HiFi Magazin 11. 1983/1.


    

    Our English Synopsis

 1. Audio Culture

    (Editorial notes)
    The  enclosed  post card contains a questionnaire for our readers. The
    main  questions  (as  customary)  are  the  following:  what  is  your
    musical  preference,  what  is your opinion of our magazine, what kind
    of  Hi-Fi  gear  do you own at the moment and what are you planning to
    buy in the future in case the right equipment is available.

 2. Soundservice

    Space  for  those  desiring  to  inquire,  needing  advice, wishing to
    comment or argue or even to advertize.

 3. 150 Postal Adresses

    Last  fall  a  list  of  western Hi-Fi companies and commercial retail
    enterprises  have  been  published.  In  the meantime due to the large
    number  of newly founded companies or changed coordinates an update is
    in order.

 4. Instruments And Tones: From Bows To Violins

    Our  first  article  on  acoustics will be dealing with the physics of
    instruments.  Next  we will treat the subject of concerthall acoustics
    and  sooner  or  later  we  will  take  care  of home acoustics (if we
    manage to get smarter in the practical domain as well).

 5. Pepita Dossier

    Having  examined Hungarian classical recordings we will scrutinise the
    quality  of pop disc and compare them so such western examples as Pink
    Floyd,  Queen  etc.  The  subjective test will be supplemented by some
    measurings.

 6. Recording Sheet

    Reviews, criticism.

 7. The Yellow Brick Road

    (Press digest)
    HiFi Stereophonie, Hi-Fi News & Record Review, Hi-Fi Answers, Audio.

 8. LinnKing To The West

    His  Majesty  Linn Sondek the first, the record player of all scots is
    being  presented  in  full  pomp  on  the  centerfold of Hifi Magazin.
    Accompanying the crowned personality are the similarly royal Ittok and
    Asak  and  other dignitaries as AGI 5IIA preamp and Naim NAP 250 power
    amp.  Instead of testing separate units we examined an almost complete
    chain  of  references so as to be able to ascertain where the State Of
    The Art is today.

    

 9. Arm Resonances

    (Structural vibrations in tonearms)
    Using  the  methods  of  the british expert Martin Colloms, we can now
    measure  an  important  if  so  far  neglected  parameter of tonearms.
    (Structural  resonances are not to be mistaken for the well known arm-
    pickup  resonance.  The  foriner appears in the 20 Hz-20 kHz frequency
    range while the latter only between 5 and 15 Hz.)

10. The MC-Test

    An  examination  of  the  sonic  qualities of record players using two
    Ortofon  MC  10  cartridges. Our judgement: turntables and tonearms do
    have  their  "Eigentones",  in  other  words they influence the stereo
    image.  But  even the cheapest Hi-Fi recordplayer can be improved by a
    moving coil cartridge. The sound quality of such bottom of line record
    players is primarily determined by the pick-up.

11. Our Basic Of Reference

    Hifi Mag's reference equipments.

12. Presenting

    Pioneer  PL-6  and  Hitachi  HT  5OS  record player, Technics SU-300MC
    head amp as well as a whole load of Videoton speakers.

13. MOD: Wings For Merkury

    A  monitor  switch  and  other  improvements  on  the  Polish receiver
    Merkury...

14. Between Takes

    (Forecast)