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Hi Fi magazines - early 1970s
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? -- Graeme |
Hi Fi magazines - early 1970s
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. Brian -- From the Sofa of Brian Gaff Reply address is active Remember, if you don't like where I post or what I say, you don't have to read my posts! :-) "News" wrote in message ... 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? -- Graeme |
Hi Fi magazines - early 1970s
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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 -- 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 |
Hi Fi magazines - early 1970s
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? -- Ken O'Meara |
Hi Fi magazines - early 1970s
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 |
Hi Fi magazines - early 1970s
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. -:) -- Trevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
Hi Fi magazines - early 1970s
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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 :-) -- Graeme |
Hi Fi magazines - early 1970s
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 -- From the Sofa of Brian Gaff Reply address is active Remember, if you don't like where I post or what I say, you don't have to read my posts! :-) "Jim Lesurf" wrote in message ... 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 -- 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 |
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 -- From the Sofa of Brian Gaff Reply address is active Remember, if you don't like where I post or what I say, you don't have to read my posts! :-) "Jim Lesurf" wrote in message ... 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 -- 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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