Hifi/Stereo Review March 1959
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.';" - --- AMPLIFIERS 2tlJIOlrJ YEARS OF TH E PI PE ORGAN CS FOR VlI.'Bft ANt V3~J.f\ J~Y ONV'K~IH&tt~ svnOU.l ::1 ij Of!IeC;9Sf I:) I' .,..~. .... another "firs "... from I th first nam in high ~ fid lit urntables a RONDIN turntable with hysteresis motor * at 95 net REK-O-KUT RONDINE K~~H '~Hysteresis motors are used in professional broadcast and recording studios. Specifications: \ { Single·speed (331/3 rpm). Crown·Spindle Belt Drive. Assembles in 30 minutes or less with ordi· nary tools. Built·in strobe disc. Noise level: 52db. $49~~t turntable only. Tonearms - from $27.95; Bases - from $10.95; Mounting Boards from $4.95. ~-----------------------------------------------,Rek-O-Kut Co., Inc. Dept. MR 3819 108th St. Corona 68, N.Y. Please send complete information on the new Rondine REK-O-KUT K33H Kit with hysteresis motor. HIGH FIDELITY TURNTABLES Name _______________ TURNTABLE ARMS Address ______________ Export: Morhan Exporting Corp., 458 Broadway , Ne w York 13, N. Y. City_________ Zone_Sta t e ___ Canada: Atlas Radio, 50 Wingold Ave. , Toronto la, Ontario L RK~6 I Rondine -the HystereSiS Line ... Engineered for the Studio . .. designed for the home! ., -----------------------------------------------~ MARCH 1959 3 Precision Stereo Arm for optimum performance w ith any stereo or monaur al car tri dge Smallest numbe, of pivot. reduces traversing friction to absolute minimum. Mallimum f.reedom of vertical movement is achieved by sprlng·loaded needle·type ball·bearing pivots. as in the finest chronometers . True professional performance results from Single hole mounting. Just measurtt Plug·in·shell-the ideal die cast aluminum arm the radius, drill one hole and mount stereo arrangement ,for construction, combining -no elaborate templates required. quiCk change of cartridge. low mass and rigidity. Arm Knurled "nob-quickly and accurately Designed to accommodate not only eliminates every stereo and monaural resonances, but it also adjusts height for any turntable. pick·up. tracks perfectly at the minimum pressure specified by the cartr.dgtt manufacturers. Coin-slot stylus pressure adjustment easily accessible. simple and aocurate. .r/flta.wired for steNo. $implifl~ '!lstanatio" Glistening white enamel slncefelldt end at terminal and chrome enhances your entire record playing bIOC:l'. installation. I New Comparator Guide - FlEE I Carrard Sales Corporaticm. Dept. CC-l29 I Port Washington, New York. I Please send your new comparator cuJde I which compares aU Carrard pla)rers II1II1 I their advanced features. RCI2I/1l TPA/12 301 eHF UodelT/Il Iniermil $I.... Transcription Tr.nsulptloft Manual CIwIpt Tone AmI furnlabh: Manual Pllyet Player I Name'______________ 1 ,..2.50 $19.50 m.oo 159.50 $32.50 Address ____________-I GARRARD SALES CORPORATION. DIV. OF BRITISH INDUSTRIES CORP .• PORT WASHINGTON, N. Y. Ca nadian inquiries to Chos. W. POinton, Ltd .• 6 Alcina Ave., Toronlo Tenllorles other than U.S.A. and Canada to Garrard Eng;noer;ng & Mig. Co., Ltd., Sw;ndon. WHls .. England City- _________St ate __ FEATURE ARTICLES Musical Oddentities HiFiREVIEW 8 Nicolas Slonimsky A ce le brated musical lexicographer spots the unusual-from Beethoven Marcti" .1959 ' and Na po leon to Pade rewski's dog VOI.; 2 ' N.o : a Upbeat on Two Counts 35 Morton Gould The personal thoughts of hi- fi 's most versatile Publisher ., " music man Oliver: Read 'Editor Have Pipe Organ-Can't Move 38 Robert Hazelleaf Ol/v~r ' p., 'Ferrell , A theater organ enthusiast te lls a bout the in side anatomy of a monste r and how it gre w Music Edi tor DavId Hall, Beginner's Luck 42 David Ha ll Art Editor The novi ce collector w ho knows what to Sau.! D. Weiner look for can build a basic hi -Ii library at rock-bottom cost As s ~ciah; Editors Hans H. Fantel ' Warren De~otte On a Chassis Built for Two 45 Warren DeMotte Checklist and review of nine Assistant Editor dual powe r a mplifiers desig ned for use with stereo prea mps Rodney H. Wl/Jiams , Contributing Editor• The Basic Repertoire: Part 5 of the "First Fifty" 49 Martin Bookspan . t-farfln. Boo/rspan Ralph J . Gleason Beethoven/s " Eroica" Symphony has Stanley Green phonographically challenged two Hat HentoR dozen conductors- some more than once George Jelllnek David Randolph John Thornton ' The Well-Tampered Claviers 51 Ha ns H, Fantel Duo pianis ts Ferrante & Teicher Advertising Director p ioneer a valid e xperiment? Mere John A. Ronan, Jr. gimmick? Monstrous perversion? Which? Advertising Manager Herb Olsow REVIEWS ZIFF-DAVI S PUBLISHING C O .. O ne Pa rk Your HiFi Concert 63 Martin Bookspan, David Hall, George Ave., New York 16 , N,. Y. William B. Ziff, JelJinek, David Randolph, John Chairman of the Board (1 946-1953)' William Thornton Ziff, President; W. Bradford Brig9s, Execu tive Vice President; Michael Michaelson Vice President and Circulation Director: Hershel B. Sarbin, Secretary; Howard Stereo Disc Reviews 81 Martin Bookspan, Ralph J. Gleason, Stoughton, Jr. , Treasurer; Albert Gruen, Art Stanley Green, Nat Hentoff, George Director. " JelJinek, John Thornton BRANCH OFFICES: Midwestern O ffice, 434 5, Wabash Ave., CHicago ' 5, ' ' 11 ., Tom Berry, Mid west . 'Adveiti.sing Manager; Western Office, Roof]1' 412" 2!5 ,West 7th Your Entertainment Mood 91 Ralph J. Gleason, .stanley Green, St., Los Angeles: 17" ,Calif.;"James R."Pierce, Nat Hentoff Western Adverhsing· Manager; Foreign· Ad vertising Represenfatives:' D. A. Goodall Ltd ., London; Albe,t Milhado 8< Co." Ltd., . The Stereo Reel John Thornton Antwerp and Dus~eldorf; , : " 100 J SUBSGRIPT/ON SERV IC{ , Forms 3579 and:' ail" subscription,' cor·re sponlienceshould be ' addiessed to' 'C ir COLUMNS AND MISCELLANEOUS culation' Department ~4 3 4 " SolJth '. 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',., " use this check list when selecting the record changer for HiFi Sounding.s your stereo/mono high fidelity system By David Hall RUMBLE, WOW AND FLUTTER -These mechani cal problems, especially pertinent to stereo STEREO-A SPUR TO MUSIC LISTENING reproduction, require maximum attention to design and engineering for suppression. He who has been lured by the sonic bl~ndi s hrne n t s of stereophonic hi-fi Check the new GS-7'J is likely to agree that things will ~ e v e r be quite the same. Gone are the " RECORD CARE - Dropping record on moving days when one could fl op an LP on the record player, set the volume l evel turntable or disc during change cycle causes and settle back to enjoy a favorite symphony, the Mantovani s trings or grinding of surfaces harmful to grooves. Check Turntable Pause feature of new selections by the Modern Jazz Quartet. Now you don't dare sit back GS-77. stereophonic hi·fi compels active listening. Similar to TV, it demands undivided attention. STYLUS PRESSURE-Too little causes distor tion; too much may damage grooves. Check this feature of the new GS-77: difference As the era of disc stereo rounds out its first year, records and equipment in stylus pressure between first and top rec show significant improvement in quality and operating ease. Cartridges ord in stack does not exceed 0.9 gram. now approach the perfection of the best monophonic cartridges of eight. ARM RESONANCE-Produces distortion and een months ago. Rumble-free turntables and changers are common rather record damage. Caused by improper arm than exceptions to the ruIe. Stereo amplifiers of u'uly first-rate quality, design and inadequate damping. Check new GS-77 for arm construction and observe fitted wi th controls that are sensible and which provide compensation for acoustically isolated suspension. the vagaries of room acoustics, may be purchased off the dealers' shelves. Compact and unobtrusive speaker systems are being offered the public, HUM-Most often caused by ground loops developed between components.