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Description: Moving-magnet stereo phono cartridge. Frequency response: 10Hz–20kHz, +2dB. Separation: 30dB, 50Hz–7kHz. Output: 7mV at 5cm/s. Stylus: 0.6-mil diamond. Compliance: 20 x 10–6 cm/dyne in all directions. Recommended tracking force: 0.75–3 grams.
Price: $49.50 (1963); no longer available (2019).
Manufacturer: Audio Dynamics Corp., New Milford, Connecticut (1963). Company no longer in existence (2019).
It is not at all unusual these days to find manufacturers producing "matched" speakers and amplifiers that are designed specifically for one another. But it is very unusual to find this being done by an amplifier manufacturer who doesn't make loudspeakers. The Futterman H3-A is one of these rarities—an amplifier designed primarily to complement one of the best, and one of the hardest-to-drive loudspeakers on the market: the KLH Model Nine.
The H-3A is unusual in another respect, too. It is probably the closest anyone has come to combining tube and transistor technology, for although it…
Manufacturer's Comment
We did not design the H-3A specifically for use with the KLH Nine. In fact, monophonic versions of the basic design were in use 15 years ago, mainly with the RCA LC-IA loudspeaker, with which it gave superb results.
There is one coupling capacitor in each channel of the H-3A; computer-grade 800µF capacitors are used to isolate each loudspeaker from the output tube circuitry. In our opinion, direct-coupling a power amplifier to a loudspeaker (especially with transistor amplifiers) is inherently dangerous to the speaker system. In fact, some of the latest high-…
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Description: All-tube output-transformer-less stereo power amplifier. Output: 90Wpc with 16-ohm load. Frequency response: 5Hz–90kHz, +0, –0.5dB; –3dB at 200kHz. IM distortion: <0.05% at 90W (continuous sinewave) into 16 ohms. Damping factor: 200. Stability: Unconditionally stable with any kind of load. S/N ratio: better than 93 dB below 90 watts. Sensitivity: 2.0V in for 90W out. Input impedance: 270l ohms.
Dimensions: 17" W by 1O.25" D by 7.5" H. Weight: 29 lb. (Relatively light weight due to absence of output transformers.)
Price: $288, including cage…
One of the most firmly-established audio platitudes is the one which says "The specs don't tell the whole story." One reason for this, of course, is the fact that most manufacturers, preferring to sell their products on the basis of emotional appeals in ads rather than on hard, cold performance claims, do not attempt to make their specs tell the whole story. They publish only the most basic, and the most impressive-looking of their specs, although they are no doubt fully aware that what they do publish is only a very small part of what even the most astute buyer would need to know in order…
Now, let's seat them both in a living room and play them a perfect reproduction of the same performance. If the reproducer delivers to their ears exactly the same pattern of air vibrations that reached them in the concert hall, each listener will perceive an exact replica of the original sound. Each can choose to "tune in" to whatever aspects of the sound he normally listens to, and as long as they are delivered to his ears in exactly the same proportions as they were originally, the sound, to each listener, will be a perfect reproduction.
Now, suppose the reproducer is not perfect. (We…
I was saddened to learn that Jack Renner, renowned recording engineer and cofounder with producer Robert Woods of Telarc Records, died on June 19, 2019, age 84, at his home in Rhode Island. Mr. Renner is survived by his wife, Barbara, three children, and six grandchildren.
Renner trained as a trumpet player and received a BSc in Music Education from The Ohio State University. In 1990, he was recognized as an outstanding alumnus. He was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he taught for 30 years.
I first saw Jack's name on…
Register to win one of five actual pieces of the original 1969 Woodstock stage (Value $99.00 ea) or a Back To The Garden - 50th Anniversary Collection 5 Vinyl LP set (Value $124.98) we are giving away.
According to Peace of Stage:
Peace Pendant: Always have a piece of Woodstock magic around your neck and close to your heart, with this Peace Pendant, that is encased with a piece of the original and authenticated stage from the 1969 Woodstock Festival.
Wood Size: 3/16" thick and 1.2 in diameter; Pendant Size: 44 x 33 x 9 millimeters
Every Pendant will…
Patricia Barber: Higher
Patricia Barber, piano & vocals; Patrick Mulcahy, bass; Jon Deitemyer, drums; Neal Alger, acoustic guitar; Jim Gailloreto, tenor saxophone
ArtistShare AS01712 (CD). 2019, Patricia Barber, prod.; Martha Feldman, assoc. prod.; Jim Anderson, rec. and mixing eng.; Bob Ludwig, mastering eng. DDD. TT: 55:18
Performance *****
Sonics ****½
As a singer and writer, Patricia Barber has never been easy to define. In the audiophile world, she's too often defined—and her brilliance obscured—by her ubiquity at audio shows and her regrettable membership in a…
This almost happened 13 years ago. Thinking the time was right for a Klipschorn review—2006 was the 60th anniversary of its design—I got in touch with a Klipsch representative, who requested photos of my room and details of its size and construction style. My reply was followed by a three-day lag in correspondence, after which came the disappointing news: "We're sorry: It won't work." The problem: There were baseboard radiators too near the corners of the room where the speakers would be installed; consequently, the Klipschorns couldn't be snugged all the way against those corner walls—an…
