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The term "hi-fi," an abbreviation for high fidelity, was coined during this era to describe audio systems that aimed to reproduce sound with high accuracy and minimal distortion. The vinyl LP became popular during the 1950s, and the availability of affordable components such as turntables, speakers and amplifiers enhanced the sonic realism of ...
Phase 4 Stereo was a recording process created by the U.K. Decca Records label in 1961. [1] The process was used on U.K. Decca recordings and also those of its American subsidiary London Records during the 1960s. Phase 4 Stereo recordings were created with an innovative 10-channel, and later 20-channel, "recording console". [2]
HH Scott Model 350, c. 1961: the first FM multiplex stereo tuner sold in the U.S. The Zenith-GE pilot-tone stereo system is used throughout the world by FM broadcasting stations. It was eventually determined that the bandwidth assigned to individual FM stations was sufficient to support stereo transmissions from a single transmitter.
A good example is the FM stereo multiplex decoder module. [9] Fisher was the first to introduce stereo receivers with four channels. These innovations were brief and occurred in the mid-1970s which some [who?] consider The Second Golden Age of High Fidelity. Like many new concepts of the time such as Beta Format and VHS, there were a number of ...
Curtis Mathes Stereophonic High-Fidelity Music Center (exhibited at Norman & Vi Petty Rock & Roll Museum) During the next few years Curtis Mathes worked to design a modular TV and modular TV parts and chassis, so that warranty service would involve quickly switching a part, tube, tuner or picture tube.
It's July 1976 in a Northern California recording studio and the rock ‘n’ roll band cutting their latest album is exhausted and wary. The coffee machine is broken. Playwright David Adjmi tells ...
By 1960 Zenith was with RCA among the two largest US television manufacturers, each with more than 20% of the market; 25 other companies had the rest of the market. [5] The 1962 Illinois Manufacturers Directory (50th Anniversary edition) lists Zenith Radio Corporation as having 11,000 employees, of which at least 6,460 were employed in seven ...