MARCH 1974 $1.25 08398 cy, dmusical america ST. LOUISCOUNTYLIDRAiwneRecordings Of Maria Callas HitEchi Model TRQ-2040D 10 Lab Test assette deck Reports Radforc SPA -60 Mk. II rower amplifier Ace Audio Zero -Distortion preamp I I AA. I Superex PEP -79 electrostatic headphones Concord CR-250 receiver ) I) 11 11.1 110 /111// 1 1 1 A Kenwood KR -9340 quadriphonic receiver Rectilinear Xla speaker system Shure SFG-2 trEcking-force gauge If size doesn't impressyou,perhaps the numbers will. SPECIFICATIONS OF FISHER CUSTOM -COMPONENT SPEAKERS :1 XP -7-S XP -65-S XP -56-S XP -55-S XP -44S PL -6 Sound Panel Price: $169.95 S109.95 $89.95 $59.95 $49.95 $138.00 Frequency response: 33-20.0(X) Hz 33-20,(XX) 112 35-20,(X1) Hz 37-20,000 Hz 39-19,(XX) liz 40-18,000 Hz Maximum music power: 45 Watts 30 Watts 30 Watts 3() Watts 20 Watts 50 Watts Bass speaker diameter: 12 inches 10 inches 8 inches 8 inches 6 inches Voice coil diameter: 112 inches 1 inch 1 inch 1 inch 1 inch 1 inch Free air resonance: 2()117 25 Hz 38 Hz 38 Hz 38 Hz Magnet structure: 3 p(nids 2 pounds 2 pounds 2 pounds 2 pounds 2.64 pounds Mid -range: 5 inches 5 inches Mice coil diameter: 34 inch inch Magnet structure: p(mnd pound Treble speaker diameter: 3 inches 3 inches 3 inches 3 inches 3 inches Voice coil diameter: 9i6 inch 9/16 inch ?is inch 9s inch 9/16 inch 1 inch Sound dispersion: 91) degrees 90 degrees 90 degrees 90 degrees 00 degrees 360 degrees Crossover frequencies: 8(X). 4010 liz 6(X). 3,01X) liz 1,500 Hz 1.50011z 1,500 Hz Impedance: 8 ohms 8 ohms 8 oh s 8 ohms 8 ohms 8 ohms Dimensions: 2436" x 13946" 23" x 13" 21" x'11'," 90" x10" 15%" x812 " 233,rx 29.34" x 12" deep x 10" deep x 9" deep x7'2" deep x 6Y.4" deep x 274"deep Weight: 32 pounds 27 pounds 20 pounds 18 ixmnds 16 pounds 21 pounds Cabinet: Walnut Vinyl Walnut Vinyl Walnut Vinyl Walnut Vinyl Walnut Vinyl \Valnut or White Available at all Fisher dealers. ST- 127) ST -465 ST -4 -ti ik louder than words. ortant specifications of I' -7-S peaker that suits your budget, ieaker in its category. made us the world's S. NumbersThe speak Fisher louder than words. SPECIFICATIONS OF FISHER STUDIO STANDARD SPEAKERS:" ST -550 ST -530 ST -500 ST -465 ST -445 ST -425 Price: S349.95 $249.95 $199.95 $169.95 $99.95 $79.95 Effective frequency response. on axis. (Pink -noise source, l3 octave bands.): 35-20.()(X)112 38-20,000 Hz 40-20,000 liz 40-20,000 Hz 50-20,000 Hz 55-20,10) Hz Impedance, nominal: 8 ohms 8 ohms 8 ohms 6-8 ohms 6-8 ohms 6-8 ohms Continuous power -handling capacity. 2 -second duration: 300 Watts 21X)Watts 100 Watts 100 Watts 90 Watts 80 Watts 60 -second duration: 1(X) Watts 100 \\'atts 54) Watts 50 Watts 45 Watts 40 Watts Long-term duration: 50 Watts 50 Watts 25 Watts 25 Watts 22 Watts 20 Watts Minimum continuous power requirement: 25 Watts 25 Watts 25 Watts 25 Watts 15-20 Watts 15-20 Watts at 8 ohms at 8 ohms at 8 ohms at 8 ohms at 8 ohms at 8 ohms Total number of drivers: 7 6 4 3 3 2 12" I," 10" 10" Woofer cone diameter: 15" 15" ,,, 1 y Voice -coil diameter: 2" 2" 2" 1%" Magnet stnicture: 13 lbs. 13 lbs. 6 lbs. 5 lbs. 4 lbs. 2% lbs. Midrange speaker type: soft dome soft dome soft dome flare dome cone I y I 1%" Diameter: 11'2 3%" 4%" 1p%, 1%, Voice -coil diameter: 1 %" PA" kt" Magnet structure: 6 lbs. 6 lbs. Ells. 2% lbs. 11,E lbs. Tweeter type: 2 cones 4 cones 2 cones dome dome dom-e Dome or cone diameter: 2" 2" 2" 1" 1" 1" 9, Voice -coif diameter: Y16" 9/16" 116I 1" 1" 1" Side dispersion speakers: 2 soft domes - - - - Voice -coil diameter: 1A" - - - - Crossover frequencies: 600, 6,(XX). 6(X), 6,00() Hz 600, 6,000 Hz 450, 5,000 Hz 650, 5,5(X) Hz 2,5(X) liz 1 ,(XX) Liz Controls: 3 2 2 2 1 Midrange: 3 pos. 3 pos. 3 pos. 3 pos. - Treble: 3 pos. 3 pos. 3 pos. 3 pos. 3 pos. 3 po- s. Side -dispersion: 3 pos. - - - - Weight: 75 lbs. 56 lbs. 45 lbs. 39 lbs. 30 lbs. 25 lbs. Dimensions: 30" x 17" 27" x 16V 26" x 15" 24%" x 141/4" 23'2" x 13" 22%" x 12%" x 12%" deep x 13" deep x 12" deep x 111716" deep x II " deep x 10" deep Cabinet finish: Walnut Walnut Walnut Walnut Walnut Vinyl Walnut Vinyl Studio -Standard speakers are available only at Fisher Studio -Standard dealers. Fair trade prices where applicable. Prices slightly higher in the Far West and Southwest. S I -WO At Fisher, we believe that numbers spe; book $2 value! Mail this coupon for your free copy of So for your convenience, we list here the imp The Fisher Handbook. This entirely new, revised edition the Fisher loudspeakers. Pick out the Fisher of the famous Fisher reference guide to high fidelity, stereo and 4 -channel is a magnificent 68 -page book. and compare its numbers with those of any sr Fisher Radio, Box 1001, Long Lsland City, N.Y. 11101. It's just this sort of comparison that has I largest manufacturer of high-fidelity speaker Name Address City State Zip (For same -day reply. enclose Si.) Fisher is probably the world's largest manufacturer of high-fidelity speakers. ST -425 ST- 16 ST -445 XP -7-S HIGH FIDEL111111r March 1974 VOL. 24 NO. 3 and musical america music and musicians Edward Greenfield MOZART VS. THE GREMLINS 20 Behind the scenes in London Gene Lees DICK HAYMES COMES HOME 26 A top singer of the '40s rebuilds his career David Hamilton THE RECORDINGS OF MARIA CALLAS 40 John McDonough GENE KRUPA: THE BEAT GOES ON 50 audio and video TOO HOT TO HANDLE 28 NEWS AND VIEWS 36 Another stab at stereo AM ... The tube lives! Upbeat on drumming. See page 50 EQUIPMENT IN THE NEWS 36 1 EQUIPMENT REPORTS 57 Microtower MT -2 speaker system ... Radford SPA -60 Mk. II power amplifier ... Kenwood KR -8340 quadriphonic receiver ... Superex PEP -79 headset... Hitachi Model TRQ-2040D cassette deck ... Dual 701 turntable ... Rectilinear Xla speaker system... Lab Test Concord R-250 receiver ... Shure SFG-2 tracking -force gauge ... Ace Audio Zero -Distortion preamp record reviews John Rockwell, Abram Chipman eports THE SYMPHONIES OF SCHUBERT AND SIBELIUS 75 Balm and Karajan's complete sets are more DG birthday presents Royal S. Brown LILY: CHALLENGING MUSICAL THEATER 79 The first part of Kirchner's opera -in -progress reaches disc CLASSICAL 80 Rachmaninoff's Vespers . Mercury makes a comeback IN BRIEF 104 Robert Long FOUR -CHANNEL DISCS AND TAPES 106 Four-sided Night Music . ForeverSousa LIGHTER SIDE 108 Loudon Wainwright Ill . Joni Mitchell ... Charlie Pride JAZZ 114 Lily blooms. See page 79. Ben Webster ... Marian McPartland ... Duke Ellington High Fidelity and Musical America are published monthly by Billboard Publications. R. D. Darrell THE TAPE DECK 124 Inc at I Astor Plaza. New York. New York 10036 Copyright c 1971 by Bollboard Publications. Inc The design and concerts of Nigh Fidelity and Musical America ate Ambience vs. surround sound ... A better Boherne fully protected by copyright and must not be reproduced in any manner Application to mail at second class postage paid at New York. 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LEONARD MARCUS Editor NORMAN EISENBERG From here Executive Editor WAYNE ARMENTROUT Managing Editor KENNETH FURIE Music Editor ROBERT LONG Audio -Video Editor SHIRLEY FLEMING Editor, Musical America Section EDITH CARTER Associate Editor VIOLA MATSON Assistant Editor WILLIAM TYNAN Special Projects Editor ROY LINDSTROM Art Director ROBERT MADDOCKS Associate Art Director MORGAN AMES ROYAL S. BROWN to hear R. D. DARRELL PETER G. DAVIS With Superex Stereophones, you've got the best seat in HENRY EDWARDS Philharmonic Hall. You're in the control room at every record- ALFRED FRANKENSTEIN HARRIS GOLDSMITH ing session. And you can change seats simply by changing DAVID HAMILTON the volume. DALE HARRIS MIKE JAHN Transport yourself to the center of the brass section, or MILES KREUGER see what it feels like to sit under the cymbals. PAUL HENRY LANG GENE LEES The Superex PEP 79 will carry you there. According to ROBERT C.