CD-player

The Sony CDP-203 compact disc player features Unilinear Converter circuitry, a combination of double oversampling, digital filtering, and a digital-to-analog (D/A) converter, all controlled...
Sony CDP-203
Power Amplifier

Proton’s D1200 power amplifier features a Dynamic Power on Demand (DPD) circuit design that gives it an extraordinary dynamic-headroom rating of 7.3 dB. Proton’s DPD system was...
Proton D1200
Cassette Deck

Designed for listeners who want the convenience of autoreverse, the JVC DD-VR77 cassette deck is a three-head, three-motor unit with Dolby B and Dolby C noise reduction, a tape-positioning...
JVC DD-VR77
Speaker System

Cerwin-Vega, best known for musical-instrument and sound-reinforcement speakers, recently introduced a line of five speaker systems for the home market. Called the Select Edition Series,...
Cerwin-Vega 250 SE
VHS Hi-Fi Videocassete Recorder

The Akai VS-565U VHS Hi-Fi videocassette recorder features MTS (multichannel television sound) decoding for stereo or SAP (separate audio program) broadcasts and a built-in amplifier,...
Akai VS-565U
Preamplifier

The C-90 remote-controlled preamplifier is one of Pioneer’s Elite series of hi-fi components, which also includes a tuner, amplifiers, cassette decks, and speakers. As their name...
Pioneer C-90
Speaker System

The Snell Type C/i loudspeaker, though very similar in concept to the company’s flagship speaker, the Type A/III, is less than half its price and considerably smaller. Both systems...
Snell type C/I
CD-player

The Marantz CD50 compact disc player features double oversampling (at 88.2 kHz), digital filtering, and true 16-bit digital-to-analog (d/a) conversion. With one of the most sensibly...
Marantz CD-50
Power Station

SHURE’S AVC 20 Power Station is called a Video/Hi-Fi System Expander, but it is actually a complete audio/ video control and amplification center. It contains four separate 30-watt...
Shure AVC 20
CD-player

The Denon DCD-3300, the company’s top-of-the-line CD player, contains many design refinements designed to extract the maximum sound quality from compact discs. Among these is an improved...
Denon DCD-3300
Tuner

The Canadian-made Magnum Dynalab FT 101, which covers only the fm band (88 to 108 MHz), is perhaps the last of the analog tuners—and the only new one to come our way in some years....
Magnum Dynalab FT 101
Speaker System

The Model 102 from KEF, one of the company’s Reference Series loudspeakers, is a very compact two-way system with exceptional bass response for its size, which is close to minispeaker...
KEF Model 102