High Fidelity (USA print magazine) was published from April 1951 until July 1989 covering audio and high fidelity audio equipment, FM radio, FM stereo, video equipment, audio recordings, and related fields. In mid-1989, the title was acquired by Stereo Review, which began adding "Incorporating High Fidelity" on the cover of the October, 1989, issue. High Fidelity was founded by Milton B. Sleeper, a noted radio designer and publisher and began with a technical emphasis which soon broadened in to all aspects of consumer audio and recordings.
(Jan 1970)
music and musicians:
- Why BEETHOVEN?
- BEHIND THE SCENES: MUNICH, PARIS, WARSAW
- BEETHOVEN'S WRITTEN CONVERSATIONS in Books
- Beethoven's American Boswell: Alexander Wheelock Thayer
- Beethoven--A Pictorial Essay
- Do We Overestimate Beethoven?
- Beethoven on Records—Part I: Fidelio and the Songs
audio and video:
- Too hot to handle -- HF answers your more incisive questions
- NEWS and VIEWS -- Video recording and the housebroken laser
- EQUIPMENT in the NEWS -- The latest in audio gear
- EQUIPMENT REPORTS -- Ferrograph 724 tape recorder; EPI 100 speaker system; Harman-Kardon CAD-4 cassette recorder; Dual 1219 automatic turntable
recordings:
- The Tape Deck
- FEATURE REVIEWS
- CLASSICAL REVIEWS
- Monteverdi's Magnificent Musical Drama
- CLASSICS FOR THE NOW GENERATION
- IN BRIEF
- Repeat Performance
- POP REVIEWS
- JAZZ REVIEWS
- THEATER AND FILM REVIEWS
etc.:
- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR -- Solti in Chicago
- PRODUCT INFORMATION-- An "at home" shopping service
ADs:
- Fisher receivers
- Pickering XV-15 Cartridge
- Acoustic Research AR-3a speaker systems
- JVC America
- ELPA/PE-2020 Turntable
- Voxson Stereo 200 solid state amplifier
- Fisher floorstanding speaker systems
- Dynaco SYNERGISM
- Sony / Superscope Model 630 Solid-State Stereo Tape System
- ROBERTS 650XD tape deck
- Mamiya /Sekor SLR camera
- Garrard
- H.H. Scott--Quadrant Speakers
- Empire Royal Grenadier Model 9000M speaker system
- Sony Model 355 tape deck
- Dual 1209 turntable
- Altec Bolero, Madera and Corona bookshelf speakers
- RABCO turntable
- Bozak Tempo 1 bookshelf speaker
- Stanton
- Teac A-15000 tape deck
- Sony stereo receivers
- Dynaco A-25 loudspeakers
- Benjamin--stereo component compact
(April 1975)
Music and musicians:
- Book review: The Way We Were? Clive Davis' book
- Part II: Ravel On Records
- The Vanishing Louisville’s
Audio and video:
- New equipment reports: Dynaco's Super Amplifier Kit; Burwen DNF; Kenwood's Automated Single-Play Turntable; Kenwood KP-5022 record cleaner; Hervic Model HR-150 stereo FM receiver
- Turntables -- What You Should Know About / Today's Designs
Record reviews:
- The Unanswered Question: Why? (Bernstein)
- The Complete Nielsen Symphonies
- A Pelleas Cast That's All-French and All-Good
- Classical Record Reviews
Etc.:
ADs:
- Stanton Magnetics, Inc. Gyropoise turntable
- Bozak Monitor-C speakers
- Memorex audio tape
- BIC Programmed Turntables
- Sansui SR-212 automatic return turntable
- KLH Research X Model Sixty Turntable
- PE Impro Industries, Inc. turntables
- ESS Tempest loudspeaker
- Sony (separates: amps, preamps)
(July 1975)
Feature Articles:
- Tone Arm Damping--James Brinton--This overlooked feature can offer better sound for a small investment
Depts:
- Behind the Scenes
- Letters--More Russian opera; Bravo Louisville; Brandenburg travesty
Equip. Reviews:
- Sansui Model QRX-7001 four-channel receiver
- Sony Model TAN-8550 power amplifier
- RTR EXP-12 speaker system
- Stanton 681EEE phono cartridge
- Telephonics Model TEL-101F quadriphonic headphone
Music and Recordings:
- Soundtrack Albums: Why?--Royal S. Brown--The worth of film music appears when it is parted from its movie
- Karajan: Encounters the Second Vienna School--David Hamilton--DG offers a four-disc set
- A Tchaikovsky Deluge--Philip Hart--Quantity is more noteworthy than quality in a flood of releases
- Ravel: The Real Thing Royal--S. Brown--Skrowaczewski and Vox produce a fine set of his orchestral works
- Classical--Blegen and Von Stade; Perahia's Mendelssohn Concerto; Baroque bassoon
ADs:
- Bang & Olufsen--Beogram 3000 turntable
- Dual manual turntables
- harman/kardon
- Exclusively for HIGH FIDELITY Readers---MUSIC LISTENER'S BOOK SERVICE
- Garrard Zero 100SB turntable
(Guide to Speaker Systems--1976 Edition)
Features:
HOW SPEAKERS WORK--All speakers make sound, but some make it differently than others.
HOW to CHOOSE YOUR SPEAKERS--A guide to test reports plus hints on running your own listening tests.
HOW to INSTALL and LOCATE YOUR SPEAKERS--How the listening room affects sound, recommended placement for best stereo and best four-channel setups; Tips on wire size.
BUYER'S GUIDE to SPEAKER SYSTEMS--A complete listing of available models from various manufacturers giving important design and performance features, sizes, prices.
GLOSSARY--Definitions widely used in speaker systems.
EDITORIAL -- Introducing the wonderful world of speakers.
MANUFACTURERS' DIRECTORY--Names and addresses of speaker companies.
OMINIDIRECTIONAL SPEAKERS: PRO and CON -- Just what are they and how good are they?
ADDING SPEAKERS for SPECIAL EFFECTS--What they can accomplish, and how to connect them.
CUSTOM TAILORED SOUND--Special equalizers and how they improve speaker sound; the experience of ''tuning" a room.
Ads:
Analog and Digital Systems (ADS)
(April 1977)
Selected Feature Articles:
- How to Judge Record-Playing Equipment (by Edward J. Foster)
- High Fidelity Pathfinders--The Men Who Made an Industry
Depts:
- Too Hot to Handle
- Behind the Scenes
- Backbeat
- In Sights
- Input Output
Equip:
- Specs Plus in Pioneer Spec-2 power amplifier
- Empire 698 turntable
- Hitachi SR-903 receiver
- Aiwa Model AD-1250 stereo cassette deck
- Crosswinds outboard subsonic filter
- Audio-Technica AT-605 Audio Insulators
Music / Recordings:
- HIGH FIDELITY's 100 Years of Recording
- Boulez' IRCAM Amnesia in Nibelheim
- The Perilous Path to Soprano Superstardom
- Heroic Voices from Pioneer Days
- Classical Records Review--Marriner's Messiah, Davis' Dvorak, etc.
ADs:
- ADC-- Accutrac turntable
- BSR turntables
- Empire 698 Turntable
- Garrard DD75 Turntable
- JVC turntables
- Onkyo
- Ortofon moving-coil phono-cartridge system
- Realistic STA-2000 and 5000 receivers
- Sony SSU series speakers
- Technics Linear Phase speakers
(Oct. 1977)
Depts:
- Letters
- Culshaw at Large
- The Lees Side
- News and Views
- Equipment in the News
- Too Hot to Handle
- Behind the Scenes
- High Fidelity Pathfinders -- The Men Who Made an Industry
Selected Feature Articles:
- In the Loudspeaker Testing Lab (by Emil Torick)
- Computer Technology Transforms Speaker Design
- The Great Phase-Coherency Bandwagon
- HIGH FIDELITY's 100 Years of Recording -- Part IV: The Microgroove Era
- 100 Years: The Recording that Ended World War II
Equip:
- Technics SB-6000A floor-standing speaker system
- KLH Model 35 speaker
- Visonik D-50 loudspeaker system
- EPI Model 200 loudspeaker system
- ESS Tempest LS-5 loudspeaker system
Music / Recordings:
- Bach on the Piano? Why Not? After All, He Was a Piano Salesman
- The New Releases--A Window on Lully's Operatic World
- The New Releases-- Heinz Holliger: Now That's Charisma
- Denon/Reference/Gale Recordings: Art Weds Technology
- Classical recordings
ADs:
- Pioneer PL 570 turntable
- Time & Life -- Great Men of Music series
- Sony 7800 Receiver
- Empire phono cartridge
- BASF tape
- Fisher ST660 speaker
- The New York Philharmonic Guide to the Symphony (book)
- Revox
- Sony Elcaset System
- Kenwood LS-408A speaker
(Nov. 1977)
Depts:
Selected Feature Articles:
- Interpreting FM Tuner Specs
- New Hope for TV sound
- Nathan Stubblefield
- Nathan Milstein--Brahmin with Violin
Equip:
- Sony STR-5800SD stereo FM/AM receiver
- Pioneer PL-570 turntable
- Philips AH-572 stereo preamplifier
- Stanton Model 881S phono cartridge
- Onkyo A-7 Integrated Amp
Music and Recordings:
- The New Releases: A Bruckner Tradition Moves On
- The New Releases: Cimarosa's Comic Masterpiece
- Classical (new releases)
Backbeat:
- STUDIO CIRCUIT: Mix to Master to Mother to Disc: Manufacturing a Record
- Input Output
- What's Out In Semipro Consoles
ADs:
- ADC Accutrac +6 turntable
- ADC ZLM cartridge
- AKG Phono Cartridge and Headphone
- Altec Lansing International
- BSR--Quanta turntable
- Dual turntables
- dynaco
- Electro-Voice, EV
- Empire 698 Turntable
- Fisher MT6225 turntable
- Harman-Kardon Citation
- Infinity Qa speakers
- James B. Lansing Sound Inc. (JBL)
- JVC turntables
- Kenwood KX-1030 cassette deck
- Lenco Turntables
- Marantz Model 2500 stereo receiver
- Ortofon VMS Magnetic Cartridges
- Philips High Fidelity Laboratories, Ltd.
- Sony turntables
- Technics by Panasonic -- SL series turntables
- Ultralinear loudspeakers
- Yamaha CR-2020 stereo receiver
(Jan. 1979)
Depts:
Feature Articles:
The Anatomy of Magnetic Pickups
Reviews:
Equip. Reviews (Audio and Video):
Five Mainstream Single-Play TURNTABLES
Marantz Model 5030B cassette deck
Nagatron HV-9100 phono cartridge
SAE Model 2900 stereo preamplifier
ADs:
Philips Project 7 Series turntables
Tandberg TR 2080 stereo receiver
Depts:
Letters
Equip. Reviews:
Infinity InfiniTesimal Loudspeaker System
Mitsubishi Model M-F01 stereo FM tuner
Mitsubishi Model M-T01 cassette deck
Technics Model SU-001 stereo preamplifier
Technics Model SE-C001 stereo/mono power amplifier
Yamaha Model CR-640 stereo FM/AM receiver
Feature Articles:
The Pickup/Preamp Confrontation
TRACKING-ANGLE ERROR: A NEW SLANT
Why--and Whither--Micros?
Music and Recordings:
New Releases -- John Williams / Superman
ADs:
Bose Spatial Control Receiver
Klipsch La Scala speakers
Meteor Vamp1
Osawa High Performance Phono Group
Philips Direct Control turntables
SAE -- Scientific Audio Electronics, Inc.
Sansui AU-919 integrated amplifier
Sparkomatic Corporation (car audio)
(Jan. 1980)
Music and Recordings:
Are Your Old Records Worth $$$?
Depts:
Equip. Profiles:
Carver Model C-4000 preamplifier
KLH Model 3 loudspeaker system
Ortofon Concorde 30 phono pickup
SAE Two Model R-6 stereo FM/AM receiver
Phase Linear Model 5100 Series II tuner
Pioneer CT-F1250 cassette deck
Dual CS-7310 automatic single-play, direct-drive turntable
Spatial TVA-1 preamplifier
ADs:
Aiwa AD-6900MK II cassette deck
Bang & Olufsen MMC 20CL phono cartridge
Sound Guard Total Record Care System
Technics SL-1600 MK2 turntable
(May. 1981)
ADs:
JVC Super-A R-S33 FM/AM Stereo Receiver
Stanton 980LZS phono cartridge
Mitsubishi InterPlay X-10
Pioneer HPM Polymer Graphite speaker
Stanton 980LZS phono cartridge
Audio:
New Equipment Reports:
Advent 5002 loudspeaker system; Audio Research SP-6 preamplifier; Yamaha YH-100 headset; Fisher RS -250 receiver; Audio-Technica AT-155LC phono pickup
Bela Bartok:
Bela Bartok, A Centenary Tribute, etc.
Music:
Et Cetera:
(Jun. 1981)
Et. Cetera:
Audio:
- Crosstalk
- Loudspeaker Testing and the Listening World
- Equipment Reports:
- A Spring Speaker Survey
Music/Musicians:
- Samuel Barber: The Last Interview (part 1)
- Behind the Scenes
- Record Reviews
- Classical Reviews/Critics' Choice
- The Tape Deck
Backbeat:
ADs:
(Jul. 1981)
Audio:
- CrossTalk--Practical answers to your audio questions
- New Equipment Reports:
- A Pro's Approach to Audio Accessories
- The Critical Component You Can't Overlook
Classical Music:
Backbeat:
Depts:
ADs:
(Jan 1983)
Depts:
- About This Issue
- Letters
- CrossTalk
- Sound Views
- Basically Speaking
Selected Feature Articles:
Equip:
- Carver TX-11 FM tuner
- Teac V-95RX bidirectional cassette deck
- Technics SU-V9 Integrated amplifier
- Sherwood S-6020CP preamplifier
- Design Acoustics PS-10 loudspeaker
- Dynavector DV-23R moving-coil phono cartridge
- Boston Acoustics MC-1vdH moving-coil phono cartridge
- Vector Research VRX-9500 AM FM receiver
- Polk SDA-1 Stereo Dimensional Array speaker
Music / Recordings:
- Glenn Gould (1932-1982)
- Messiah: Reduplication Without Redundancy
- CLASSICAL--Behind the Scenes Music news and commentary
- Rifkin's Bach: A Mass of Evidence
- CLASSICAL Reviews