardt infused his music and contributed to his allure. That same indomitable spirit is represented now by the Gipsy Kings, six gui- tarists and a keyboardist who generate a wave of irresistible music with their vigorous singing, playing, stomping, and clapping. Their recording debut, "Gipsy Kings," became a best seller in Europe Vs beenfiveyearssince Guy grant Eyes,a chronicle of his grandfath- when it was released there in 1987, and Clark's last album, "Better Days," er's life and imminent death in Ameri- now Elektra has made it available here which contained one of his most ca, andHands,a skillful treatise on in the U.S. 1reveredsongs, The Carpenter,a peace, understanding, and love. Clark Although the Gipsy Kings got to- tune that compared the woodworker of rounds out the record with contribu- gether in 1979 and performed through- the title to the tools of his trade: "Tough tions from his Texas buddies Townes out Europe and North Africa, they did as a crowbar, quick as a chisel, fair as a Van Zandt(To Live Is to Fly)and Joe not record until their producer -man- plane, and true as a level." Ely(The Indian Cowboy). ager, Claude Martinez, had spent a year Through the years, Clark himself has Many of the songs in Clark's previous working on ways to enhance their sound been regarded as a craftsman, a preci- albums served as documentations of his with contemporary touches. This mission songwriter who creates timeless ex- life, from his frustrations with Califor- sion has been accomplished so tasteful- pressions of life's sweet pleasures, bitter nia living(L.A. Freeway)to a moving ly that the album's beautiful, intricately lessons, and honest truths. As one of the account of his bittersweet relationship embellished melodies seem to spring chief proponents of the Texas school of with his father(The Randall Knife). directly from their folk roots, yet they progressive country, his forte is con- "Old Friends" shortchanges that aspect have universal appeal. densing strong, complex feelings into of his songwriting gifts in favor of at The most immediately recognizable short, eloquent stanzas, often achieving least two songs(Al! Through Throwin musical strain is Spanish flamenco, evi- a hypnotic blend of language, imagery, Good Love After BadandCome from dent in the intoxicating rhythms, per- and sound. the Heart)that should enhance his cussive energy, and filigree ornamenta- For his first album on Sugar Hill, chances of commercial airplay. That- tion. The influence is honestly come by, "Old Friends," Clark has once again and an engineering decision to mix the for most members of the Gipsy Kings written and performed tender -tough instruments and background vocals at a are sons or other relatives of the flamen- songs that teeter between folk and coun- lower level than discriminating ears co singer Jose Reyes. The group is based try. It's a quieter album than those of may like-dulls the album's impact by in France, but some of the members still years past, a simple, acoustic record aperceptible measure.Inthe end, live in family caravans that cross bor- devoid of drums and large instrumental though, "Old Friends" is still an excep- ders and transcend nationalities. The outbursts. Everything about it, howev- tional work, and one that often pro- fusion of cultures is in their very lan- er, retains Clark's unmistakable brand duces unadulteratedjoy. Alanna Nash guage: Gitane, a mixture of Spanish, of personal integrity, which is under- French, and Gypsy. scored by his decision to produce the GUY CLARK:Old Friends.Guy Clark Since the guitar is the primary instru- album on his own andthenapproach (vocals, guitar); Emmylou Harris, Ros- ment in so much American popular the record companies, so as to avoid anne Cash, Rodney Crowell (harmony music, this record has already stirred up any musical compromise. vocals); Verlon Thompson (harmony afair amount of excitementhere. Joined by friends Emmylou Harris, vocals, guitar, percussion); Sam Bush There's no need to understand the Rosanne Cash, and Rodney Crowell, (fiddle, mandolin, mandola); Vince Gill lyrics, for the message comes thunder- who supply vocal harmonies on six of (guitar); other musicians.Old Friends; ing through anyway in such songs as the the ten cuts, Clark segues from a confes- Hands; All Through Throwin' Good rousingBamboleoor the lyrical, classi- sional song about spiritual emptiness Love After Bad; Immigrant Eyes; Heavy cally fashionedMoorea.And if you (Old Friends) toa whimsical one about Metal; Come from the Heart; The In- want to know how good the Gipsy the joys of sweet, ripe summer fruit dian Cowboy; To Live Is to Fly; Water- Kings really are, just listen to the only (Watermelon Dream) to a comicaltalk- melon Dream; Doctor Good Doctor. "standard" item they do, a Gypsy ver- ing blues(Doctor Good Doctor).Two of SUGAR HILLSH 1025, 0 SHC 1025, sion ofMy WaycalledA mi manera. the most affecting offerings areImmi- SHCD 1025 (28 min). Lead singer Nicolas Reyes and his col- leagues build to a climax of such inten-

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S I ERE° REVI I- Wit NE1989 107 There are also some faster -paced tunes that reveal her sassier side, with a polite touch of rapping on the title track, but it's the quality of her singing that really counts. Williams approaches each song here, from the intimateJust Call My Nameto the impudentMy Love Is So Raw,with a firm conviction and dramatic intensity that command the listener's attention. There are two outstanding duets as well. InWe're Gonna Make It,Williams is paired with Ted Mills, and inI'm So Glad, she and Chuck Stanley are accompanied by only a gospel piano. Soul singing just doesn't get any better than this. P.G. TAMMY WYNETTE: Next to You. Tammy Wynette (vocals); vocal and instrumental accompaniment.Next to You: You Left Memories Layin' (All Over the Place); When a Girl Becomes a Wife; The Note; Liar's Roses; We Called It Everything But Quits;and four others. EPIC FE 44498, C)FET 44498, © EK 44498 (31 min). Performance:Back on target XTC's TIME WARP Recording:Very good

THEXTC story sofar:After these songs are (deservedly) destined to Tammy Wynette hasn't really been the achieving initial success as the inhabit FM radio for a long time to First Lady of Country Music for a long brainiest, funniest band of the come. That opener, for example,is time now, but if she continues to put early -Eighties punk explosion, drop -dead gorgeous once you get over out many more albums like this one. the trio, exhausted from the rigors of the initial shock of its Ravi Shankar she'll probably regain the title in no touring, retired to their small British Goes Techno-Pop atmosphere, and in time. Under the direction of producer home town content to become studio an odd, thoroughly British way, it's also Norro Wilson, Wynette has remem- hermits.More recently,they'vein- quite funny. But itpales beside the bered how to put her hugely expressive dulged their fondness for (and ency- album's other high points,likeThe voice to best dramatic use, cozying up clopedic knowledge of)Sixties pop Mayor of Simpleton,a textbook -perfect to phrases that let even the youngest lis- ephemera by releasing psychedelic cut - song mating a post -"Sgt. Pepper" mu- tener know she is no novice-in either and -paste albums under thenom de sical idiom with the lyrical sentiments the recording business or the business disquethe Dukes of Stratosphear and of Sam Cooke's sublimeWonderful of love. putting together an "official" XTC al- World,andThe Loving,which begins Wynette, who has always looked and bum, "Skylarking," that split the differ- with canned applause (another obvious sounded more mature than her chrono- ence between their might -be -parodies of Beatles reference) and then gives you a logical years, is called upon to play a the "Sgt. Pepper" era and straightfor- tune so glorious you'll want to float number of roles here, and in a program ward, adorable pop songs. The result: away on it for days. that embraces ballads, honky-tonk, and The XTC cult began to resemble a mass Some of the other tracks aren't quite sprightly rhythm numbers, she success- audience, something nobody expected so sunny, and sometimes, as in the past, fully conveys the private notions of a or even believed possible. the band's cleverness threatens to get seductress, a mother, a woman scorned, And so one picks up "Oranges and out of hand. But in this day and age it and a contented wife settling comforta- Lemons," XTC's latest, and thinks, in- seems ungrateful to knock musicians bly into her senior years. Producer Wil- evitably, "Huh?" The cover, after all, for acting as smart as they really are, so son has found a sterling selection of suggests vintage Peter Max, the title is I won't. Let's just say that at its best songs for her, most of which come from as dippy-trippy as anything from the "Oranges and Lemons" sounds like the the pens of Nashville's most celebrated Summer of Love, and the album's very friendliest mind-expanding experience tunesmiths-DallasFrazier,Doodle first cut, Gardenof Earthly Delights(the of 1989 and that it's unlikely to wear Owens, and Curley Putnam, among Bosch reference, of course, is period out its welcome. If this is what happens others. The most affecting tune, howev- perfect), is drenched in swirling Indian - to rockers who turn hermit, then I for er,is a Wynette original (co -written isms, the sound of finger cymbals, and one am all for it. Steve Simels with husband George Richey) called the smell of incense. 1 mean, Holy Time When a Girl Becomes a Wife.Written Warp, Batman! Have these guys gone XTC: Oranges and Lemons. XTC (vo- on the occasion of the marriage of completely off the revivalist deep end? cals and instrumentals); other musi- Wynette's daughter, Tamela Georgette, Well, as it turns out, not really. I'm cians.Garden of Earthly Delights; The the song melds an old-fashioned, pio- not certain this is the "Son of Skylark- Mayor of Simpleton; King for a Day; neer sentiment with the most stalwart ing" we might have hoped for, the Here Comes President Kill Again; The mountain morality, and both its instru- record that turns XTC into an uncom- Loving; Poor Skeleton Steps Out; One of mentation and spirit recall the best of promised mainstream sensation, but the Millions; Scarecrow People; Merely Dolly Parton's folksy, backwoods bal- there's no question that the best tunes a Man; Cynical Days; Across This Ant - lads. There are moments here, as in here (the ones written by leader Andy heap; Hold Me My Daddy; Pink Thing; many other performances in this inordi- Partridge) are richer on every level- Miniature Sun; Chalkhills and Chil- natelysatisfying album, when Wy- musically,lyrically, technically-than dren. GEFFENGHS 24218 two LP's, © nette's inimitable voice and a well - anything XTC has done before. Some of M5G 24218, © 24218-2 (61 min). wrought lyric come together to produce pure and perfect shivers of joy. A.N.

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The highlight of the AJE's new Amer- ican album, of material culled from various Melodiya albums, is the title track, Sphinx.It's a sterling piece with quite extraordinary solos by trumpeter Alek- sandr Fisher and the group's leader, pianist Nikolai Levinovsky, as well as SMALL -SCREEN SPRINGSTEEN fine work by the rhythm section. An BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN waslate problems, given the goo -goo eyes he entire album of thatcaliber would coming to music video for the and singer Patti Scialfa jazz as a valuable best of reasons: He didn't think out) and John Sayles's warmhearted export to this country. C.A. it was his element. Springsteen rendering ofGlory Days,which nicely was, after all, the one rock star about catchesthestreet -gang camaraderie LOUIE BELSON: Hot. Louie Bellson whom it was generally conceded that that's always been a major part of and His Jazz Orchestra (instrumentals). you had to see him in person, and vid- Springsteen's appeal. Caravan; Hookin' It; Ode to a Friend; eo, whatever its virtues, is a canned Fans, of course, will doubtless be Together We Rise;and four others. Mu- medium. So "Video Anthology/1978- grateful to have these souvenirs of SICMASTERS 0 20160, 040160, 060160 88," most of which documents his be- Springsteen's performances at their dis- (50 min). lated acquiescence to the MTV era, is a posal, and in fairness it should also be Performance:Well oiled kind of portrait of the artist coping with noted that the digital audio remastering Recording:Excellent a world he never made. Therein lie both is terrific. Cranked through a good ster- its strengths and its weaknesses. eo system, the sound, off tape or disc, is Drummer Louie Bellson's latest big - The strengths, happily, are musical. great. Still, speaking as somebody who's band album, "Hot," lives up to its name Almost allof the songs are among seen Springsteen perform live almost from start to finish. In fact, the opening Springsteen's best, and the perform- from the beginning, there's something track,Caravan,is red hot in terms of ances, mostly live, have the usual E pretty crucial missing from "Video An- both energy and musical content. Bell - Street Band balance between rock-and- thology/1978-88." And that something son is, of course, right at home with roll spontaneity and session -man preci- is magic. What these videos capture is Ellington material, having been a mem- sion. The visuals, on the other hand, just good professionalrock-and-roll, ber of Duke's orchestra for many years, most often let the music down. The which is quite a different proposition. but here the Ellington-Tizol classic is weakest of them, surprisingly, comes Louis Meredith transformed into a racing caravan with from the usually imaginative director sizzling solos by Ellington alumnus Brian DePalma, whose concert staging BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: Video An- Clark Terry (on flugelhorn) and tenor ofDancing in theDark-complete with thology/1978-88.BruceSpringsteen saxophonist Don Menza, a long-time a transparently phony bit of business and the E Street Band (vocals and Bellson arranger whose chart thisis. where Springsteen pulls a girl straight instrumentals).Rosalita;The River; Sensible programming has the opening from Central Casting up on stage to Thunder Road; Atlantic City; Dancing spark followed by two relatively sedate dance-is almost cringe -inducing (per- in the Dark; Born in the U.S.A.; I'm on numbers featuring soprano saxophonist haps allthose slasher movies have Fire; Glory Days; My Hometown; War; George Young and Menza, respectively. dulledDePalma'sperceptions).But Fire; Born to Run (electric); Brilliant Then things heat up once again as this most of what's here, especially during Disguise; Tunnel of Love; One Step Up; well -drilled band roars, waltzes, and the singer's unfortunate "Born in the Tougher Than the Rest; Spare Parts; struts through the remaining five selec- U.S.A." beefcake phase, already looks Born to Run(acoustic). 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Discs and tapes reviewed by SHOSTAKOVICH'S ELEVENTH Robert Ackart, Richard Freed, HOSTAKOVICH'S Eleventh Sym- David Hall, Stoddard Lincoln, phony,The Year 1905,is an evo- Eric Salzman, and cation of the January 9, 1905, massacre of unarmed citizens by David Patrick Stearns the czar's troops in front of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. Since its 1957 premiere performances, in Moscow and BACH/BUSONI:Chaconne from Vio- Leningrad, the work has been recorded lin Partita No. 2, in D Minor (BWV eight times, first by Leopold Stokowski 1004); Toccata and Fugue in D Minor and the Houston Symphony in 1958. (BWV 565);Toccata,Adagio, and Despite this and other distinguished Fugue in C Major (BWV 564); Prelude readings,it wasn't until the eloquent and Fugue in D Major (BWV 532); Pre- 1980 Angel recording by Paavo Berg- lude and Fugue in E -flat Major (BWV lund and the Bournemouth Symphony 552).Maria Tipo (piano). EMI/ANGEL that most critics took the symphony CDC -49066-2 (74 min). seriously, having dismissed it earlier as musical socialist realism, the equivalent Performance:Illuminating in sound of a propaganda movie or of Recording:Well proportioned the gigantic history paintings by which While Maria Tipo is familiar for her the French commemorated their revo- very faithful renderings of eighteenth - lution. centuryharpsichordmusic onthe The impressive new recording by piano, this package of Busoni transcrip- James DePreist and the Helsinki Phil- tions of Bach organ works comes as harmonic recalls Berglund's in empha- something quite unexpected.Itis a sizing the tragic rather than the cine- remarkably impressive demonstration matic aspects of Shostakovich's concep- of how thoroughly and convincingly tion. DePreist allows sixty-eight min- Busoni was able to reconstitute material utes for the panorama to unfold, com- so utterly characteristic of its original pared with about sixty minutes in most instrument in terms of one with an of the other recordings. The opening entirely different set of possibilities and movement, "The Palace Square," ex- restrictions. To call these "transcrip- udes a palpable chill in this reading, and Conductor James DePreist tions" or "arrangements" is to under- the long second movement, "January state what they represent. These are 9th," culminates in a shattering and work itself. The recording is a model of recompositions,remarkably faithful to tragic fury. clean sound and wide dynamic range. the originals but effectively reconsid- The third movement, "In Memo- Delos is also to be complimented for ered in pianistic terms. You don't miss riam," is built largely on the revolution- including in the program notes the mu- the organ or violin, don't imagine their ary funeral hymnYou Fell As Victims. sicalnotationforthe revolutionary sound-or that of any instrument but As performed here, the music presents a songs Shostakovich used in his score as the piano. The handling of the Cha- scene of totaldesolation, of hopes well as the thematic material drawn conne is much freer than in the organ turned to ashes. The final movement, from his somewhat earlier choral set- works, as itis in Segovia's celebrated "The Tocsin," depicting the revenge of tings of verses by revolutionary poets. version for the guitar. It is, of course, a thepopulace adozenyearslater, David Hall piece that invites that sort of freedom achieves its most affecting moments by its very nature. near the end, when the opening "Palace SHOSTAKOVICH:Symphony No. 11, Anyone wouldhavetoapplaud Square" music is recalled. in G Minor, Op. 103 ("The Year Tipo's illuminating performances, Overall, the performance is one of 1905").Helsinki Philharmonic Orches- which never allow the music to seem a total conviction, once again eloquently tra, James DePreist cond. DELOS D/ mere "vehicle" but unfailingly and ef- making the case for the value of the CD 3080 (68 min). fectively stress substance and balance. Her overall sense of proportion is enhanced by the fine sonic focus, which Orchestra, Andre Previn cond. TELARC The meltingly lovely slow movement also provides a greater intimacy than CD -80197 (68 min). and the carefree finale are not allowed the close-up approach favored in so to seem anticlimactic after the virility Performance:Heartwarming many piano recordings. R.F. and passion of the opening movements. Recording:A pleasure Overall, the approach favors warm- BRAHMS:Piano Concerto No. 2, in B - Horacio Gutierrez and Andre Previn hearted lyricism over bluster. flat Major, Op. 83; Variations on a collaborated on the pianist's first con- The sound of Gutierrez's Hamburg Theme by Haydn. Op. 56a.Horacio certorecording-a coupling of the Steinway in the acoustic surround of Gutierrez (piano); Royal Philharmonic Tchaikovsky First and the Liszt First on London's Walthamstow Town Hall is a Angel-in 1976, and they make a splen- joy to the ear in its richness and power, did team again here in this broadly and the balance with the Royal Philhar- EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS: Romantic reading of the greatest of monic is eminently satisfying. Too bad 0 = DIGITALLY RECORDED LP symphonic piano concertos. Gutierrez's the excellent solo cellist in the slow movement received no label credit. 0 = TAPE CASSETTE playing is amply endowed with a singing quality, strength, and virtuosity, Previn's performance of theHaydn (5) COMPACT DISC (TIMINGS ARE TO NEAREST MINUTE) and Previn provides firm, sensitive sup- Variations is a fine mix of finesse and port in terms of dynamics and pacing. brio-an ideal compromise between the

STEREO REVIEW JUNE 1989 115 volatility of Toscanini and the weight er's inspiration rose to some pretty lofty COMB bestowed on the music by most of its levels, the constant lamenting can be- Germanic interpreters. The flashy fifth come a bit tedious. Nonetheless, even Authorized Liquidator variation has real snap and verve, the the most long-winded outpourings are grazioso seventh variation is not al- unified by recurring melodic intervals lowed to drag, the following presto non and nudged along by not -so -distant Saves Time troppo sounds properly spooky, and the echoes of dance rhythms. There is some And VCR ground -bass finale builds to a splendid- exquisite ensemble and choral writing Motor Wear! ly fulfilling conclusion. All told, a fine here, in which the polyphony is con- VHS or BETA. production. D.H. vincingyettheverticalharmonies maintain acharacteristicallyFrench BRUCH:Violin Concerto No. I, in G sensuousness. Minor, Op. 26.SCHUBERT:Rondo in Devos is particularly skillful in main- A Major (D.438). MENDELSSOHN: taining the rhythmic pulse, and the Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64. singers he has assembled are consistent- Nigel Kennedy (violin); English Cham- ly good-in the case of Kurt Widmer, Factory ber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate cond. EMI/ who gives a moving portrayal of Christ, New! ANGEL CDC -49663-2 (71 min). considerably better than good. The chorus is a bit too large, and the problem is Performance: Excellent compounded by an overly resonant SOLIDEX Recording: Excellent acoustic that clouds the music's inner VIDEO REWINDERS What a lovely (as well as generous) idea workings. But that's a minor drawback. Increase Your Viewing Time that used it was to put Schubert's delicious Ron- Considering how obscure these pieces to be spent rewinding tapes. 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Sign Here 116 STEREO REVIEWJUNEI989 Andre Previn definitely hews to the lat- (tenor); Stephen Varcoe (bass). Monte- ter course in this recording. The nor- verdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists, Areyou mallyconflict -ladenopening move- John Eliot Gardiner cond. PHILIPS ment emerges full of ardor, almost to 422 053-2 two cp's (97 min). the point of lushness-an approach that CD -literate? works even better in the slow move- Performance: Riveting Recording: Good ment.Thedelectablefolk -flavored Do you know dance -scherzo could stand a little more John Eliot Gardiner's Handel record- why CDs sound better than LPs? rhythmic lift, but Previn and his orches- ings are almost always noteworthy. tra work wonders with the wealth of They are full of intelligence and insight the fundamentals of digital audio? countermelody. Where most recorded and have a highly individual sense of how information is encoded and performances with which I am familiar rhythmic electricity and a feel for the stored on CDs? stress the urgent elements in the finale composer's lyricism and word painting, that culminate in the final triumphant all of which mark Gardiner as one of the bow oversampling chip sets im- outburst, Previn takes a somewhat eas- leading Handel interpreters of our time. prove performance? ierandrhythmically freer view. This recording of the ode Alexander's how optical pickups are used for Throughout, he makes a good case for Feast bears out that assessment; it has playback? his interpretation, and he is aided by all of the revelations customary in Gar - fine orchestral execution and Telarc's diner'sauthentic -instrumentHandel how discs are manufactured? gorgeous recorded sound. performancesplustheconsiderable how to choose a CD player and The filler overture, My Home, is mi- heat of a live recording. It all comes detect a defective disc? nor-league Dvoffik that combines a ru- together with such power that one isn't ral Czech folk tune and a melody that consciously aware, on first listening, of Ken Pohlmann's new book contains vir- eventually became the Czech national the individual elements of the perform- tually everything you need to know about anthem, setting it all forth in a some- ance or score, just an unfolding, pictur- this revolutionary technology. Written what Beethoven -like manner.If the esque pageant of sounds and images with the clarity, expertise, and humor coupling is a consideration, I'd suggest arising from the John Dryden poem on that has made Ken Pohlmann a favorite Neeme Jarvi's record of the D Minor which it is based. among Stereo Review readers, this book Symphony, which comes with Dvotak's Of course, a more objective listening is the only source for people who are se- lovely late tone poem The Golden Spin- reveals many instances of great mas- rious about CD technology and its appli- ning Wheel. D.H. tery, whether it's a sense of phrases cations. playing off or building on each other or FAURE: Requiem, Op. 48; Pellet's et some particularly deft feat of coloring in Melisande, Suite, Op. 80; Pavane. Op. this joyfully freewheeling score. Also, The Compact Disc 50. Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Sherrill there are plenty of moments of great art- A Handbook of Theory and Use Milnes (baritone); Montreal Symphony istry and high Handelian style from the Chorus and Orchestra, Charles Dutoit fine cast of singers, especially from NW cond. LONDON ©421-440-4, 421 440- soprano Donna Brown and tenor Nigel 2 (63 min). Robson.

Performance: Luminous Also notable is Gardiner's decision to Recording: Very good use the edition based on Handel's 1751 revival, which means the arias are dis- by Ken Pohlmann More than any other Requiem, Faure's tributed among five different soloists, Stereo Review Contributing Editor is monochromatic in mood. Because it rather than the three soloists used in the omits the normally brilliant Dies Irae, it edition recorded by Nikolaus Harnon- is almost one continuous elegy. It can court-with his characteristically slow- "This book is an invaluable source be boring, but, if properly balanced and er, more deliberate and mannered tem- for anyone-layman and profes- paced, it can move one to a spiritual pos-on Telefunken.Gardiner'sre- sional alike-who wants to be fully catharsis. Charles Dutoit achieves that cording is an altogether richer presenta- informed about the medium that is catharsis in this luminous reading. The tion of the piece. D.P.S. revolutionizing the consumer elec- chorus weaves a silkentapestry of tronics industry. " sound, subtly shaping the contours of HERBERT: Cello Concerto No. 1, in D Michael Smolen the vocal lines while the orchestra gent- Major, Op. 8; Cello Concerto No. 2, in E Stereo Review Executive Editor ly enfolds them in a glowing aura of gos- Minor, Op. 30; Vesterthoughts; Pens& samer. Kiri Te Kanawa's ethereal voice amoureuse; Punchinello; Ghazel; The Order this book and enclose pay- and seamless legato draw one even fur- Mountain Brook. Lynn Harrell (cello); ment-we'll pay postage and mail it ther into the composer's unique mysti- Academy of St.Martin -in -the -Fields, within 24 hours! cism. Striving for the same effect, Sher- Neville Marriner cond. LONDON ©417 rill Milnes, unfortunately, does not. 672-4, 417 672-2 (67 min). Added pleasures here are the sensitive Yes! Send me copies @ readings of the orchestral suite from Performance: Loving Recording: Excellent $29.95 each for a total of $ Fault's Pelleas et Melisa.cle and the (WI and CA residents add sales tax.) Pavane for chorus and orchestra. Both While Victor Herbert's Second Cello My check for full payment is enclosed. are perfect complements to the Re- Concerto has been recorded two or quiem and are performed at an equally three times since Bernard Greenhouse's Name high level. S.L. memorable effort for the American Re- cording Society, this appears to be the Address GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A Minor first recording of its far less familiar pre- (see SCHUMANN) decessor. More than a few listeners may City find the earlier work the more appealing HANDEL: Alexander's Feast; Con- of the two. It was produced in 1885, just State Zip certo Grosso in C Major ("Alexander's before Herbert came to America, and is Feast,. Donna Brown (soprano); Caro- perhaps more characteristic of the Her- Send to: lyn Watkinson (contralto); Ashley Staf- bert most of us know; one of its themes A -R Editions, Inc. ford(countertenor);Nigel Robson seems to be echoed inthe Festival 801 Deming Way, Box P Madison, WI 53717 STEREO RINIFW JUNE 1989 117 (608) 836-9000 March he composed in 1901. In any mith himself attempted to remedy this PHILIPS © 420 174-4, © 420 174-2 (52 event, it is good to have the two concer- situation in 1948 by preparing a revised min). tos together, and they could not have version, as he did with others of his Performance: Poetic had more effective advocacy than they works, in light of his later theories. In Recording: First-rate receivehere;everything aboutthis fact, however, the earlier versions are- handsome release suggests a real labor to our ears today-nearly always fresh- Surprisingly, this seems to be the first of love. er and more exciting. That is certainly compact disc of the complete Third Lytin Harrell meets the cellovir- the case with Cardillac, and Wergo for- Year of Liszt's pianistic pilgrimages, the tuoso -composer on his own ground, as tunately decided to go with the original one centered on Rome. We may expect it were, and not only revels in the mate- version for this recording. Brendel, Bolet, Wild, and perhaps Ar- rial Herbert wrote for himself but shows In line with the expressionist taste of rau to be heard from in due course, but real affection for it. Neville Marriner, the time, Hindemith chose to adapt a we may not expect any of those well - for his part, provides a most sympathet- rather lurid story by E. T. A. Hoffman established Lisztians to surpass Zoltan ic accompaniment, and London's engi- about a goldsmith who is so obsessed Kocsis's achievement. This final vol- neering team has put everything in the with his work that he kills his customers ume of the Annees followed its two pre- most appealing sonic frame. The Pensee in order to get his jewelry back. It was decessors by some twenty to thirty amoureuse, which Herbert composed clearly the theme, and not necessarily years; the seven pieces in it, composed for cello and piano in 1892, and four of the specifics, that attracted the compos- when Liszt was in his late fifties and six- his little piano pieces, all transcribed for er. Not much happens in Cardillac; it is ties,are among the works we now cello and strings by Sam Dennison, not the place to look for complex char- regard as "prophetic." Kocsis is very make lovely fillers. R.F. acter development. Rather, it is a series much attuned to this characteristic of of scenes or tableaux on which Hinde- the music. He neither exaggerates nor HINDEMITH: Cardillac.Siegmund mith has hung a rich, vigorous, intense, suppresses the occasional intimation of Nimsgern (baritone), Cardillac; Verena dark, hard -driving score-one of his Debussy but lets it all happen with a Schweizer (soprano),HisDaughter; finest. As an opera on the subject of art naturalness that makes the listener a Robert Schunk (tenor), Officer; Josef and artists, itis only a sketch for the sort of companion and co -discoverer. Protschka(tenor),Cavalier;Harold much greater Mathis der Maier, but as a His exquisite, poetic approach suits this Stamm (bass), Gold Merchant; others. piece of music it is surprisingly moving exquisite, poetic music splendidly. No- RIAS Chamber Chorus; Berlin Radio and emotional. where is he content to stay on the sur- Symphony Orchestra, Gerd Albrecht Hindemith, like Stravinsky, has al- face, and nowhere does he allow a ges- cond. WERGO/HARMONIA MUNDI ways had the reputation (which he fos- ture to be overdrawn. Noble simplicity U.S.A. WER 60148/49-50 two cD's tered) of being a craftsman of an almost is the keynote here, making Kocsis's (89 min). medieval, or Baroque, objectivity. But identification with the music complete, there is a breathless level of inspiration his projection of it revelatory in the Performance: Solid and emotional intensity in his earlier truest sense. The sound is first-rate, the Recording: Excellent work that reaches a peak in Cardillac. documentation comprehensive. R.F. Berg, Stravinsky, and Weill are more The recorded performance here, under potent names in the annals of modern Gerd Albrecht's direction,is a solid, MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in opera and European music theater, but intense one, with a good cast, and the E Minor (see BRUCH) no composer of the Twenties made a recording itself is excellent. Unfortu- bigger contribution in this area than nately, the opera's libretto, by Ferdi- MOZART: Sinfonia Concertante in E - Paul Hindemith. After a series of much - nand Lion, is given only in German, fiat Major (K. 364); Concertone in C noted chamber operas, Hindemith em- and there is no synopsis in English- Major (K. 190). Jaap Schroder (violin); barked on Cardillac, his first full-scale only a translation of a rather Germanic MarilynMcDonald(violin,viola); opera, which had its premiere in 1926. essay on the music. E.S. Stephen Hammer (oboe); Kenneth Slo- Itis one of those works sometimes wik (cello); Smithsonian Chamber Or- described as legendary-that is, more LISZT: Annees de Pelerinage.Troi- chestra, Jaap SchrOder cond. EMI/ talked about than performed. Hinde- sieme annee. Zoltan Kocsis (piano). ANGEL CDC -49006 (58 min). Zoltan Kocsis: Liszt projected with noble simplicity Performance: Pristine Recording: Excellent MOZART: Sinfonia Concertante in E- lba Major (K. 364); Violin Concerto No. 3, in G Major (K. 216); Rondo for Violin and Orchestra in C Major (K. 373). AugustinDumay(violin);Gerard Causse (viola); Sinfonia Varsovia, Em- manuel Krivine cond. EMI/ANGEL CDC -49160 (62 min). Performance: Expansive Recording: Excellent These two recordings of Mozart's Sin- fonia Concertante dramatically demonstrate the difference between the contemporary performance style and the so-called authentic or historical style. Jaap Schr6der and the Smithsonian Chamber Orchestra turn in an elegant performance in the historical style, one ".) in which precision and clarity are the hallmarks. Every instrument of the orchestra is clearly articulated, and the music sparkles like crystal. Emmanuel Krivine's modern -style reading with the 118STEREOREVIEWJUNE1989 HELP US HELP YOU! PARTICIPATE IN THE STEREO REVIE BUYER POLL

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Rosalind Plowright cap- is ethereally beautiful, and the optional ness of the overall orchestral sound. tures the ardent intensity of Antonia; high, pianissimo D flat-one of opera's Augustin Dumay and Gerard Causse her well -trained voice soars rapturously most ravishing moments when properly spin long, sinuous lines molded by dy- as she dies singing. Jessye Norman as executed-is breathtaking. Under Giu- namic detail and a lavish use of rubato. Giulietta pares down her copious tone seppe Sinopoli her entrance is lovely, My intellect applauds the authentic to create the superficially fragile courte- but she makes no attempt to conceal the style of the Smithsonian reading, but san;nevertheless,hers remains the fully mature quality of her voice; the my heart is melted by the sensuousness mostvoluptuous -soundingGiulietta high note is omitted, but she sustains a of the Sinfonia Varsovia's version. Who imaginable. melting B flat. Both recordings confirm can choose? Do you like Mozart in shin- Jose Van Dam and Robert Tear por- that Freni not only has one of the best ing silks,crisp laces, and powdered tray their multiple characters as Offen- voices but is one of the most thoughtful wigs, or do you prefer him decked out in bach intended: the same personality in singing acresses of our day. russet velvets with freely flowing hair? varying guises. (The three principal so- Jose Carreras, always a favorite of There is room for both! prano roles were conceived in the same mine when he's properly cast, sings Pin- If you prefer velvets and flowing hair, way, but in performance are rarely sung kerton in the new recording. His per- you will certainly be delighted with Du- by a single artist.) Dapertutto's cele- formance is tasteful and shows a strong may's reading of the G Major Concerto brated Diamond Aria, which was not in sense of character; his shadings and and the lovely Rondo in C Major. But if Offenbach's original score but interpo- inflections in Act I create a telling image you are not familiar with the early Con- lated from another of his operas,is of Pinkerton as a man who is superfi- certone, with its two solo violins and handsomely sung by Van Dam in an cially attractive but, as is fully revealed obbligato cello and oboe, you will want appendix of three selections. Through- in the sequel, self-centered and emo- to hear this rarity in the vital perform- out, he is fittingly suave and frighten- tionally uninvolved. The Sharpless of ance by Schroder, McDonald, and com- ingly sinister. Robert Tear molds his Juan Pons is fully characterized too. His pany. In their very different ways, both multiple personalities without being singing is warmly expressive, suggesting records are so delightful a choice be- arch or oily, a frequent weakness in that he was challenged by working with tween them is hard to make. S.L. staged performances. Even Frantz's ari- Freni. Vocally opulent as always, Tere- etta, so often an embarrassment to be sa Berganza brings a warm, lyrical qual- NIELSEN: Violin Concerto, Op. 33 gotten through as discreetly as possible. ity to the role of Suzuki. (see SIBELIUS) adds to the totality of its scene. Finally. Sinopoli's crisp pacing in the first half Ann Murray, an artist of noteworthy of Act I contrasts with Karajan's more OFFENBACH: Les Contes d'Hoff- accomplishment, makes a warm, sym- relaxed tempos in the earlier recording, mann. Neil Shicoff (tenor), Hoffmann; pathetic, moving (and admirably sung) though throughout the act Sinopoli pays Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Nick- companion to the distraught and disil- considerable attention to aspects of lausse/La Muse; Luciana Serra (sopra- lusioned Hoffmann. All told, a fine cast, Puccini's orchestration that usually go no), Olympia; Rosalind Plowright (so- well supported by their numerous col- unheeded. Subsequently, as the dramat- prano), Antonia; Jessye Norman (sopra- leagues in secondary roles. ic urgency of Butterfly's situation gath- no), Giulietta; Jose Van Dam (bass -bar- The chorus and orchestra of the Mon- conductors find common itone), Lindor/Coppelius, Miracle/Da- naie in Brussels perform Offenbach's ground in a more traditional approach. pertutto; Robert Tear (tenor), Andres/ music with relish and understanding (Continued on page 124) Cochenille, Frantz/Pitichinaccio; Dale under Cambreling's taut, well -paced di- Duesing (tenor), Schlemil; others. Cho- rection, and the recording itself has had Mirella Freni as Cio-Cio-San rus and Orchestra of l'Opera National a sound engineer's best attention. R.A. du Theatre de la Monnaie, Brussels, Sylvain Cambreling cond. EMI/ANGEL. PROKOFIEV: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 CDCC-4964 1-2threeCD's(214 and 2 (see Best of the Month, page 96) min). PUCCINI: Madama Butterfly. Mirella Performance: Eminently satisfying Freni (soprano), Cio-Cio-San; Jose Car- Recording: Excellent reras (tenor), Pinkerton; Teresa Bergan- Because Offenbach died prior to the za (mezzo-soprano), Suzuki; Juan Pons first performance of The Tales of Hoffi (baritone), Sharpless; Anthony Laciura mann, his major opera, and because (tenor), Goro; Kurt Rydl (bass), II Bon- other perhaps well-meaning but mis- zo; Mark Curtis (baritone), Yamadori; guided meddlers immediately began to others. Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Phil- tamper with the score, we will in all harmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli probability never hear the work per- cond. DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON CD 423 formed as its composer intended. Using 567-4 three cassettes, 0 423 567-2 two the newly published criticaledition, CD's (154 min). however, conductor Sylvain Cambrel- Performance: Unusually moving ing has come up with the most plausible Recording: Superior recording of the opera yet. Why? Be- cause commitment and sincerity are This new recording of Madama Butter- evident throughout, in both the convic- fly invites comparison with Herbert von tion of the spoken -line readings and the Karajan's London set, which has been characterful musical delivery of singers. the standard of excellence for some These qualities are reflected strongly in time, particularly since both perform- Neil Shicoffs Hoffmann, surely his best ances feature Mirella Freni as Cio-Cio- recorded work to date. His performance San. In Act I of the new version, Freni offers musical pleasure as well as dra- admirablycaptureshercharacter's matic impulse; as a result, it is believ- childlike naïveté, and in Act IIher able and arresting. Luciana Serra avoids interpretationis more personally ex- the pitfalls of cuteness and artificiality pressed than it is in the Karajan record- built into the role of Olympia. 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CIRCLE NO. 71 ON READER SERVICE CARD noticeably greater animation in both the scherzo and finale, all of which add to the all-around greater conviction of the new performance. The always -welcome shorter pieces are exquisitely set forth. While I would not hesitate to choose this over Brendel's earlier recording of the A Major Sonata, I am not sure I would prefer it to Maurizio Pollini's in his recent Deutsche Grammophon set of Schubert's last sonatas. Pollini's aris- tocratic but by no means aloof approach, unencumbered by conspicuous interpretive overlay, may wear a bit better than Brendel's more overtly intense and dramatic one, and Pollini includes the first -movement repeat, which Bren- del does not. R.F. SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54. GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16. Murray Perahia (piano); Bavarian Radio Symphony Or- chestra, Colin Davis cond. CBS G M 44899, © MT 44899, © MK 44899 (60 min). Alfred Brendel: an intense Schubert sonata Performance:Very good Recording: Good Few operas put greater responsibility It comes as quite a surprise, therefore, There are more than half a dozen pair- on the principal singer thanButterfly.In to find that Fuller's playing of the Suite ings of the Schumann and Grieg piano each of her two recordings of it Mirella in A Major is quite constricted emo- concertos on CD, including the 1972 Freni's artistry clearly dominates: She tionally. He rushes the famousGavotte Philips recording by Stephen Bishop- sings with accuracy and taste, using her avec six doubles,which climaxes the Kovacevich with Colin Davis conduct- lovely voice as an instrument of dra- suite, to such an extent that he discards ing the BBC Symphony, which I consid- matic and musical communication, any number of opportunities to make er the most poetically sensitive readings molding her performance into a cohe- expressive points along the way. A com- of these two masterpieces. But anyone sive and affecting whole. You won't go parison with William Christie's per- who feelsthatBishop-Kovacevich's wrong with either of these well -played formance on Harmonia Mundi, or even performances are overly prettified may and well -recorded performances, and in with the long -out -of -print Robert Cas- welcome this latest entry, which finds both cases you will be enriched by the adesus piano recording on Columbia, Murray Perahia and the same conduc- achievement of this rare artist. R.A. reveals how much Fuller misses in this tor occupying a middle ground between case. D.P.S. poetics and virility. Perahia strikes a RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2, tone of impetuous ardor in the opening in E Minor (see Best of the Month, page SCHUBERT: Rondo in A Major (see movement of the Schumann, but he 93) BRUCH) does not fail to give the episodes of melting sentiment their due. He plays RAMEAU: Pieces de clavecin; Suite in SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata in A Major the central intermezzo with keen sensi- A Major. Albert Fuller (harpsichord). (D. 959); Hungarian Melody in B Mi- tivity, and a particularly lovely bit of REFERENCE RR -27 (64 min). nor (D. 817); Sixteen German Dances rubato paves the way for the transition Performance:Variable (D. 783); Allegretto in C Minor (D. into the finale, in which soloist and con- Recording:Good 915). Alfred Brendel (piano). PHILIPS ductor join forces for a reading full of 422 229-2 (56 min). drive and rhythmic bite. Albert Fuller, who is credited with mak- Perahia gives the Grieg concerto a ing the first complete recordings of Ra- Performance:Intense Recording:Close-up more freely Romantic treatment than meau's keyboard music, back in 1962, he does the Schumann. Both sides of has lived with the music for a long time. Alfred Brendel has been focusing on the pianist's artistic personality-the That has enabled him to take account of Schubert's late sonatas in his recitals extrovert virtuoso and the sensitive changing views on performance prac- lately and now is beginning to rerecord poet-find full scope throughout this tice and to deepen his insight into the them. His 1973 recording of the big A work, and Davis keeps everything un- composer's idiosyncratic musical Major Sonata, transferred to CD by Phil- der control with taut and full-bodied world. His long experience is very much ips some time ago with a different set of orchestral support. Tremendous impet- apparent in the eight short pieces that German dances (D. 790), is effectively uosity and dash mark the main body of make up the first half of this recital. superseded by this remake-not be- the finale, and the last pages come off in Fuller knows how to set up Rameau's cause of sonic advantages (the earlier a most imposing manner. The sound musical jokes, and his tempos are flexi- recording stands up quite well in that has ample acoustic elbow room, main- ble, which allows the music to take on respect, though the new one, recorded taining a good balance between soloist an improvisational, narrative quality, close enough to preserve occasional vo- and orchestra. D. H . as though the composer were telling us a cal sounds,isespecially vivid), but series of funny (and occasionally phan- because of certain modifications in his SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D Mi- tasmagorical) bedtime stories. The per- approach to the sonata. The rhythm is a nor, Op. 47. NIELSEN: Violin Con- formances have such an epic character bit steadier in the opening movement, certo, Op. 33. 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sales of more than 14 million by Christie Barter videocassettesand video- & Ron Givens discs, one "who has set new records forsales and new AMERICANS know singer goals to which future genera- SarahBrightman be- tions of video marketers will cause she starred on aspire." The recipient was Broadway in The Phantom of E.T.-The Extra -Terrestrial. the Opera, composed by her Maureen Healy, publisher husband, Andrew Lloyd of PRC News in Los Angeles, Webber. Soon we'llget to asked whether ITA's Man -of - hearherin a pieceof the -Year award would have Broadway -musical archaeolo- been given to Disney's Cin- gy. In her upcoming Polydor derella had her video sold album, "The Songs That Got fourteen million copies. Hea- Away," Brightman sings ly proposed that the name of show tunes that never be- the award be changed to Per- came hits. Included among sonality -of -the -Year. the fourteen songs is a double Previous winners of ITA's rejection, Irving Berlin's Mr. Man -of -the -Year award have Monotony, a song that was included Akio Morita, chair- dropped from the Broadway man of the board of Sony productions of Miss Liberty (1978), and Alexander M. in 1949 and Call Me Madam Poniatoff, founder and chair- a yearlater.(Ithas been man of the board of Ampex resurrected in the current hit (1981). 0 Jerome Robbins' Broadway.) Other songs:I Remember WHEN pianist Van Cli- (Sky) from Stephen Sond- burn won the Interna- heim'sEveningPrimrose, tional Tchaikovsky Competi- Lud's Wedding from Leonard tion in Moscow in 1958, the Bernstein and Alan Jay Ler- young American's triumph at ner's 1600 Pennsylvania Ave- Brightman: digging for Broadway gold the height of the Cold War nue, Dreamers by Marvin made him an instant celebri- Hamlisch and Christopher record set called "Will the ductor, Robert Whitney, who ty. His RCA recording of the Adler from their British mu- Circle Be Unbroken," went retired in 1967, but Lawrence piece he won with, the Tchai- sical Jean Seberg, and Half a against the fashionable slick- Leighton Smith, music direc- kovsky Piano Concerto No. Moment by Lloyd Webber ness of country music at that tor since 1983, has continued 1, was the first classical Gold from Jeeves.Brightmanis time and may have been the the tradition and is now pre- Record and has remained a also busy on a mainstream beginning of the "new tradi- siding over the transfer of best seller ever since, but Cli- pop album for fall release that tionalist"movement. Now some of that vast catalog to burn hasn't made a new rec- is supposed to include songs the Dirt Band has organized compact discs on the Albany ord or performed in a major anotherget-together,again Records label. concert for the past decade. featuring some of the finest The latest of three releases That is about to change, namesincountrymusic. so far is a two -CD package however. Cliburn willplay "Will the Circle Be Unbro- devoted to music by Morton the Tchaikovsky First and the ken, Volume Two" crosses Gould. Smith conducts four Liszt First Concerto with the generations as well, with such of the seven works contained Philadelphia Orchestra, un- players as Acuff and Chris inthe album, including der Stanislaw Skrowaczew- Hillman, the Carter Family Gould's Symphony of Spirit- ski, on June 19. While RCA and Levon Helm, Earl uals of 1976 and his Viola hasn't signed him yet for any Scruggs and Ricky Skaggs. Concerto of 1943, with Rob- new recordings, the label has The Universal Records re- ert Glazer as soloist. Jorge just released the first five ti- lease also has vocals by John- Mester, who was Louisville's tles of the Van Cliburn Col- ny Cash, New Grass Revival, conductor from 1967 to 1979, lection of mid -price reissues Cash and Acuff: tradition Emmylou Harris, and Chet conducts the American Sym- on compact disc. Atkins, among others. 0 phonette No. 2 (1939), and by Brian Wilson of the Beach Gould himself conducts two Smith: Americana Boys and Aimee Mann of 'Til IOR almost forty years the of his works dating from the Tuesday. 0 Louisville Orchestra has lateSixties, Columbia and

beencommissioning, per- Soundings. N 1973 the Nitty Gritty forming, and recording works I Dirt Band celebrated the by contemporary Americans AT the nineteenth annual grand traditions of country (and foreign composers resi- seminar of the Interna- music by bringing together a dent here). The result is a cat- tional Tape/Disc Association, bunch of young performers alog of over a hundred al- held in Palm Beach Gardens. and such founding fathers bums of new music issued on Florida, this spring, the or- and mothers as Roy Acuff the orchestra's own First Edi- ganization's 1988Man -of - and "Mother" Maybelle Car- tion label. Most of them were the -Year award was conferred ter. The recording, a three - recorded by its founding con- on the one responsible for

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Meanwhile, the 1989 Van lection of mood -set- Cliburn International Piano ting music suitable for Competition has entered its overtures, snack breaks, and final stages, with the conclud- intermissionsbetweenfea- ing awards ceremony on June tures during your evenings of 11set to be broadcast live movie watching at home. A nationwide on the WFMT bonus of CD+ G computer - Fine Arts radio network. For graphics title cards will be en- the first time in the history of coded on the CD. The album the contest, held every four will also be available on cas- years in Cliburn's home town sette, but without the graph- of Fort Worth, Texas, pian- ics, of course. ists from the U.S.S.R. are par- The performers include the ticipating.Guess the Cold National Philharmonic Or-

War really is over. chestra under Charles Ger- hardt and the Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Ar- thur Fiedler. In addition to the great fanfares for studios likeMetro -Goldwyn -Mayer, 20th -Century Fox, and War- ner Bros., the album contains such novelty numbers as Le- roy Anderson'sFiddle Faddle Robison and Nickrenz: chamber music in Charleston and TheSyncopated Clock. The music of tremendous for the many fine young art- plans tofillout the CD's, emotive power that Holly- ists they have introduced in a where possible, with alternate wood composers werefa- most congenial context. tracks and B sides and to mous for is represented by Featuredinthe two -disc restore the art work on "Dia- excerptsfrom such film Musicmasters album are sev- mond Dogs" to anatomical scores as the ones Max Stein- eralinstrumentalistswho, completeness. 0 er wrote forSince You Went though relatively unknown at AwayandNow Voyager.An the time, have since come Cliburn: performing again extra dimension of realism into their own on records and just released a live re- and atmosphere will be added inconcerthalls,including cording by jazz pianist WHEN jazztrumpeter by a scratch -and -sniff patch violinists Joshua Bell and Jo- McCoy Tyner called "Up - Chet Baker died last impregnated with the odor of seph Swensen and pianists year at the age of fifty-eight, popcorn. 0 Yefim Bronfman and Jeffrey he left behind a legacy of sev- Kahane. The music ranges eral fine recordings. The story T'S Spoleto Festival time from Vivaldi and Mozart to of his abortive acting career again in Charleston, South Kodaly andShostakovich, and tragic personal life has Carolina, and time to recall with Dvotak's E Minor Piano now been told in a documen- an album, released not so Trio sandwiched in between. tary film,Let's Get Lost,di- long ago by Musicmasters, This year's Spoleto Festival rected by the celebrated fash- devoted to live chamber -mu- opens on May 26 with a rare- ion photographer Bruce We- sic recordings made at the ly performed Bellini opera, ber (Ralph Lauren and Cal- city'scharming oldDock Lastraniera, and runs vinKleinads). The film, StreetTheatreduringthe through June 11. 0 which was nominated for an 1986 festival. Spoleto's cham- Academy Award, follows ber -music concerts, under the RYKODISC USA callsit Baker on a road trip through direction of flutist Paula Ro- "Returnof theThin theU.S. and Europe and bison and violist Scott Nic- White Duke." David Bowies takesin some of hislast krenz, have been noted both eighteenalbums,originally recordingsessions.Named for astute programming and recorded for RCA and now for one of his best-known re- out of print, will be reissued cordings,Let's Get Lostin- Baker: a life in jazz by Ryko on compact disc, Bowie: revived on cp cludes excerpts from some B cassette, and LP. The rights to movies he made in Italy, rare the entire catalog, from town/Downtown." It comes performance footage, and in- 1969's "Space Oddity"to from big -band dates last No- terviews with the trumpeter, 1981's "Changestwobowie," vember at the Blue Note in his ex-wives, and family. A reverted to the British singer New York City. . . . Neneh soundtrack has been released after he left RCA. Among the Cherry, the daughter of jazz by RCA. 0 albums up for immediate re- trumpeter Don Cherry. has a lease are "The Man Who Sold new album on Virgin follow- THE first audio recording the World," "The Rise and ing the success of her song mixed in genuine Dolby Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Buffalo Stance. ...A Grateful Surround sound for compact Spiders from Mars," "Dia- Dead concert can be seen live discis RCA's "The Home mond Dogs," "Young Ameri- on June 18 on certain cable Video Album," scheduled for cans," "Low," "Heroes," and systems through pay -per - release in the fall. It is a col - "Scary Monsters." Rykodisc view networks. 0

STE REO REVIEW JUNE 1989 135 THE HIGH END by Ralph Hodges sating "tennis ball" at a press con- speed approaches that of the switch- ference last February in New York ing of magnetic domains, butI City. He credits his accomplish- wouldn't dare. In any case, much of ment to the phenomenon of magne- the mass -controlled behavior that tostriction, which seems a most un- hobbles allconventional speaker likely origin for anything of audio drivers seems effectively bypassed. significance. Possibly that's why the Third, like an electrostatic dia- device was so long in arriving. phragm, the sphere is driven over Magnetostriction, first remarked its entire area, which suggests an upon bythenineteenth-century elimination of break-up modes. The physicist J. P. Joule, refers to the potentialforgrossdimensional change in dimensions of a ferromag- modes remains, Klein admits, but netic material under the influence these would correspond to wave- of a magnetic field. In his address, lengths approximately equal to cir- Dr. Klein noted that a meter -length cumference -related dimensions of rod of nickel immersed in a modest the sphere, which are longer than magneticfield may decreasein the present device, inactive much length by 0.04 millimeter. Interest- below 7,000 Hz, is called upon to ing, yes. Audio, no-unless, Klein handle. (I received a photo of a maintained, this same order of al- beachball-size prototype sphere said teration takes place over an ade- to be capable of useful output down quately large area. If the rod is ham- to 800 Hz. With a circumference in mered into a thin -walled hollow excess of 60 inches, such a sphere sphere, for example, the surface area would also exhibit dimensional res- is maximized, and even small di- onances that remain well outside its THE IMPOSSIBLE mensional changes, in response to operating band. In addition, a tran- ACHIEVED? an applied magnetic field that varies sition to conventional drivers for with the audio signal, can move sig- bass frequencies should be a good nificant amounts of air. deal more seamless in terms of ALMOST since the beginning of Dr. Klein's sphere is composed of directivity matching.) time, an ideal model for the a cobalt -nickel alloy cupped by cop- You'llagree, I suspect,that perfectloudspeakerhas per -coilelectrodes.Withinthis Klein's device sounds like an inter- been a pulsating sphere, sphere is a second one, of soft iron. esting tweeter. But does itsoundlike which swells for compression wave - to complete the electromagnetic cir- agoodtweeter? As always, the hur- fronts and shrinks for rarefactions cuit, and within that is a permanent ly-burly of rushed, large-scale dem- like a balloon capable of functioning magnet said to apply a magnetic onstrations is to be distrusted. My at audio frequencies. (I say an ideal "bias" to keep the device in its lin- impression was of excellent detail model because the concept entails ear region of operation. And that is and effortless extension, but with a perfect omnidirectionality, which is essentially all. To hear sound from touch of "glassiness," as opposed to not always thought desirable.) such a thing when it's driven by a "liquidity." Its output capabilities Nothing obvious innature or suitable amplifier is not really all seemed unstressed-Klein main- science has seemed able to accom- that surprising. But a lab -table dem- tains that, within the bandwidth plish much toward realizing this onstration by the good doctor went chosen,thepotentialoutputis model,althoughapproximations far toward convincing me that I was much greater than any home listen- have been attempted, most notably actually hearing a globe that swells er could bear. some ionized -gas -discharge devices itself up and sucks itself in like a All the news is not good, however. that approach being point sources, hyperventilating balloon, but at a First, questions have been raised and therefore omnidirectional ones. rate unthought of for balloonhood. about whether the device can be Those devices are not the most What are we to make of such an manufactured with consistent quali- practicalloudspeakers,however, invention? A number of things. ty, and time will have to tell about and they tend to generate ozone, First, it does appear to achieve the that. Second, as now configured, which, believe it or not, may be long -sought goal of perfect omnidi- this tweeter is not to be driven by even more health -threatening than rectionality, and it is of deep inter- any amplifier but the one it comes tobacco smoke. Thus, the pulsating est just for that reason (although with, as part of a self -powered three- ball has remained an impossible nothing would seem to prevent the way systemwithcomparatively goal. Gasses might be coaxed into device from operating as a spherical conventional midrange and woofer this sort of behavior, but rigidly section-a half or quarter sphere). components. Third, that three-way composed solids could not. Second, the mechanismisas- system, manufactured by MB Quart Imagine my consternation, then, toundingly fast, according to Dr. and dubbed the Aera, is priced at when SiegfriedKlein,a French Klein, to the point of having no real $25,000 the pair. physicist long prominent in ionic - bandwidth limitations. It is tempt- Sorry. It just seems that we can't tweeter design, demonstrated a pul- ing to speculate on whether its have all of tomorrow today. 0

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