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II /rrH your purchase
of a FISHER instrument you
have com- Remember always that we want this equipment to give you
the q
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pleted
a chain of events that began many months ago, in our performance
of which it is capable. Should you
at any time needin-
research laboratories. For it is there that the basic concept of the our assistance toward that
objective, please
write me personally.
equipment you
have just
acquired
came into being-its appearance,
its functions, its quality
of performance,
its convenience of use.
AN IMPORTANT
SUGGESTION
But the end step-your purchase-is
merely a beginning. A door Many hours have
been rp".tfby
our engineers and technical
writers
has now opened, for you
and your
family, on virtually unlimited to create this instruction book for your guidance
and enjoyment.
years
of musical enjoyment. Recognizing that one of ihe keys
to If you
want ttre most
out of your
FISHER, there
is only one way
pleasurable
ownership is reliability, we have
designed this instru- to obtain it.
with the equipment before you, please
read this book-
ment to give
long and trouble-free service. In
fact, instruments we let
carefully' It will be time well
spent!
made over twenty- five years
ago are still in use today.
A
/hld,.y F*r"z
Founder and president
FISHER FIRSTS-Milestones in the History of High Fidelity Reproduction.lt
ri
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ri
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1937 First high-fideliiy sound systems featuring
a
beam-power amplifier, inverse feedback,
acoustic
speaker compartments (infinite
baffle
and bass reflex)
and magnetic cartfldges.
1937 First exclusively high fidelity TRF
tuner, fea-
turing broad-tuning 20,000 cycle fidelity.
1937 First
two-unit high {idelity
system with
sep-
arate sDeaker enclosure.
1938 First coaxial speaker system.
1938 First high fidelity
tuner wlth amplified AVC.
1939 First 3-Way Speaker in a high fidelity system.
1939 First Center-of-Channel Tuning indicator.
1945 First Preamplifier-Equalizer with selective pho-
nograph equalization.
1948 First Dynamic Range Expander with feedback.
1949 First FM-A|\4 Tuner
with variable AFC.
1952 First 50-Watt, all-triode amplifier.
1952 First
self-oowered Master Audio Control.
1953 First selt-powered, electronic sharp-cut-off fil-
ter system for high
fidelity use.
1953 First
Universal Horn-Type
Speaker Enclosure for
any room location and any speaker.
1953 First FM-AM tuner with aCascode Front
End.
1954 First low-cost electronic Mixer-Fader.
1954 First moderately-priced, protessional
FM Tuner
with TWo
meters.
1955 First Peak Power Indicator in high fidelity.
1955 First Master Audio Control Chassis with five-
position
mixing facilities.1955 First correctly
equalized, direct tape-head mas-
ter audio controls and self-powered preamplifier.
1956 First
to use Power Monitor
in a home
amplifier.
1956 First All-Transistorized PreamDlifier-Eoualizer.
1956 First dual dynamic limiters in
an FM
tuner for
nome
use.
1956 First Per{ormance Monitor in
a high quality
amplifier for home use.
'1956
First FM-AlVl
tuner with TWo
meters.
1956 First complete graphic
response
curve indica-
tor for bass and
treble.
1957 First
Golden Cascode FM Tuner.
1957 First MicroRay Tuning lndicator.
1958 First Stereophonic
Radio-Phonograph with Mag-
netic Stereo Cartridge.
195S First high-quality Stereo Remote
Control System.
1959 First complete Stereophonic
FM-AM Receiver
(FM-AM
tuner, audio control,
4o-watt amplifier).
1959 First high-compliance plus
high-efficiency free-
piston
speaker system.
1960 First to use MicroRay for FM tuning and as a
Recording Audio Level Indicator.
1960 First complete
stereo FM'AM receiver with 60-
watt power
amplifier and new 7591 output tubes.
1960 Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
accepts for its
collection America's first com-
mercially manufactured high fidelity radi0.
phonograph,
made by Avery
Fisher in
1937.|
960 First reverberation device,
for use in high fidelty
equipment
-The Fisher
Dynamic Spacexpander.
First stereo
tuner with MicroTune.
First FlVl
tuner with
six lF
stages.
First FM
tuner with five limiters.
First front panel
antenna
selector switch,72-
300 ohm, Local-Distant positions.
First Multiplex units
with STEREo BEACoN
and
automatic switching, mono
to stereo.
First complete receivers
with Multiplex.
First FM-Stere0-Multiplex
tuners with STERE0
BEAIV].
First
loudspeaker system with frameless
wooler
cone, eliminating all parasitic
resonance.
First internal
switching system
to permit
im-
medjate tape playback
with
use of all controls
and
switches.
First
simplified - operation Control
- Ampliiier,
with infrequently
used controls
behind
tront-
panel
cover, yet
immediately
accessible.
First loudspeaker
with eddy-current-damped
vorce
c0il.
First bass
speaker with
combined serrated-
aluminum and {iber
cone.
First Fl\4 Tuner Kit
with
seDarate d'Arsonval
meter for tuning
and sepaiate cathode
ray
stereo broadcast
indicator (STERE0
BEAM).
First Stereophonic
FM
Tuner with TUNE-0-
MATIC
Motor Tuning.
First Supersonic
Wireless Remote
Control in a
high
fidelity component. 1 960
1 960
1960
1960
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961
1 961
1 961
1 961
1 961
1
952
1 962
1 952
1
962
1 962
1962
O1962 FTsHER RADIo coRPoRATIoN
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ITIHE MAGNTFIcENcE
of old-world cabinet craftsmanship
has been
I combined with
the latest products
of advanced
electronic engineer-
ing to
create
the new FISHER Philharmonic -a musical
instrument
that meets
the most
exacting criteria. Each
section in the Philharmonic
has
been
designed to meet the laboratory
standards that distinguish all
FISHER
components. The
unusually sensitive tuner can be used for
AM and
FM,
and for multiplexed FM
stereo reception
when the
optional plug-in
adaptor is installed.
Six controls enable you
to select
any program
source instantly and to adjust volume
and tonal char-
acteristics to your
taste. The renowned Garrard record
changer and
diamond stylus cartridge
convey faithfully every musical nuance
of
monophonic or stereophonic records.
Special connections are providedTHE FISHER
PHITHAR'NONIC
IV
MODET P-29
Stereophon ic Rqdio-Phonogroph
for
the FISHER
WS-l Wide Surround
speakers. Twenty
watts
of music
power,
free
of all audible distortion,
are supplied by a dual-channel
stereophonic power
amplifier which reproduces a
complex orchestral
passage
as easily
as the
delicate tones of an oboe, Two acoustically-
balanced three-way
speaker
systems recreate
the dynamics
and spacious-
ness
of the modern
orchestra as only stereophonic
sound reproduction
makes possible.
Flawless
circuitry,
the use
of costly, carefully
selected materials,
and unhurried
manufacture
- essential constituents'of quality
which
are too
often lost in mass production
-
all of these will contribute to
years
of trouble-free
operation and to your greater
listening pleasure.
These
are
the attributes which have, {or over
twenty-five years,
created
the world-wide
FISHER reDutation.
