La Revue du Son
1961

Browsing through this july 1961 issue of France's oldest hi-fi magazine, one can quickly see the industry was then still closer to the do-it-yourself crowd than to multi-billion corporate empires.
Present at the editing comittee were a professor from the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts, an engineer from the Telephono-acoustic department of the National Telecommunication Study Center, an engineer of the national radio-television service, and many more doctors and engineers. In fact, there wasn't a single journalist among the editors !
Things have really changed, haven't they ?

This double summer issue held tests of the new Sherwood S-5000H integrated amplifier, a review of the new Granco miniature FM tuner and of the british AZ amplifiers and preamplifiers, a 7-page report on the London Audio Festival and Fair, tips on how to undertake the making of printed circuit boards - and more. The cover displayed the new Frei UE100 sound equalizer while the ads inside displayed the Avialex Mystère turntable, the Merlaud Stéréo 24 amplifier, an Encot 1/4" tape recorders or the Elipson Chambord.
Things haven't really changed, have they ?

Through many fortunes, misfortunes and publishers, la Revue du Son is nevertheless still active in these 2007 days, after having been renamed La Nouvelle Revue du Son in 1977. Unfortunately, most of the NRDS archives have been lost, thrown away, stolen or "borrowed" through the years and various publishers. A sad fate which probably befell the late Audio (USA), HiFi for Pleasure (UK) or the old Stereoplay in Germany. Sad, very sad.