Our English Synopsis
1. Audio Culture
(Editorial Notes)
Some thoughts on the relationship between musical instruments and
mechanized means of sound reproduction. The instruments of a symphonic
orchestra have evolved through the centuries and have been perfected
without ever becoming "linear". Their tone varies depending on
frequency and some windpipes are wooden more than one way in certain
registers. Likewise every speaker (no matter how sophisticated) will
have its pale registers. The masters of speaker design can show their
art by covering up these weaknesses by making them less audible. The
evolution of instruments can be expressed in centuries while speaker
makers had only decades but they did produce some real Stradivaris.
2. Soundservice
Space for those desiring to inquire, needing advice, whising to
comment or argue or even to advertize.
3. Music between the ears: Spectrumanalyzer, Or Oscilloscope?
An exeption to the rule in our series on acoustics. It is about the
fallacy to utilize the results of acoustics directly in sound
technology (the classical psychoacoustic tests have been carried out
rather statically, and with earphones and mono signals). The cardinal
aspect of our theory is the point that a dynamically narrower
program is instead of being quieter turns out to be louder, noisier
and more disturbing for the residential surrounding.
4. Recording Sheet
Reviews, criticism.
5. CD: A Second Look
This time the program have been selected by quality. The majority of
the audience have been won over with the notable exception of the
Editor who has taken the role of Devils Advocate in the process of CD
canonization, expressing his reservations about the new digital
medium.
6. Essay about collectors
7. Wiener Walzer
Article and picture report on the Viennese Hi-Fi market, about the
importers of quality Hi-Fi, auditoriums, the Austrial commercial
system. Visit with AKG.
8. Bringing It All Home
Discussion with a department chief of customs about the goals and
practice of Hungarian duty law.
9. The Yellow Brick Road
(Press digest)
10. Play British
A comparison our basic Spendor BC1 designed for the BBC and four
respectable middle category British speakers. We will continue to
stick with our original choice but we are most impressed by the
virtues of these designs: the excellent components of the KEF Cantata,
the overwhelming uniqueness of the Mission 770, the masterly designing
compromise embodied in the Heybrook HB3 as well as the artistic
individuality of the Celestion SL6.
11. Presenting
the first domestically made mini Hi-Fi tower (by Orion), the Sony
TA-AX22 amp and the Dyras DP-200 recordplayer as well as the Dyras TX
80 speakers.
12. MOD
13. Between Takes
(Forecast)
