[Jukebox-list] RE:"Sound" -was- AMI G-200 questions.

[David Breneman]

--- Steve Wahl <steve at pro-ns.net> wrote:

> [Is it just my imagination, or is "Hi-Fi" simply taken to mean "has
> a
> tweeter" for jukeboxes?  You imply by mentioning the amp model that
> they may have put a little effort into the amps as well.]

I think we all know its basically a marketing term.  Although, in
the home Hi-Fi context, it usually implied a system capable of
reproducing a frequency range lower than 30 Hz and higher than 15
kHz.

In the 1920s and 1930s, high fidelity implied a lot of bass.
Acoustic phonographs had a frequency response of about 500-
2500 Hz, or roughly equivalent to that of a telephone of the
day.  Suddenly, when electric recording and folded-horn
phonographs came along, there was *bass*, frequently too
much of it, but boy it sounded better than the accoustic
machines and was easier to dance to.  Radio usually set
people's expectations for what constituted good sound, and
the high end frequency response of a live radio broadcast
was pretty hard to beat with any recording medium (it's no
wonder that the tone controls of the day were usually
treble limiters).  That changed after WWII, with the advent
of vinyl records and magnetic tape, along with a relaxing of
FCC standards for AM radio.  Suddenly, frequency response above
10 kHz brought you more than just surface noise, and the
AM band started to sound pretty poor compared to FM.
Then, of course, came stereo...


David Breneman         david_breneman at yahoo.com


       
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