ALL DIGITAL RECORDINGS ARE NOT EQUAL
Varese Sarabande is more.
Digital Synthesizer Recording Realization by PATRICK GLEESON VARESE SARABANDE
Antonio Vivaldi
THE FOUR SEASONS VCDM 1000.100 Realization by Patrick Gleeson.
Enjoy the incredibly dynamic sounds of the first digitally re corded synthesizer performance.
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique"
ENRIQUE BATIZ The London Philharmonic Orchestra
SARABANDE
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 "PATHETIQUE"
Enrique Batiz conducts The London Philharmonic Orchestra in a spectacular performance certain to bring out the most in your stereo system.
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Kenwood
It's a genius at selecting prime cuts.
Capturing music on cassette has always been convenient.
Unfortunately, trying to pick your favorite cuts out of a whole side of tape hasn't.
Which is why we developed the new Kenwood KX-70 cassette deck.
With its exclusive, computerized Direct Program Search System, the KX-70 has the intelligence to do some brilliant things with your cassettes. Like skipping forward or back to find whatever cut you tell it to. Or automatically going back to play the same cut again.
It's even smart enough to play the same side as many times as you want.
Ask your Kenwood dealer for a demonstration of the new KX-70 computerized cassette deck.
After all, how would you rather spend your time looking for your favorite cuts, or listening to them?
THE KX-70 COMPUTERIZED SEARCH SYSTEM STEREO CASSETTE DECK
KENWOOD
Kenwood, PO. Box 6213. Carson, CA 90745
Shure Bros. Inc.
From the dawn of recorded stereo, m (lions of audiophiles have turned to Shure phono cartridges to get the most from their stereo systems-and for good reason. We introduced the first moving magnet cartridge, the first truly high fidelity low mass stereo cartridge, and a host of other innovators, right up to today's Hyperelliptical stylus tip, Dynamic Stabilizer, and SIDE-GUARD stylus protection system From the original M3D, the first high fidelity stereo cartridge (which is still available) to the. V15 Type IV, Shure has been the leader in phono cartridge technology.
Our complete phono cartridge line, with over 100 models for all applications, is by far the widest selection offered by any phono cartridge manufacturer in the world. For more than 25 years, Shure has been the performance, technological, and sales leader in high fidelity phono cartridges and that's why millions of audiophiles around the world have made us their source of sound. See your Shure sealer about upgrading your system with the number one name in phono cartridges.
Shure Bros Inc.. 222 Hartley Avenue, Evanston. IL 67204
Manufacturer of high fidelity components. microphones. loudspeakers. sound systems and related circuitry.
SEE THE BEAUTY THAT IS MCS.
MCS. Stereo for the senses. Made to be seen, not just heard. Shown here, our beautiful 30-watt micro/mini component system. Amplifier with LED power meter.
Two-way air suspension book-shelf speakers. Now get the complete MCS micro/mini component package on sale.
30 Watts RMS 2 ch into 8 OHMS, 20-20.000 Hz with not more than 08% THD
Prices higher in Alaska. Hawa ii and Puerto Rico.
MCS--Series Audio Components sold exclusively at JC Penney
The JC Penney Company. Inc
The New Polk Audio RTA 12B
It looks like a $1500 speaker, it sounds like a $1500 speaker, but it costs less than $500! The new Polk Audio RTA 12B is a reference monitor designed for the appreciative listener seeking the finest in sound. While most speakers which offer comparable sound to the RTA 12B are extremely expensive, the 12B offers superb sound and exceptional value at an affordable price.
The RTA 12B is a full floorstanding system which is supplied in mirror imaged pairs. It in corporates Polk trilaminate-polymer drivers, a dual isophase crossover network and 12" fluid coupled subwoofer. It was designed using the aid of Polks newly developed digital sampling-fas Fourier transform computer testing procedure.
The RTA 12B, while costing less than $500 each.
can be directly compared against the $1500 each and up, super speakers When you do you'll hea many more similarities than differences 'lb find out where, and for full information on the new RTA 12B and our other similarly superb sounding speakers starting from less than $125, use the reader service card.
Polk Audio, 1205 S Carey St., Baltimore, MD. 21230, USA. Ph. 301-837-4300.
Mura
THE MURA RED SET III.
TRUE SPECS.
At Mura, we believe the unadorned truth is our strongest ally.
That's because we produce superior and innovative products of uncompromising quality. Products that daft require puffery and hall-truths to sell them.
Take our top of the line mini headphones, the Red Set III. The graph below represents the Red Set frequency response: Note the use of 1-dB increments so that maximum performance detail is revealed (rather than using larger increments as others do to make their curve look flatter). Also note that our measurement are taken at realistic sound pressure levels and that there is no peal, or valley of more than 2dB from 1000 Hz reference level over the range of 150hz to 19khz.
Of course one graph is not a complete presentation of all the specs or the Red Set III. For instance THD is less than 0.3% at 100 dB output from 100 to 20,000 Hz.
But :he most impressive spec of all is that sound of this quality can be produced by a headset that weighs only 16 oz.
Try it for yourself. We think you'll be truly amazed.
MURA--- You'll be Hearing From Us. 1981. Mura Corporation. Westbury. N.Y. 11590
TEAC
When you audition any of our three new cassette decks with built-in dbx, you'll experience something you've never heard before.
Noise-free sound. Music so well-defined you won't believe it's on a cassette.
Without dbx, this kind of performance would be impossible. But the dbx system which helped revolutionize professional recording, is now helping us move cassette performance into a new era.
That's because the dbx system is more than just noise elimination. You can set average record levels much lower, so when the music suddenly peaks you get it all crisp, clean and undistorted.
We were the first manufacture to incorporate dbx in tape recorders. And every thing we've lamed about it since is built I into our three new models.
Along with the kind of quality that makes a TEAC a TEAC.
For instance, we use three motors to drive the V-5RX.
One each for the reels, the capstan and our unique Electro-load system. All run by smooth, silent transport controls.
The V-3RX gives you that. Plus our exclusive new Cobalt Amorphous head.
It's frequency response-20 Hz to 20 kHz-covers the full range of human hearing.
In the C-3RX, you get three separate heads: erase, record and play. Plus double dbx circuitry for true off-the-tape monitoring.
Three new cassette decks from TEAC.
Each with a distinctive complement of features. All with built-in dbx. For completely noise-free sound and the broadest musical range possible.
Dual
No other cassette deck looks, loads, records, or plays like the new Dual 828.
Plus continuous repeat in playback.
Equalized meters Not so immediately evident and the advantages of Dual's equalized metering system. You may be surprised to learn that although all decks add a high-frequency boost to the incoming signal, only Dual's equalized meters indicate this boost. The others put more high-frequency signal into ±e record head than their meters show.
And that can lead to overload and distortion.
But with Dual, you can safely record at a level that produces optimum dynamic range. The result: superb recordings every time.
An exclusive experience You can't have anything like the same experience with any other deck.
Because nearly everything we've described is a Dual exclusive.
That's why we doubt that any other deck can satisfy you like the new Dual 828. Especially at its price: less than $500.
For complete information, write to United Audio, 120 So. Columbus Ave., Dept. S, Mt. Vernon, NY 10553. Dual. United Audio is exclusive.
ADS L710
ENGINEERING DETAIL
There are hundreds of design choices to make in engineering and producing a loudspeaker. In the best of loudspeakers, the choices are made with a maximum of information, a thorough knowledge of materials, and the under standing that when all these details are added together, the sum is performance.
Monitor loudspeakers require that each design decision is made for absolute maximum performance. Control over every aspect of driver design and manufacture put ADS at the cutting edge of the development of monitor speakers for the new digital recording technology.
The ADS L710 shares the advanced engineering, design, and manufacturing techniques of the ADS monitor loudspeakers. Both are capable of reproducing with remarkable clarity and focus the added detail that digital recording technology has made possible.
The L710 is a reference standard for high performance loudspeakers.
It achieves in total the full band width, wide dynamic range, and power handling that define a high technology loudspeaker.
For complete technical details on the L710 call toll free 1-800-824-7888 (in California 1-800-852-7777). Ask for operator 483, Dept. SRI. We'll send you complete information and a list of ADS Dealers near you. If you care about details, you owe it to yourself to visit your ADS Dealer and listen to the L710.
Hear how ADS speakers earned their reputation for quality and pacesetting performance.
ADS Analog & Digital Systems, Inc., Where Technology Serves Music One Progress Way, Wilmington, MA 01887
IT DOESN'T COST ANY MORE TO OWN A BANG & OLUFSEN CARTRIDGE.
One of the most prestigious names in audio offers a remarkably affordable way to improve your stereo system. Bang & Olufsen MMC Cartridges.
Their audibly superior innovations will now fit virtually all of today's better tonearms.
What is MMC? It's the patented Moving Micro Cross armature found in all five Bang & Olufsen cartridges.
This MMC delivers exceptionally accurate stereo separation, depth and realistic stereo imaging which pinpoints the placement of individual instruments.
One audition will convince you.
Our extremely low Effective Tip Mass affords much loner record life and better tracking even on hopelessly" warped records.
You’ll find a solid, single-crystal sapphire cantilever on the remarkable MMC-2OCL.
Model MMC 20 CL with Universal Adapter.
Why sapphire? Because it has_ very low mass yet is 21% more rigid than beryllium and 500% more rigid than aluminum commonly used in other cartridges.
This rigidity virtually eliminates any distortion-causing vibration within the cantilever. Every subtle movement of the stylus tip is translated into transparent sound and musical detail.
Hear for yourself why the critics respect our MMC cartridges ...and learn how for the price of a fine cartridge you can own a Bang & Olufsen.
For more information, write to:
Bang &Olufsen Bang & Olufsen of America, Inc.
515 Busse Road Elk Grove Village, Illinois 60007
Moving Micro Cross is a registered trademark of Bang & Olufsen.
AKG
To fully appreciate the design advantages of our headphones simply put on a pair and listen The AKG K340 is truly unique. Each earpiece contains an electrostatic high frequency transducer, shown here, a moving-coil, dynamic low frequency transducer, and AKG patented passive diaphragms.
This combination of components allows the full spectrum of sound to be reproduced with unequaled detail, clarity and realism.
Every AKG headphone has been designed for comfort as well as performance and there are more I than 5 models to choose from.
Your AKG dealer is ready to give you a demonstration of all the design advantages inherent in what many professionals consider to be the best sounding headphones in the world and the most comfortable.
AKG ACOUSTICS INC.
A NORTH AMERICAN PHILIPS COMPANY
77 Selleck Street, Stamford, CT 06902 (203) 348-2121
AKG--Akustische and Kino/Gerate GmbH. Austria
Pioneer
Introducing Pioneer Syscom: A totally new kind of high fidelity component system.
If you're in the market for true high fidelity sound.
a pre-matched system is a good way to get it. Because it offers the sound quality of separate components and saves you the trouble of having to buy them piece by piece.
But not every pre-matched system is a good one to buy. Many are made by companies known for only one thing. Like speakers. Or turntables.
Syscom, on the other hand. is the high fidelity system built by the people who are famous for every thing that goes into one. Pioneer. In fact, today Pioneer s :he leading maker of virtually every kind of high fidelity component.
What's more, Syscom's components aren't merely For the name of the Pioneer Syscom dealer nearest you. call 800-447-2882 (In Illinois 800-322-4400). Digital timer, matched. They're built for each other by Pioneer audio engineers. This maximizes the system's performance and results in sound quality often not even found in systems costing twice as much.
There's a wide variety of Pioneer Syscom groups available in vertical and horizontal arrangements. One of them is perfectly suited to the way you live.
So why would you even consider buying a high fidelity system from a manufacturer who knows how to build sonic of the components, now that you can buy one from the people who've perfected them all.
Pioneer.
PIONEER -- We bring it hack alive.
... equalizer, headphone, microphone optional. 1981 U.S. Pioneer Electronics Corp. 85 Oxford Drive. Moonachie, N.J. 07074.
Bose
Front View ; Rea View
Single full-range driver provides the direct sound energy necessary for realistic perception of transient detail.
Phased 4-driver arrays focus and reflect 89%of total system power output off interior surfaces of listening room.
The "ideal" home loudspeaker system would possess the following stereo imaging characteristics:
A sound field wider than the space between the speakers;
Clear localization from almost any listening position:
Elimination of enclosures or drivers as point sources:
Stable center imaging with natural transparency and depth.
A few speakers can meet one or two of these requirements.
But no conventional design will ever be able to satisfy them all.
That's why we abandoned traditional design philosophy in developing our 901 Direct/Reflecting Loudspeaker System.
Each 901 speaker contains nine full-range drivers mounted in a proprietary multi-directional array. Sound energy is focused and reflected in a complex 3-dimensional pattern that virtually eliminates the imaging restrictions imposed by conventional speaker designs. The result is an astonishingly wide and spacious stereo presentation. without the need for special seating arrangements or signal processing.
Bose 901 Direct/ Reflecting Loudspeakers. The ultimate speaker investment. regardless of size or price.
Bose has prepared a technical booklet on the unique engineering concepts incorporated into the 901 Direct Reflecting Loudspeaker System. For a free copy, visit your authorized Bose dealer or write: Bose Corporation, Dept. SR, The Mountain, Framingham, Massachusetts 01701.
BOSE: Better sound through research.
MARANTZ
DISCOVER GOLD.
MARANTZ UNCOVERS THE GOLD STANDARD OF AUDIO EQUIPMENT.
Introducing Marantz Gold. The new standard of stereo sound. The new standard of and o technology.
Its performance will startle you. Its look will excite you. Its sound will move you. The classic quality only Marantz could produce.
DISCOVER THE SOLID GOLD ADVANCES.
Like our 24-Karat Solid Gold Plated input and output jacks for the ultimate in oxide free/low distortion audio connections.
Our fully computerized cassette deck and receivers that will push your system to new levels of flexibility. There's even a deck with an advanced Linear Skating Drawer mechanism that slides effortlessly out of the front panel for cassette loading.
Aid True Power. Amplification, a Marantz engineering break through that delivers 25% to 50% more power into your speakers than other comparably rated receivers or amplifiers. That's more power for more clean sound.
Aid there's still more. Because now we put a golden touch in every Marantz product-turntables, loudspeakers, portables. Everything. Each designed for better sound, not jest better looks.
THE NAME THAT'S GOOD AS GOLD.
For over thirty years, Marantz has been recognized worldwide as a leader in quality, advanced stereo sound. So, it's only fitting that we should bring it to its new solid gold plateau There's a gold mine waiting to be discovered a: your Marantz dealer now. Stop by soon. And take your pick.
1981 Marantz Company, Inc., 20525 Nosdhoff St., Chatsworth, CA 91311.
THE SOLID GOLD SOUND
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Misc. ads collected (May 1978)
Source: Stereo Review (USA magazine)