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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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

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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?
--
Graeme

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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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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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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On 30/11/2015 08:06, Brian-Gaff wrote:
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.

Or from Wireless World and make something that sounded perfect!

I saw something on ebay yesterday from Henry's Electronics in Edgeware.
I presume this is the old Henry's Radio which advertised in all the mags
fifty years ago. I wonder what happened to the other shops we got our
transistors from!

--
Eiron.

On 30/11/2015 08:47, Eiron wrote:
On 30/11/2015 08:06, Brian-Gaff wrote:
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.

Or from Wireless World and make something that sounded perfect!

I saw something on ebay yesterday from Henry's Electronics in Edgeware.
I presume this is the old Henry's Radio which advertised in all the mags
fifty years ago. I wonder what happened to the other shops we got our
transistors from!


Maplin and Tandy came :-(

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Graeme Wall
This account not read, substitute trains for rail.

In article ,
Eiron wrote:
On 30/11/2015 08:06, Brian-Gaff wrote:
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.

Or from Wireless World and make something that sounded perfect!

I saw something on ebay yesterday from Henry's Electronics in Edgeware.
I presume this is the old Henry's Radio which advertised in all the mags
fifty years ago. I wonder what happened to the other shops we got our
transistors from!

Well, the major wholesalers like RS components now supply direct to the
public, which wasn't the case once. CPC for one now do free postage and a
fairly small minimum order value.

But Ebay is probably the most convenient source of such things these days.
Not the same need for expensive High Street premises.

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On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 08:47:04 +0000, Eiron
wrote:

On 30/11/2015 08:06, Brian-Gaff wrote:
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.

Or from Wireless World and make something that sounded perfect!

I saw something on ebay yesterday from Henry's Electronics in Edgeware.
I presume this is the old Henry's Radio which advertised in all the mags
fifty years ago. I wonder what happened to the other shops we got our
transistors from!

All those shops in Lisle Street are now Chinese restaurants and
massage parlours. Henry's in Edgware road is a bit sad and decrepit,
but it still retains some of its old atmosphere.

d

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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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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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