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Old November 29th 15, 12:04 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
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Around 1970ish, four of us formed an informal club whereby we each
bought one magazine per month, which was subsequently circulated such
that we all read four magazines a month, for the price of one.

Two were Hi Fi News and Wireless World. Any suggestions as to the
titles of the other two?
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Old November 29th 15, 12:20 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
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I'd not say Wireless World was a hi fi mag.
There were so many in the 70s.
Hi fi mags kept joining to gether and new ones were spawned.
Hi fi answers, practical Hi fi, Hi fi Choice and loads of others which I
have no idea when they started.
I think Hi Fi News was one of the more trusted ones for looking at the
available hardware and discs etc.
Many of the others tended to go off into snake oil territory, like special
speaker leads and movingcoil cartridges and really basic turntables mounted
in granite and all that.
Having said that though, some attention to switches and leads and their
coatings for long lived good connections was a good thing. The early stuff
tended to be tin plated and corroded a bit which one can hear when you clean
them all a bit.

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Around 1970ish, four of us formed an informal club whereby we each bought
one magazine per month, which was subsequently circulated such that we all
read four magazines a month, for the price of one.

Two were Hi Fi News and Wireless World. Any suggestions as to the titles
of the other two?
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Old November 29th 15, 12:29 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
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In article , News
wrote:

Around 1970ish, four of us formed an informal club whereby we each
bought one magazine per month, which was subsequently circulated such
that we all read four magazines a month, for the price of one.


Two were Hi Fi News and Wireless World. Any suggestions as to the
titles of the other two?


HiFi Choice, HiFi Answers, Practical HiFi Sound, HiF for Pleasure. Popular
HiFi.

Jim

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Old November 29th 15, 01:55 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
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In article:

News says...

Two were Hi Fi News and Wireless World. Any suggestions as to the
titles of the other two?

H-Fi for pleasure?


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Old November 30th 15, 01:36 AM posted to uk.rec.audio
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News wrote:


Around 1970ish, four of us formed an informal club whereby we each
bought one magazine per month, which was subsequently circulated such
that we all read four magazines a month, for the price of one.

Two were Hi Fi News and Wireless World. Any suggestions as to the
titles of the other two?



** You sure about Wireless World ?

Most content was highly technical and about electronics in general, rather than hi-fi audio.

There were some DIY articles on amplifiers and FM tuners for the advanced constructor.


.... Phil
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Old November 30th 15, 02:21 AM posted to uk.rec.audio
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On 30/11/2015 1:36 PM, Phil Allison wrote:
News wrote:


Around 1970ish, four of us formed an informal club whereby we each
bought one magazine per month, which was subsequently circulated such
that we all read four magazines a month, for the price of one.

Two were Hi Fi News and Wireless World. Any suggestions as to the
titles of the other two?



** You sure about Wireless World ?

Most content was highly technical and about electronics in general, rather than hi-fi audio.

There were some DIY articles on amplifiers and FM tuners for the advanced constructor.


... Phil


**Yep. I built my Bailey T-lines from the May 1972 article in WW. Served
me well for more than a decade. The best was a construction article from
April 1971-ish. It was for a 1,000 Watt amplifier. It was powered
directly from 240VAC. The 'author's' name was George Izzard O'Veering. -


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Old November 30th 15, 05:42 AM posted to uk.rec.audio
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In message , Phil
Allison writes
News wrote:

Two were Hi Fi News and Wireless World. Any suggestions as to the
titles of the other two?


** You sure about Wireless World ?

Most content was highly technical and about electronics in general,
rather than hi-fi audio.


Yes. This would have been 1970-ish, and there were four of us, ranging
in age from late teens (me) to mid 50s, with a wide range of interests.
Wireless World was way over my head, but I enjoyed browsing anyway.

Thanks for *all* the replies. No particular reason for the question; I
am just annoyed with myself for not remembering the titles of all four
magazines. So far, none of the suggestions have made me think Yes!, but
that is probably just my memory.

I always enjoyed Hi Fi News, which often featured articles discussing
someone's dedicated listening room, and the lengths people would go to
reproduce perfect sound. Shortly after that I left the parental home
and treated myself to a reasonable tuner/amp which is still in daily
use. That was November 1974, and I still don't have the perfect
listening room :-)
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Old November 30th 15, 07:03 AM posted to uk.rec.audio
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Even Gramophone had some useful stuff in it back then, before they all went
snake oil and ripped off each others so called reviews. Hi Fi Sound and news
were the only really trustworthy ones of that period, as most of the othrs
catered for the 'its a Linn so it has to be the best'type of person.
There is a difference between what is right and what sounds nice, and one
has to decide where on that curve you sit.
Brian

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"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message
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In article , News
wrote:

Around 1970ish, four of us formed an informal club whereby we each
bought one magazine per month, which was subsequently circulated such
that we all read four magazines a month, for the price of one.


Two were Hi Fi News and Wireless World. Any suggestions as to the
titles of the other two?


HiFi Choice, HiFi Answers, Practical HiFi Sound, HiF for Pleasure. Popular
HiFi.

Jim

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Please use the address on the audiomisc page if you wish to email me.
Electronics
http://www.st-and.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scot...o/electron.htm
Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstrong/armstrong.html
Audio Misc http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/index.html



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Old November 30th 15, 07:06 AM posted to uk.rec.audio
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Default Hi Fi magazines - early 1970s

Back in those days one could even see discussions on the actual electronic
designs being used by companies and make ones own from Practical Wirless or
Practical Electronics. In those days it was relatively easy and not too
expensive to source components and make something that sounded pretty
good.


Brian

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On 29 Nov, wrote:

Correction:

HiFi Choice, HiFi Answers, Practical HiFi, HiFi Sound, HiF for Pleasure.
Popular HiFi.


I think there were some others like "Audio" in the 1970s which came and
went rather quickly. Lots of publishers then were keen to tap the way HiFi
was at the time a consumer 'must have'.

Jim

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