Our English Synopsis 1. Audio Culture (Editorial Notes) According to many in the know no one is going to end up a winner in the forthcoming Hungarian tax reform. There will be less forints without having more dollars. There is little hope for western imports so it is hard to imagine what is going to be tested next ýear. We are obliged to economize more intensively but the question is from what. 2. Soundservice Space for those desiring to inquire, needing advice, wishing to comment or argue or even to advertize. 3. Instrument Guinness Packing through the Book of Records and in other curio collections: what are the oldest, largest, smallest, most nerve wrecking etc. music instruments of all times. 4. Recording Sheet Review, criticizm. 5. Basic Library Appendix for No 1-5. 6. Pictures of Two Exhibitions Picture reports of two Hi-Fi shows. The one was the Budapest International Audio-Visual Exhibit, unfortunately much less audio than visual. (From Aiwa's DAT machine apart.) At the same time Viennese firms visited our Audio Vacuum representing Tandberg, Denon, Electrocompaniet etc. and showing some Hi-Fi extravagance for the Hungarian public. 7. The Yellow Brick Road (Press Digest) Hi-Fi News & Record Review, Hi-Fi Answers, Audio (USA). 8. Mighty Midget Following the NAD 3020 and Naim NAIT we test the Rotel RA 820BX2 comparing it to other quality miniamps. 9. Predated Carrier Japanese expert's forecast of the expected carrier of DAT, derived from trends of the other media. In the same article, also based on a Japanese source we present a table showing the history of Digital Audio. 10. Fourteeneared Dragon (Headphone Test) Presenting the only being capable of an A-B test between headphones of recognized specialists (AKG, Beyer, Koss, Sennheiser) as well as domestic available models. 11. Presenting "Hi-Fi Towers" from Pioneer (Persona X-100 and X-300). 12. X-Overture Though inferior by western standard, the Orion HS 280 and 282 are the best makes of the Hungarian loudspeaker industry. As their drive units are available separately, too, we publish the circuit diagram of their X-overs on the request of our readers. 13. Between Takes (Forecast)