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...loudspeakers in a monaural (non-stereo) hook-up. This system's faithfulness to the qualities of the original sounds played on it ranks it ranks it among the highest of "fi's". We also know people with $150 "stereos" which do a good job of reproducing stereo width and direction...
Stereo then is no "higher hi-fi". It is rather a whole new dimension completely unrelated to quality but intimately concerned with depth, width, and direction of sound...
...auto industry) 135 h.p., cast-iron V-6 engine, which replaces the more expensive aluminum V-8 and cuts $100 off last season's list prices. In styling, both the compact and standard Buicks are little changed, although the standard Buick's extra inch in width and two to four in length lend it a lower, more massive look...
...intermediate models. At a press preview of its 1962s last week, the Chrysler Corp. revealed an approach all its own. Instead of bringing out an entirely new intermediate line, Chrysler has simply reduced the size of its Plymouths and Dodge Darts by two inches in width and 7½ inches in overall length. Ford has already brought out its intermediate entry-the Fairlane-which is approximately the size of standard sedans of a decade ago. General Motors, following yet another tack, has put its money on the Chevy II, only inches larger than a compact and apparently aimed at competing...
...Gemutlichkeitladen German romantics. Sinewy and biting, the music called for an unerring sense of rhythm and pitch, and the Gregg Smith Singers responded on cue like a well-oiled machine. Conductor Smith had arranged his twelve male and 13 female singers cannily, spreading them across the entire width of the stage in an arc that gave breadth and transparency to the group sound. It was, said a delighted local critic, "perhaps the first thoroughly enjoyable evening of dodecaphonic music in the history of that difficult medium...