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Adapted articles from out-of-print and never-before-on-Internet print magazines.The Audio Critic (1977-2005)
Volume 1, Number 2: March/April 1977 In this issue: We further explain our philosophy. We conclude our preamplifier survey (as much as it will ever be concluded), with special attention to the moving-coil scene and to previously untested units. Final recommendations are made. We bravely confront the almost invincible ignorance surrounding loudspeaker bass response and review some of the newer subwoofers. We begin our comparative survey of power amplifiers. Plus our regular features, including some interesting letters to the Editor. Editor and Publisher, Peter Aczel; Associate Editor Max Wilcox Consulting Engineer Bruce Zayde Technical Consultant Ted Lopatin Graphic Design Consultant Dick Calderhead Business Manager Bodil Aczel Assistant to the Publisher Elizabeth Boucher The Audio Critic is an advisory service and technical review for con sumers of high-priced audio equipment. It is published six times a year by The Audio Critic, Inc., and is available by subscription only. To maintain total dedication to the consumer's point of view, The Audio Critic carries no advertising by equipment manufacturers, distributors, reps, dealers or other commercial interests. Any conclusion, rating, recommendation, criticism or caveat published by The Audio Critic represents the personal findings and judgments of the Editor and the Staff, based only on the equipment available to their scrutiny and on their knowledge of the subject, and is therefore not offered to the reader as an infallible truth applying to all extant and forthcoming samples of a particular product. Address all editorial correspondence to The Editor, The Audio Critic, Box 392, Bronxville, New York 10708. Contents of this issue copyright 1977 by The Audio Critic, Inc. All rights reserved under international and Pan-American copyright conventions. Reproduction in whole or in part is prohibited without the prior written permission of the Publisher, which will be automatically denied if the reproduced material is to be juxtaposed to advertising copy or any other additional text serving a commercial purpose. The Audio Critic will use ail available means to prevent or prosecute any such unauthorized use of its material or its name. For subscription information and rates, see inside back cover. Contents Know Your Audio Critic: A Continued Discussion of Our Philosophy, By Peter Aczel, Editor and Publisher The Great Preamp Survey: Part II, By the Staff of The Audio Critic: AGI Model 511 (follow-up) ; Audio Research SP-4 (follow-up) ; Bravura ; CM 300 17D B Systems (follow-up) ; GAS Thaedra (follow-up) ; Hegeman HIP Input Probe ; Mark Levinson JC-2 (new) ; MAS 1 ; Paragon Model 12 (follow-up) ; Rappaport PRE-1A with MC-1; Stax SRA-12S (follow-up); Supex SDT/180 ;Trevor Lees ; Verion MK ; Yamaha C-2 (follow-up) ; Yamaha CA-1000 (follow-up) Fishing for Bass: A Look at the Subwoofer Scene , with: A Rational Approach to Low-Frequency Speaker Design, By Bruce Zayde; Dahlquist DW-1W with DQ-LPI; Janis W-1 with B4SL-C; Janis W-2 with B4SL-C A Comparative Survey of Power Amplifiers: Part 1, By the Staff of The Audio Critic : Audio Research D-100; CM 912a ; Electrocompaniet; Futterman H-3aa (preview) ; GAS Son of Ampzilla ; Luxman M-4000 ; Quad 405 ; Quatre DG-250; SAE 2400L; Yamaha B-2 Records and Recording: The Ears Minus the Eyes, By Max Wilcox The Admonitor --Comments on Current Ads Box 392: Letters to the Editor Classified and Advertising Volume 1, Number 4: July/August /September 1977 In this issue:
----- Editor and Publisher Peter Aczel Associate ; Editor Max Wilcox; Graphic Designer Dick Calderhead; Business Manager Bodil Aczel; Assistant to the Publisher Elizabeth Tinsley. Consulting engineers and other technical advisers are engaged on a project basis, some contributing under their by-lines, others working anonymously. The Audio Critic is an advisory service and technical review for consumers of high-priced audio equipment. It is published six times a year by The Audio Critic, Inc., and is available by subscription only. To maintain total dedication to the consumer's point of view, The Audio Critic carries no advertising by equipment manufacturers, distributors, reps, dealers or other commercial interests. Any conclusion, rating, recommendation, criticism or caveat published by The Audio Critic represents the personal findings and judgments of the Editor and the Staff, based only on the equipment available to their scrutiny and on their knowledge of the subject, and is therefore not offered to the reader as an infallible truth nor as an irreversible opinion applying to all extant and forthcoming samples of a particular product. Address all editorial correspondence to The Editor, The Audio Critic, Box 392, Bronxville, New York 10708. Contents of this issue copyright, 1977 by The Audio Critic, Inc. All rights reserved under international and Pan-American copyright conventions. Reproduction in whole or in part is prohibited without the prior written permission of the Publisher, which will be automatically denied if the reproduced material is to be juxtaposed to advertising copy or any other additional text serving a commercial purpose. Paraphrasing of product reviews for advertising or other commercial purposes is also prohibited. The Audio Critic will use all available means to prevent or prosecute any such unauthorized use of its material or its name. For subscription information and rates, see inside back cover. ------- Contents
Issue No. 11 Winter/Spring 1988 In this issue:
---------- The Audio Critic is a quarterly advisory service and technical review for consumers of sophisticated audio equipment. An conclusion, rating, recommendation, criticism or caveat published by The Audio Critic represents the personal findings and judgments of the Editor and the Staff, based only on the equipment available to their scrutiny and on their knowledge of the subject, and is therefore not offered to the reader as an infallible truth nor as an irreversible opinion applying to all extant and forthcoming samples of a particular product. ----------- Contents
Note: All unsigned articles and reviews in this issue were written by Peter Aczel, Editor and Publisher. Issue No. 13 Winter/Spring/Midyear 1989 We bring you Part I of the transcript of our "Seminar 1989," a morning-to-midnight bull session featuring the uncensored opinions of Bob Carver, Dave Clark, John Eargle, Stanley Lipshitz, Peter McGrath, and your Ed. In an article comparable in importance to our classic tonearm geometry series of 1977-78, a new contributor to our publication establishes a mathematical basis for a method of speaker placement enabling you to obtain the best possible bass response in your listening room. We identify and expose certain endemic asininities on the subject of CD's in our second "Hip Boots" column. Plus our other regular columns and features, including reviews of some remarkable new organ recordings. --------- ContentsSeminar 1989: Exploring the Current Best Thinking on Audio--Part I of the Two-Part Transcript Hip Boots--Wading through the Mire of Misinformation in the Audio Press: Monster Cable (through Berkeley SoundLab); Michael Fremer in Goldmine; Dick Olsher in Stereophile (Not Again!) Correct Speaker Placement for Optimum Bass Response: A Simple Mathematical Method, By William Rasnake, President, Pacific Northwest Audio Society Senior Product Planner, John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc. Records & Recording: The Ultimate Organ-Music Experience on CD: Jean Guillou Playing the Organs He Designed, Recorded, by Craig Dory; Three Guillou Releases on Dorian Recordings And on Other Labels... Delos; Harmonia Mundi; Reference Recordings; Telarc Can't Wait to Tell You... Snell Type C/I; Waveform; Philips LHH1000; Carver M-4.0t Box 978: Letters to the Editor From the Publisher Issue No. 14 Summer through Winter 1989-90 We review in depth seven different loudspeaker systems, between $798 and $3995 the pair, and try to figure out why no two of them sound remotely alike, not even those with the most accurate response. The "Seminar 1989" transcript, now split into three parts, continues with Part II, again bringing you hours and hours of strong opinions on the major issues of audio, as argued by Bob Carver, Dave Clark, John Eargle, Stanley Lipshitz, Peter McGrath, and your Ed. Once again, the terrifying subject of duplicating "the tube sound" with transistors raises its Gorgon head. Plus other reviews, columns, and features, including another foray into the realm of high-tech video. ----------- Contents: Seven Loudspeaker Systems (If They Are All So Accurate, How Come They All Sound Different?): Audio Concepts "Sapphire" with "Saturn"; Carver "Amazing Loudspeaker" (Platinum II Edition); JBL L40t3 ; Precise "Monitor 10" ; Quad ESL-63 USA Monitor ; Snell Type C/II ; Waveform Seminar 1989: Exploring the Current Best Thinking on Audio, Part II of the Three-Part Transcript The Carver "Silver Seven" Clones: Who Needs Tubes for the Tube Sound? Carver M-4.0t ; Carver "Silver Seven-t" Philips Gives Some Special Fillips to Its High-End Audio and Video Line -- Philips LHH1000 ; Philips CDV488 Records & Recording: All Kinds of Good Stuff: Catching Up on Our Backlog of Demo-Quality CD's: Bainbridge ; CBS 57 Delos ; Dorian ; Harmonia Mundi ; Reference Recordings ; Telarc Box 978: Letters to the Editor
Issue No. 15 Spring through Winter 1990-91 Editor and Publisher Peter Aczel; Contributing Editor David Rich; Cartoonist and Illustrator Tom Aczel; Business Manager Bodil Aczel. The Audio Critic is an advisory service and technical review for consumers of sophisticated audio equipment. The usual delays notwithstanding, it is scheduled to be published at approximately quarterly intervals by The Audio Critic, Inc. Any conclusion, rating, recommendation, criticism, or caveat published by The Audio Critic represents the personal findings and judgments of the Editor and the Staff, based only on the equipment available to their scrutiny and on their knowledge of the subject, and is therefore not offered to the reader as an infallible truth nor as an irreversible opinion applying to all extant and forthcoming samples of a particular product. Address all editorial correspondence to The Editor, The Audio Critic, P.O. Box 978, Quakertown, PA 18951, USA. --------------------
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