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...phonograph quality is the word "fidelity." Often used as publicity jargon, the word actually refers to a scientific measurement of sound waves an electronic system can reproduce. Fidelity is measured in cycles per second. A true high-fidelity phonograph must reproduce up to 15,000 cycles, the full range of the human ear. Although the actual musical notes may be much lower than this, high fidelity range allows a machine to reproduce orchestral overtones so that the recorded music will sound like the original music instead of a watered-down version...
...industry with the most dynamic outlook for 1950." Most Wall Streeters seemed to think so too. Day after day last week, television stocks, which have been leading the advancing bull market, skittered up on the New York Stock Exchange, giving the whole list a fillip. Emerson Radio & Phonograph, which had been as low as 15 only 4½ months ago, soared 4⅝ points to 26⅞. Admiral Corp., which jumped from 18 to 29¼ a few months ago and then split its stock two for one, was back up to 23½ again. By week...
...engineers, making daily experimental color telecasts from Washington, found that Killy had set up a Cellophane wheel, driven by an old phonograph motor, before his TV screen. Once the wheel was synchronized with the transmitted signal he got a six-inch color picture. "Anyone can do it," said Killy of his makeshift converter. "All the technical stuff you need is to know how to hook up an adapter switch and regulate the speed of the color wheel." Killy's opinion of color TV itself: "I think it's easier on your eyes...
Young recited the contents of his word cards while Network engineer Thomas Schneider '52 duly recorded same. But when Young played back his disc he found it kept him awake. For nearly a whole night he lay fretfully in his bed while his phonograph repeatedly droned Greek. At the end of his Hellenic jam session he did know his word cards and grammar...
...theft took place in the period from December 22 to December 28 while the club was closed for the holidays. Other missing items are an $80 Victor radio-phonograph, an antique clock valued at $70, and 40 albums of classical records, carefully selected from the Club's 110 album collection...