The new
Fisher Studio-Standard 514
Stereo/4-Channel Receiver
Every Fisher
receiver is designed for people who love to play music; but the new Fisher
Studio-Standard 514 goes a step further. It's designed for the active
audiophiles who get their kikcs out of playing with the music, the people who
can't even wait to get a new component out of the box and up on the shelf
before trying it out. These are people
who listen with their hands as much as their ears, and while others are
snapping their fingers and stamping their feet, they're flicking switches,
pushing plugs, and twirling knobs.
If you are
as concerned with what goes on inside the box as you are concerned with what
comes out, if you're still shifting speakers and splicing wires long after the
party's over, chances are you just won't be satisfied by anything less than the
Fisher 514.
We left out
nothing.
Both to keep
up our reputation of having the latest and teh most, and to make sure that you
can listen to as much 4-channel as possible, the 514 has a new CD-4 discrete
disc demodulator as well as an SQ matrix decoder. CD-4 has the potential for
greater channel separation than SQ. This means that the musicians and studio
people can do trickier stuff, and that listeners can wander around the room and
still hear everything in its proper position.
SQ is a
cinch to broadcast on FM while CD-4 is just about impossible right now; SQ is
used on many more records than CD-4, and the decoding circuit doubles as a
4-channel synthesizer for stereo recordings. With the Fisher 514 you do not
have to make the difficult choice between CD-4 and SQ; we give you both.
In addition
to all the knobs and buttons you'd expect to find on any receiver of this
caliber, the 514 has a sophisticated and highly useful "joystick"
balance control similar to the pan pot used in professional recording studios.
The joystick is much simpler to use than the two or four knobs found on most
other 4-channel receivers, yet it permits extremely precise adjustments of the
acoustical field to suit music, personal preference, room acoustics, or seating
arrangements.
An elaborate
tone control and filter system, centering on studio-style slide potentiometers,
provides further fine tuning of the audio environment.
As you might
expect, there are separate bass and treble controls for front and rear, but
Fisher has added a midrange presence control, with maximum effect at about 1,5
kHz. It's just about the most useful and potent control you could add to a
component, and can dramatically highlight a vocal performance against an
instrumental background.
Although
primarily designed as the control center for an elaborate 4-channel sound
system, the 514 uses an exotic Fisher-invented "strapping" technique
to combine front and rear amplifiers for stereo use, with a significant
increase inpower over what you would expect by just adding up the per-channel
wattages.
What's
inside.
Fisher has
spared no effort to utilize the latest high-technology devices and
manufacturing techniques in the 514. the FM tuner section incorporates
dual-gate MOS/FETs. Lumped selectivity circuitry, and a ladder-type ceramic
filter to provide the highest possible signal-to-noise ratio, interference
rejection, sensitivity, selectivity, and immunity to overload. A Phase Locked
Loop multiplex decoder insures high separation and low distortion through
temperature changes and extensive use.
It comes
from a fine family.
In addition
to the 514, we're very pround of our new Studio Standard models 414 and 314.
they have a bit less power and not as many controls, but the music is every bit
as good.
If, however,
you're not ready for, or not sure about, the new CD-4 system, we strongly
recommend you consider our 504X, 404X and 304X receivers. They're identical to
the "14" series models, except that instead of having a built-in CD-4
demodulator, they have space for it, and sell for $100 less. Should you wish to
add CD-4 later on, any of our serice stations can do the job, and the total
cost of the "04X" series receiver plud decoder will not exceed the
cost of the complete "14". Anybody's 4-channel receiver can be
converted to CD-4 with an external add-on demodulator, but Fisher accepts
an internal circuit board - for
simplicity, convenience, and reliability.
Specifications
Total
Power RMS (8 Ω, 20-20,000 Hz)
Stereo : 180
W
4-channel :
128 W
Total
Harmonic Distortion: 0,5% (at rated
power, 4 Ω)
IM
Distortion [60 and 70,000 Hz 4 : 1]:
0,8% (at rated power, 4 Ω)
Damping
Factor: than less 30 (4-channel
operation, 4 - 8 Ω)
Input
Senitivity/Impedance:
Phono
: 2,7 mV/47 k Ω
Aux
: 200 mV/100 k Ω
Monitor
: 200 mV/100 k Ω
Recorder
Output: 350 mV (30 % FM modulation)
Hum and
Noise (below rated RMS output, volume control at minimum):
Phono : 56 dB
Aux : 65 dB
Monitor : 65
dB
Frequency
Response:
Phono : 30 - 15,000 Hz (RIAA equalized ±2 dB)
Aux, Monitor
: 20 - 20,000 Hz
Max. Input
Signal RMS (at 1% THD, 1 kHz):
Phono : 60
mV
Aux : 5 V
Monitor :
4,5 V
Dimensions (W x H x D): 23" x 6 ¾" x 17"
Weight: 43 lbs