April 3rd 05, 08:29 PM
It being a nice day, I went motoring in the Corvair today and stopped
at a yard sale. I rummaged through a stack of books and picked up
several interesting things for fifty cents each, including a clean copy
of the 1965 Radio Amateur's Handbook and a Ernst Wildi "Hasselblad Way"
book. (Another "obso" product still in production.) But perhaps most
interesting to this group was a small white paperback with red
lettering on the subject of, get this, "high fidelity".
Isn't that a redundant statement? Like honesty and pregnancy, fidelity
seems a binary matter-she is or she isn't. Nevertheless, I read
throught the little volume and found some seemingly cogent, if dated
advice-along with a few howlerinos. I felt obligated to share a couple
of these with the group.
"The Bose 901, Series IV. This classic system has undergone numerous
refinements since its introduction in the late 1960s. By aiming about
88 percent of its sound to the rear....Location requirements may also
result in mid-bass suckout effects but the included active equalizer
has a contour feature to help in controlling them...Many knowledgeable
audio buffs would own nothing else."
"This Radio Shack turntable (Japanese made) is typical of many
fine,economically priced models available today.it is a direct drive
unit...Because of the rather stiff mounting of its platter it is more
susceptible to loudspeaker induced feedback than some belt driven
models....The tone arm is very good and should work well with even the
best phonograph cartridge."
What makes this volume so, ahem, interesting is that it was written by
a regular contributor to this group. Words like "Klipsch", "Altec",
"horn", "vacuum tube", are of course nowhere to be found therein, but
AR, carver, Proton, and Apogee get a lot of space as does Allison. Any
guesses as to who this individual is?
at a yard sale. I rummaged through a stack of books and picked up
several interesting things for fifty cents each, including a clean copy
of the 1965 Radio Amateur's Handbook and a Ernst Wildi "Hasselblad Way"
book. (Another "obso" product still in production.) But perhaps most
interesting to this group was a small white paperback with red
lettering on the subject of, get this, "high fidelity".
Isn't that a redundant statement? Like honesty and pregnancy, fidelity
seems a binary matter-she is or she isn't. Nevertheless, I read
throught the little volume and found some seemingly cogent, if dated
advice-along with a few howlerinos. I felt obligated to share a couple
of these with the group.
"The Bose 901, Series IV. This classic system has undergone numerous
refinements since its introduction in the late 1960s. By aiming about
88 percent of its sound to the rear....Location requirements may also
result in mid-bass suckout effects but the included active equalizer
has a contour feature to help in controlling them...Many knowledgeable
audio buffs would own nothing else."
"This Radio Shack turntable (Japanese made) is typical of many
fine,economically priced models available today.it is a direct drive
unit...Because of the rather stiff mounting of its platter it is more
susceptible to loudspeaker induced feedback than some belt driven
models....The tone arm is very good and should work well with even the
best phonograph cartridge."
What makes this volume so, ahem, interesting is that it was written by
a regular contributor to this group. Words like "Klipsch", "Altec",
"horn", "vacuum tube", are of course nowhere to be found therein, but
AR, carver, Proton, and Apogee get a lot of space as does Allison. Any
guesses as to who this individual is?