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Over Strafinsky's NOVEMBER 1972 75e LAB TEST REPORTS 11111CH C:8398 Revox's Dolby tape deck Fisher 801 receiver Miracord's top changer rIEDELIITV DBX compressor expander How to Make Your Record -Playing Components Compatible yt,aft )psor),_ The Battle 5 it OverStrafinsky's rc Writings and <c c6 -r rzc a. r CT- 1: Recordings ZL1". Di z >2x.rr C... 3> IN -< YES. Your next receiver should be convertible 2/4 -channel, like thenew Fisher 504 Studio -Standard. You'll get fullpowerinto 2or4 speakers,with all 4 amplifiers working all the time. The new Fisher 04 -series receivers corresponding ultraconservative speci- has inputs to accept any other 4 -channel (of which the 504, shown here, is the fication at 8 ohms is 2 times 90 watts, decoder, present or future. most elaborate) represent Fisher's latest which is actually more than the arith- We could go on endlessly about all thinking on the subject of high-fidelity metical sum of the 4 -channel ratings. the other advanced features, including electronics in general and 4 -channel in You can, in effect, switch back and forth the dual -gate MOSFET front end with particular. They are part of an entirely between a rather high-powered 4 - AGC, the completely original "lumped new generation of professional -quality channel receiver and a super -powered selectivity" IF circuitry, or the satellite - components for the serious audiophile, stereo receiver. inspired phase -locked loop IVIPX decoder. distinguished from other Fisher prod- Of course, there is a lot more than But we would rather have you read the ucts by the "Studio -Standard" that to the most ambitious receivers entire 12 -page technical brochure we designation. offered by Fisher to date. Both the 504 have prepared on the 04 series. It is Their most dramatic new feature and the middle -of -the -line 404 feature a nothing less than required reading for is that, unlike other 4 -channel receivers, single -lever master balance control or anyone interested in the state of the they are not restricted to half of their "joystick" for adjusting the relative 4 -channel art. 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In price tridges suffer as muchas a 50% lossranges to suit your equipment. For in music power. Whichmeans thatmore information write: Pickering & what you are hearing isa half-truth.Co., Inc., Dept. G, 101 Sunnyside All Pickering XV-15 cartridgesBlvd., Plainview, New York 11803. deliver 100% Music Power. They reproduce evenly across the entire musical spectrum. They don't add. They don't subtract. They don't PICKERING distort. "for those who can hear the difference" .4/1 Pickering cartridges are designed foruse with all two and four -channel matrix derived compatible systems. CIRCLE 52 ON READER -SERVICE CARD 2 HIGH FIDELITY MAGAZINE November 1972 VOL. 22 NO. 11 music and musicians Leonard Marcus SIGNS OF THE TIMES 4 Edward Greenfield THE OPERAS ARE COMING! 16 Recording Cellini, William Tell, and Tosca in London Gene Lees IN LOVE WITH LIFE 19 Rudolf Friml-still vital at 93 Whose words? See page 50. Patrick J. Smith WHO REALLY WROTE STRAVINSKY'S PROSE? 50 The facts behind the Craft-Libman-Henahan hassle Leo Haber WHO REALLY WROTE BEETHOVEN'S MUSIC? 57 Was Ludwig a black Jewish woman? Rudolf Bing DI STEFANO AND THE MET 64 H1611 The impresario spars with a great tenor audio and video FIDELITY TOO HOT TO HANDLE 30 NEWS AND VIEWS 32 Stereo AM? ... Bio of an audio pioneer . Sansui = RM EQUIPMENT IN THE NEWS 34 EQUIPMENT REPORTS 37 Miracord 50H Mark II automatic turntable DBX-117 compressor/expander Fisher 801 receiver Revox A-77 Dolby open -reel deck John Wright COMPATIBILITY IN RECORD -PLAYING EQUIPMENT 60 Why it's elusive; how to achieve it recordings Dale Harris THE PAINFUL BIRTH OF A SUPERSTAR 71 Katia Ricciarelli's problematic path to glory Gregor Benko THOSE WONDERFUL ROMANTIC CONCERTOS 72 Whose music? See page 57. New discoveries from the age of gilt Henry Edwards THE MERCHANDISING OF ELVIS 74 A pop -music phenomenon's new releases H. C. 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