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LETTERS Continued from page 22 grand piano. Said piano, a Steinway - appearing "Yamaha," had been ingeniously altered, the inards having been replaced by a turntable, preamp and amplifier, and creditable speaker system. Five years ago Confectionery West was a going concern, and I cannot say how long before. Thus the "sweeping" action goes back a bit further than implied by the article. Phonetically, Messrs. Posner and Fink goofed on " Betofen." The "f" sound is equally as difficult for the Japanese as "v," and both re- emerge in speech as "b." "Baha" and "Bramsu' come through without distortion, and it may be interesting to note the Japanese transliteration of Bach to "Baha." Since in almost all cases word endings must have vowel sounds, Bach from Western pronounciation would become "Baka." "Baka" means stupid, foolish, or fool -ergo: "Baha." Five years ago I discovered that Japan was hi -fi conscious; per capita - wise as much or more so than in the States. The hard core or tight little band did something about it via the only medium available to them at the time: AM radio broadcasting. Today they have TV, too, with exceptional audio quality, but not FM radio broadcasting which they don't need. The dynamic and frequency range of their AM broadcasting equals the best of the locally received "Good Music" FM stations in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Washington -I have at least 20,000 feet of recorded tape to prove my point. All of which leads to my little sneaker: open house or tape - respondence with anyone interested. Kenneth O. Weir III Catalpa St. Middletown, Pa. Let's Get EFFICIENCY Straight THE experienced engineer understands that high efficiency in any piece of audio equipment implies high sensitivity over a limited working range. But many laymen have come to believe that high efficiency indicates greater audio quality in a music system. Speaker A sounds louder than Speaker B at the same amplifier -gain setting: therefore, Speaker A is thought to be the better. High efficiency, in this sense of greater loudness, is the result of a pot -bellied middle - that is, great power in the middle frequencies to which the ear is most sensitive, with a weak or absent bass and upper treble. In a quality music system, where the response from 30 to 20,000 cycles must be clean and balanced, the controlling factor in loudness. and in overall efficiency, is low- frequency power, which is the most difficult kind of power to develop. And the mid -range and treble must be properly proportioned to this bass foundation, with distortions at a minimum. Regardless of size and price, no other driver delivers as much bass -output per Watt -input as the Bozak B -I99A. In no other speaker systems is the entire audible spectrum tailored so faithfully to the bass as it is in the Bozaks. No other speaker systems can boast such vanishingly -low distortions, such clean transient response, so much listening ease. The experienced engineer will find that the Bozaks are unsurpassed for overall efficiency... the perceptive listener, accustomed to the sound of live music, will find the Bozaks unequalled for realism and relaxed listening. With a fine music system there is no question of choice between efficiency and quality, and Bozak Speakers mean The Very Best in Sound Chicago - Palmer I louse - Room 721 September 30 to October 2 SIR: A Selective Discography of Ballet Music, in the May issue, contains an error. Actually Petrouchka, as recorded by L. Stokowski and company is catalogued Victor LM 1175 and has no coupling. Victor LM 9029 contains a pairing of Stravinsky's Firebird Suite and Iberi s Escales, both performed by Monsieur Stokowski and friends. Bob A. Gelman Brooklyn, N. Y. THE R. T. BOZAK COMPANY PLANT AT: WEST POST ROAD NORWALK, CONN. Export Once: Electronics Manufacturers' Export Co., Hicksville, N.Y. MAIL ADDRESS: P.O. BOX 966 DARIEN, CONN. AUGUST 1955 25
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