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STEREO CARTRIDGES the latest and lightest 1 h fideli JANUARY THE MAGAZINE FOR MUSIC LISTENERS Masters. & Matrices, Mass Production a guided tour of the stereo disc assembly line www.americanradiohistory.com ew Beakers based on the the XP -10. The Fisher XP -7 The Fisher XP -9 x. 20 cps Wooer: 12" free -piston; approx. 20 cps Woofer: 12" free- piston; approx. 18 cps free -air 1/2" voice free -air resonance; 11" voice coil; resonance; 2" voice coil; 6-lb. magnet ; tructure. 5' /2 -lb. magnet structure. structure. il; 1 -lb. Midrange: Two 5" cones; each with 3/4" voice Midrange: Three 5" cones; each with s/a" voice coil and 1 -lb. magnet structure. coil and t -lb magnet structure. e type; 2 -Ib. Tweeter: 11 1/2" soft-cotton dome type; 2 -Ib. Tweeter: 1,1/2" soft-cotton dome type; 21/2-lb. 000 gauss magnet structure; 15,000 gauss flux magnet structure; 17,000 gauss flux density. density. etwork with Crossover: Full 3 -way LC -type network with Crossover: Full 3 -way LC -type network with air - ver points at air -core coils; crossover points at core coils; crossover points at 300 and 300 and 2500 cps. 2500 cps. Impedance: 8 ohms Impedance: 8 ohms ge of Frequency Response: 30 cps to beyond range of Frequency Response: 28 cps to beyond range of audibility. audibility. Power Requirement: 10 watts minimum; 60 watts maximum 0 watts Power Requirement: 10 watts minimum; 60 watts (program material). material). maximum (program material). Cabinet: 24" by I4" by 12" deep; Scandinavian Jeep; Cabinet: 24" by 14" by 12" deep; walnut. Scandinavian walnut. Weight: 55 lbs. Weight: 45 lbs. Price: $199.50 Price: $139.50 CIRCLE 35 ON READER -SERVICE CARD www.americanradiohistory.com Of course you want the Fisher XP -10. (Who doesn't ?) But if you don't have the space for it, don't give up yet! Just turn this page. www.americanradiohistory.com Introducing three n Fisher bookshelf sp design principles ol No loudspeaker design in recent years has caused as much excitement among high fidelity connoisseurs as the Fisher XP -10. (Audio magazine called it "truly a step forward in smoothness, transient response and musical quality. ") The superb performance of the 5- cubic -foot XP -I0 is the result of several highly sophisticated engineering features, two of i''l'i ! I. 'jr f!'11:1i'.rltl1'!P1 which are now incorporated in the new bookshelf -size Fisher systems. One is the exclusive i fi III(,,,i!,14 Fisher soft -cotton dome tweeter, whose exceptional dispersion characteristics and uniquely hill"'} . }'..'nj! '"l. smooth, resonance -free response result in the most natural -sounding treble range ever '4#41,1. v,11, achieved. The other important feature is the assignment of more than three octaves of the l .l:i .¡¡, HY1_4.} .±Ìr,+-I..(.. audible spectrum to the midrange channel, with a considerably lower bass -to- midrange .:I...;ii':f,f"FI1TI rtl.;i.f ..:torr: ,1 . iw1.1.1.7 crossover than is conventional. This flattens the upper bass and lower midrange , .. .. , response to an unprecedented degree, completely eliminating the slightest suggestion of boxed -in 'bookshelf' sound. Thus it becomes possible to own a moderately priced bookshelf speaker whose sound is a close approximation to that of the XP-10 -which is just about the best sound there is. ._ _.: For those who must have Fisher Ji, Z^ázt-- ' iati :_s;s ';Zaiii: yy.. -si2 , a i??Tai.iï,-.=,,: iç' a._!yy+ 1 _)1.,'t,}tyt1y. 3.._._.1, - quality in an absolute minimum of space: 1.4 L _y1h t }i.i{i 1 WS,. 11 -Y.1ÿ{` -1_ 1{_ imp. T. i{l- _.3ZI}ia the ultracompact Fisher XP -5. ÿ1: .T_.ii .:{a1{ 1 i lTt YTt . Syny.íS'12 -411/r,-i 1 M 1{ i3-a iT- 1,,a -_; iiai, -..- S S Only 20" 10" 9" ii I . 'fi 11h+ai F, }a .zz by by deep; 1:: 3'...r: iT iia }_ t Ç 8" low- resonance woofer; .ltlni III. y ii ,S_ï '1"' 1 {ÿ' _rT T%_. (({Snip , ti ij I.i:i:l:{il::; :1.Z:.:{ia ii 21/2" wide- dispersion tweeter; 1:S1{iìlìi z _._.1:1nï i _{t^1._.a : -aZ;.ak- {rráïr t § 1z5. 2000 cps crossover; 'iä{ii?}}_ìI clean response down to 38 cps; {iiraii{ír{ -}=-:{ 1 j ti ztt{-i,Z'' Z:_ . { i.. s: t s5 1a{ iï } price 554.50 in walnut. Sr - a. «ai{ T ì:.- -,t }t_IF t i Tyyi T %y1:1:1::n{tTIT" ' } -1 ri: 1: :1 a_._. i{., r'S:-;.#ír}2 ' L z {". =a--kÄZa{ aBZFa..ir v_ _:._:_-:{- Z_ 1 PLACE 4, STAMP HERE The Fisher XP-0 Woofer: 10" free -piston; appr free -air resonance; I FISHER RADIO CORPORATION coil: 51/2-lb. magnet Midrange: 5" cone; Y." voice co magnet structure. 21 Tweeter: 111" soft-cotton dom -40 44th Drive magnet structure; 15 flux density. Crossover: Full 3 -way LC -type t air -core coils; crosso Long Island City, N. Y. 11101 300 and 2500 cps. Impedance: 8 ohms Frequency Response: 35 cps to beyond ran audibility. Power Requirement: 10 watts minimum; C maximum (program < Ú Cabinet: 23" by 13" by 1014" z Scandinavian walnut L J Weight: 35 lbs. OVERSEAS RESIDENTS PLEASE WRITE TO EISNER RADIO INTERNATIONAL, iN LONG ISLAND CITY, N Y. 11101. Price: 599.50 CANADIAN RESIDENTS WRITE TO TRI -TEL ASSOCIATES, LTD., WILLOWOALE, ONT. www.americanradiohistory.com eexaxxxxxxx: XxExxl:xGxxM u r XXXXXXxXXXM xxxxxxxxxxX ; xxxxxlCxXxx :.[xxx:[xxX:cxxMiu xxxxx::xxxx ::Cxx1[:[xxxxxx xx1[xxxxxxx ::/xxX.t:IXXMxXM Xx1[xX.CxxXXX ::rxx:[x:cX:cxxx XXXXXXXXXXX ::C:[XxxXAxx:[XX xxxxxXxxxXX [.C:[:[XXX [xx:txX X.CX:[XXXXXXX :Ctxx:[xM [xX:[:[:[ SCxxx:C:CXXS[XM .C[.[JXXM [x:tX:t:O xxxxxX:::-XXX ::[xxxxs [3[:[XX:1 xxxxx::xxxxx ::cxxxxXxxxx ::Xi:XXXXX..1:X The Fisher XP -10 Woo /er: 15" free- piston; approx. 16 cps free -air resonance: 2" voice coil with exclusive eddy -current damping: 6 -lb. magnet structure. Midrange: 8" cone; 11/2" voice coil; 51/2-Ib. magnet structure. Tweeter: 2" cotton. soft -dome type; 51/2-lb. magnet structure; 14.000 gauss flux density. Crossover: Full 3 -way LC -type network with air -core coils; crossover points at 200 and 2500 cps. Impedance: 8 ohms. Frequency Response: From below 28 cps to beyond range of audibility. Power Requirement: IIl watts minimum: 60 watts maximum (program material). Cabinet: 301/2" high, 24,é" wide. 14.4 deep; Scandinavian walnut. Weight: 80 lbs. Price: 5249.50 CIRCLE 35 ON READER -SERVICE CARD JANUARY 1965 1 www.americanradiohistory.com (V -15 AME -1 ELLIPTICAL STYLUS) NATURAL SOUND BEGINS WITH PICKERING Whether you own a record changer, automatic turntable, or a professional type manual turntable Pickering has engineered the RIGHT V -15 pickup for you. Each of these applications requires a cartridge with specific characteristics and specifications to produce the maximum in NATURAL SOUND that is possible from the record playing equipment and other components in your system. If it's RECORD CHANGER application, where high output and heavier tracking forces are required try the C -1} Most of you, no doubt are tracking lighter on the late model AUTOMATIC TURNTABLES' and will use the V -15 AT -1 Or if a professional type MANUAL TURNTABLE is your choice you'll need the even more compliant 11111,41Li And if it's unexcelled tracking ability you're seeking, you will demand the ELLIPTICAL STYLUS PICKUP IZEIFAMEI All of these pickups are radically different from any other cartridge. You can see the difference. You can hear the difference. Pick up a V -15. Note its light weight -only 5 grams. Perfect for low mass tone arm systems. Now, see how Pickering's exclusive "Floating Stylus" and patented replaceable V -Guard assembly protects your record and diamond as it plays. FOR THOSE WHO CAN HEAR THE DIFFERENCE PICKERING & CO., INC. PLAINVIEW, N.Y Pickering THE WORLD'S LARGEST AND MOST EXPERIENCED MANUFACTURER OF MAGNETIC PICKUPS CIRCLE 57 ON READER -SERVICE CARD 2 HIGH FIDELITY MAGAZINE www.americanradiohistory.com Page 56 Page 46 high fidelity Page 42 Music and Musicians 41. The New Conductor: an editorial 42 "A Mixture of Instinct and Intellect ": conversations on the art of conducting George Szell and Paul Henry Lang 56 The Cheerful Ghost of Eisenstadt: recording Haydn in Austria John T. McClure 22 Notes from Our Correspondents: New York, Rome, London Sound Reproduction 37 High Fidelity Newsfronts: loudspeakers-caveat emptor Norman Eisenberg 46 Masters, Matrices, and Mass Production: record manufacture Shirley Fleming 52 Stereo Cartridges -a Status Report Albert Sterling 61 Equipment Reports Ampex Model 2070 Tape Recorder Scope /Castagna Model A Tone Arm Knight KN -999 Integrated Amplifier Acoustic Research AR -4 Speaker System Reviews of Recordings 69 Feature Record Reviews Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (Judith Raskin, Alexander Young, et al.; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Igor Stravinsky, cond.) Music from Nuremberg -Hans Sachs: Songs; selections from the Locheimer Liederbuch (Soloists; Nuremberg Gambencollegium, Josef Ulsamer, cond.) 72 Other Classical Reviews 93 The Lighter Side 97 Folk Music 101 Jazz 105 The Tape Deck J A N U A R Y 1 9 6 5 VOLUME 15 NUMBER 1 Published monthly at Great Barrington, Mass., by The Billboard Publishing Co. 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