H G H FIDELITYMAY 1966 600 Stereo inYou LATEST INFORMATION ON THE NEW TAPE AND FM EQUIPMENT Ca FOR PUTTING STEREO SOUND IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT - 1 www.americanradiohistory.com 6 6 05 6 1 6 15 6 2 6.25 49W 9 10 11 "" 12 13 14 "'' 15'w 16 SW 2S0 300 340 IM 900 1000 1100 1200 1400 1600 NW FM 98 I F 102 104 105 106 107 108 high fidelity multi-band tuner the Fisher R -200 -B end' incorporates an improved version of the exclusive Fisher Nuvistor- : and with pleasure. GOLDEN SYNCHRODE* circuit, which achieves outstanding sensitivity and guilt to high fidelity immunity from overload. It is this superb FM `front end' that makes possible the outstanding AM sensitivity. And firmly places the R -200 -B With its three AM in the high fidelity category. )rt -wave broadcasts. Behind the remarkable Nuvistor front end, the R -200 -B is com- idcasts from concert pletely solid state. And completely reliable. 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Wide-band for full con - bandwidth for normal broadcasts, narrow -band to eli- But the R -200 -B is also an elegant stay -at -home. nificent FM- stereo tuner with automatic mono -stere famous Fisher STEREO BEACON* multiplex deco( www.americanradiohistory.com Direct line to Moscow, Peking, Hanoi, Paris, London, Berlin, Tokyo, Sydney, Brussels, Haifa, Vienna, Dublin, Rome, Copenhagen, Glasgow, Helsinki, Algiers, Hamburg, Washington, Oslo, Madrid, Stockholm, Zurich, Cairo, Tel -Aviv, Beirut, Teheran, Lagos, Johannesburg, Hong Kong, Djakarta, Karachi, Manila, Singapore, Taipei, Bangkok, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, Bogota, Panama City, Guatemala City, San Salvador, Caracas, Lima, San Juan, Montevideo, Mexico City, Rangoon, Lisbon, Bombay, Port -of- Spain, San Francisco, Havana, Marseilles, Liverpool, New Delhi, Auckland, Saigon, Toronto, Hawaii, Quebec, Antwerp, Istanbul, Belgrade, Warsaw, Trieste, Bucharest, with ... www.americanradiohistory.com www.americanradiohistory.com Nine out of ten musicians prefer the natural sound of Pickering. Microgroove discs are recorded by magnetic processes. Naturally they sound better when reproduced with a Pickering Micro- MagneticTM; there's a natural compatibility. From the tiniest peep of a piccolo to the mightiest roar of an organ, Pickering produces sound as natural as the original performance. That's why musicians prefer Pickering. And so does everyone else who can hear the diference. Pickering makes it easy to get natural sound in any stereo installation. There are four Pickering Micro -Magnetic pickups, each designed for a specific application. The V-15AC-2 is for conventional record changers, where high c utput and heavier tracking forces are required. The V- 15AT -2 is for lighter tracking in the never automatic turntables. The even more compliant V- 15AM -1 is ideal for professional -type manual turntables. And the V- 15AME -1 with elliptical stylus is the choice of the technical sophisticate who demands the last word in tracking ability. No other pickup design is quite like the Pickering Micro -Magnetic. The cartridge weighs next to nothing (5 grams) in order to take full advantage of low -mass tone arm systems. Pickering's exclusive Floating Stylus and patented replaceable V -Guard stylus assembly protect both the record and the diamond. But the ultimate test of a cartridge is the human ear. Find out for yourself. Listen carefully to pickermo a Pickering. You'll hear the difference. For those who can hear the difference. Pickering & Co. Plainview, L.I., N.Y. CIRCLE 48 ON READER -SERVICE CARD 2 HIGH FIDELITY MAGAZINE www.americanradiohistory.com Page 65 Page 58 HIGH FIDELITY 9 Music and Musicians 65 A Bout with Boulez Edward Lockspeiser 69 Music in the Marais Roy McMullen 73 Ten Years of The Tape Deck R. D. Darrell 12 Notes from Our Correspondents: Paris, Vienna, Syracuse, Budapest Sound Reproduction 43 High Fidelity News & Views: new plants on Long Island 44 Equipment in the News 57 Stereo on Wheels: an editorial 58 Stereo in Your Car Leonard Marcus 77 Equipment Reports Scott Model LT-1 I2 Stereo Tuner (kit) Thorens Model TD- I50AB Turntable Knight Model KG -4I5 Tape Recorder Shure /SME Model 3009 Tone Arm McIntosh MAC -1500 Stereo Receiver Benjamin Miracord PW -40A Turntable Reviews of Recordings 36 Jazz 50 Folk Music 85 Feature Record Reviews Music from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book (Blanche Winogron, virginals; Joseph Payne, organ and harpsichord) Music for Oboe and Orchestra (Pierre Pierlot, Jacques Roussel, cond.: Heinz Helliger, Jean -Marie Auherson, cond.: André Lardrot, Antonio Janigro, cond.; Harold Gomberg, Seiji Ozawa, cond.) 88 Other Classical Reviews 106 Repeat Performance 109 The Lighter Side 113 The Tape Deck M A Y 1 9 6 6 VOLUME 16 NUMBER 5 Magarine are Published al Weal Barrington, Mass. 01400, by The billboard Publishing Co. 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