INCORPORATING MUSICAL AMERICA SEPTEMBER 1966 75(4 HAG H FI ED E LITV C fFF col` LIBRARY 16,, s1001 :Iry Imo P Should you risk buying second -hand stereo equipment? r The new IooK in stereo cabinetr Eat& Record preview: exclusive listing of bM0! r Alt) Xf13lS lÿ b))3ä3b cUzz new fall releases daa l l 1103 ,I 1 l öll 1 b9 ttus symbols; our dented in performance, the new 700 -T is :e. The best. But the truly modest in cost. Only $499.50.* s anyone who loves Fisher reliability and solid status included. is that extraordinary. Technical Specifications Input Sensitivities (at 1 kHz, for rated power at 4 ohms) tuner of radar -like A. Amplifier Section Phono (low) 3.5 mV Music Power (1HF) Phono (high) 10 mV »pally powerful stereo 4 ohms 120 watts Tape Head 2.5 mV 8 ohms 90 watts Auxiliary (low) 200 mV ) and a complete Harmonic Distortion (1 kHz) (high) 400 mV At rated output 0.8% the 700 -T is equal to 3 db below rated output 0.3% B. Tuner Section 1M Distortion (60:7000/4:1) Usable Sensitivity (1HF) 1.8 µV it. Now or in At rated output 0.8% Harmonic Distortion 3 db below rated output 0.3% (100% mod. and 400 Hz) 0.4% Frequency Response Stereo Separation (400 Hz) 40 db Amplifier 10- 70,000 Hz+0, -1 db Signal -to -Noise Ratio transistors, including Hum and Noise (100% mod.) 70 db Field Effect Volume Control (min.) -80 db Selectivity (alternate channel) 50 db Phono Input (6 mV ref.) -55 db Capture ratio (at 1 mV) 2.0 db resp. rej. (100 M Hz) db ' is the most advanced Aux. Input (400 mV ref.) -65 db Spurious 90 signed to date. 4nd totally unprece- The Fisher 700 -T 1194011 - -- OW -. MAIN MIAOW 1111 I Iti1li R .1 YivtSS.OP. Sti.tS T solid -state receiver ever made. CIRCLE 25 ON READER -SERVICE CARD o, We don't design stl a purpose is performanc PLACE new 700 -T will impres 4¢ STAMP music. 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Now, Pickering offers you total performance from all your records with the newly designed V -15/3 cartridge. The exclusive Pickering V -15 Micro -Magnetic cartridge assures you of the finest in natural sound, while the famous patented V- Guard Floating Stylus provides the ultimate in record protection. And now, there's a new dimension in the V -15 line. The extremely functional Dustamatic brush assembly for cleaning records as you play them, and an entirely new moving system with Dynamic Coupling of stylus to record groove for positive tracking. There's a Pickering for every installation, from conventional record changers to the most advanced turntable /tone arm systems. That's total performance. Clean records for clean sound. For free literature on the Pickering V -15/3, plus information on how to choose the correct "application engineered" cartridge for your system, write to Pickering & Co., Plainview, L. I., New York. For those who can [ hear the difference. Pickering CIRCLE 65 ON READER -SERVICE CARD HIGH FIDELITY MAGAZINE HIGH FIDELITY Music and Musicians 20 Notes from Our Correspondents: London, Paris, New York 34 Switzerland -A Musical Tour Through the Cantons Peter G. Davis 60 The Great Rubinstein Road Show Milton Goldin 63 Record Preview: exclusive listing of new fall releases Sound Reproduction 39 News and Views: Video tape keeps coming 44 Equipment in the News 55 Stereo Cabinets and the Unwary Buyer: an editorial 56 The New Look in Stereo Cabinetry 68 Should You Risk Buying Second -Hand Stereo Equipment? Leonard Marcus 75 Equipment Reports Fisher R-200 -B Multi -band Tuner James B. Lansing Lancer 101 Speaker Systems Miracord 40H Automatic Turntable Acoustech XI -AS Amplifier (kit) C/M Laboratories CC-1 Preamp -Control 77 A New Measurement for Turntables Reviews of Recordings 48 Jazz 52 Folk Music 83 Feature Record Reviews Wagner: Lohengrin (Amara, Gorr, Kónya, et al.: Boston Chorus Pro Musica, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Leinsdorf, cond.) Chopin: Nocturnes (complete) (Ivan Moravec; Tamás Vásáry) Elgar: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, in B minor, Op. 61 (Yehudi Menuhin; New Philharmonia Orchestra, Boult, cond.; London Symphony Orchestra, Elgar, cond.) 87 Other Classical Reviews 116 Repeat Performance 119 The Lighter Side 125 The Tape Deck musical america. NI A-2 Nlephisto's Musings MA -16 Winston -Salem: The Music -Making NIA -4 Artist Life: Who's Doing What Moravians Shirley Fleming MA -18 Doyle J. 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