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Marsh w Joan Griffiths Executive Editor One hundred men and a perfectionist Ralph Freas Audio Editor Visit to an Untyped Cellist 44 Peter Yates Norman Eisenberg Gregor Piatigorsky talks of his iii irli neni and Isis art. Technical Editor Conrad L. Osborne Managing Editor The Archive Production 48 Fritz Kuttner Shirley Fleming A postwar search for position Ied h, a Assistant Editor mammoth documentary project. Roy Lindstrom Art Director H. C. Robbins Landon Enoch Light -In and Of Command 10 Shirley Fleming European Editor ('ond tien Fr- arran,r,'er -entre preneur- and specialist in rebat the public wants. Editorial Board Notes from Abroad 24 John M. Conly Ne ses from our London and I'¡en nu correspondents. Chairman E. Power Biggs Music Makers 57 Roland Gelatt Nathan Broder R. D. Darrell Alfred Frankenstein EQUIPMENT l Howard Hanson Julian Hirsch "The Widest Response Always Sounded Best . " Robert C. Marsh 41 Norman Eisenberg Equipment designer Stewart He eman puts Isis faith Francis Robinson in the human ear. Joseph Szigeti Give Your Recorder Four Tracks- Here's How 102 Leonard Buckwalter owning an old -.style tape recorder need Warren B. Syer not preclude enjoyment of four -track recorded tapes. General Manager Claire N. Eddings Music Systems in Gracious Settings 50 Advertising Manager Sales .I photo feature. Walter F. Grueninger Circulation Director Equipment Reports 52 JansZen- Neshaminy Z -400 Speaker System Dynakit Mark IV 40 -Watt Amplifier Publication Policy Fairchild 440 Turntable Charles Fowler KLH -8 FM Receiving System Lawrence Gatto High Fidelity Newsfronts W. D. Littleford 99 Ralph Freas Warren B. Syer REVIEWS A D V E R T I S I N G Feature Record Reviews 4 Main Office 59 Claire N. Eddings, The Publishing House The Great Barrington, Mass. Telephone 1300 Thompson: Peaceable Kingdom (The Singing City, Brownl The Art of the Prima Donna (Joan Sutherland) New York Madrigal Masterpieces (Deller Consort) 1564 Broadway, New York 36 Telephone: Plaza 7 -2800 Sy Resnick, Andy Spanberger Other Classical Record Reviews 62 Chicago 10 East Huron St., Chicago 11 The Lighter Side 79 Telephone: Michigan 2 -4245 Pete Dempers, Tom Berry Record Los Angeles Jazz Reviews 87 1520 North Gower, Hollywood 28 Telephone: Hollywood 9 -6239 The Tape Deck 91 George Kelley Cover Wire Sculpture by Richard Troy Published monthly at Great Barrington, Mass. by The Billboard Publishing Co. Copyright © 1961 by The Billboard Co. The design ami contents of High Fidelity Magazine are fully protected by copyright and must not be reproduced in any manner. Second-class postage paid at Great Barrington and at additional mailing offices. One -year sub3cription in U. S., Possessions, and Canada $6.00. Elsewhere $7.00. www.americanradiohistory.com AUTHORitatively Speaking AFAYETTE Inasmuch as our relations with Robert C. I CO slarsh began only when we were all past RAD our first youth statement is L -which not to be construed as indicating that KT -600A PROFESSIONAL STEREO CONTROL CENTER R. C. M. has been overtaken by middle age, though we sometimes think we have -we had not known that our friend KT -600A In Kit Form LA-600A Completely Wired and colleague was an Ohioan born and 79.50 bred. Although Mr. Marsh, now music 134.50 critic of the Chicago Sun Tittles, has 5.00 DOWN since traveled far afield both in this Response 5- 40,000 cps rt I db. Precise "Null" Balancing System country and Europe, in writing of the Unique Stereo and Monaural Control Features Cleveland Orchestra he stands staunchly Concentric Input Level Controls on native grounds. You will certainly Easy -To- Assemble Kit Form. find nothing resembling home -town Sensitivity 2.2 my for 1 volt out. Dual low impedance chauvinism in "One Hundred Men and "plate follower" outputs 1500 ohms. Less than .03% a Perfectionist," but neither will you IM distortion; less than .1% harmonic distortion. Hum find an apologia. Why the latter isn't and noise 80 db below 2 volts. 14x103éx4V2 ". Shpg. wt., 16 lbs. needed will be perfectly clear when you turn to p. 36. THE REMARKABLE FM KT -650 TUNER KIT The account of a visit to Piatigorsky (see LT -650A Completely Wired p. 44) is written by Peter Yates, ac- KT -650 Kit 54.50 quaintance and California neighbor of 79.95 the cellist. Professionally, Mr. Yates is 5.00 Down Virtually Distortionless Performance -Less what he rather formally describes as a Than .15% Distortion at 100% Modulation civil servant; avocationally, he is a mu- Sensitivity 3 µv for 30db of Quieting sician and music critic. 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