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...little time. The record connoisseur knows better. He finds it is his duty to discuss the merits and demerits of any record ever made, from Aaronovich's fluffed trill in Op. O to Zzinzer's fallow tempos in Op. Posth. He predates the much-publicized hi-fi bug (who specializes in woofers, super-tweeters and push-pull amplifier circuits), but not until now has anyone tried to organize the record connoisseur's guerrilla war and set down some basic strategy...
...think the sound is spacious and resonant, eh?' Of course, Crane had actually found the disk in the attic . . . and had then rubbed dust and grit into the grooves in the manner of a furniture dealer 'antiquing' or liming oak." The noveau hi-fi was suitably impressed, now has "a large collection of bad-sounding rarities...
...theatrical event of the season by at least one Manhattan critic when the late Welsh poet rendered it as a barstool reading. In print, it emerged brilliantly as an earthy, mockingly tender account of a village's single day of living, loving and leaving, recorded with a devoted hi-fi ear for the sounds of speech, of the sea and of the soul...
Washington's National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Howard Mitchell, fresh from such publicity stunts as tiny tots' concerts and a half-time concert at a Washington Redskins' football game, gave what it billed as a "Soundorama Hi-Fi Concert." Designed both to introduce hi-fi bugs to live music and to show a symphony audience how good hi-fi can be, the program was weighted with colorful scores, e.g., Salome's Dance, Rimsky-Korsakov's Spanish Caprice, etc. Part of the performance was recorded and played back over a system of 30 speakers, and some...
...Administrative Board has decided that an unprecedented 36-man petition for the reinstatement of Howard A. Andews '58 is insufficient evidence to reopen hi case...