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    HI-FI DECONSTRUCTED

    May 29, 2019 3 minutes
    Rod Easdown

    This is a test. How closely did you examine the cover of the very first edition of Australian Hi-Fi magazine, reproduced on page 45 of the January 2019 edition, the one marking 50 years of continuous publication?

    That original cover photograph from 1969 showed an Elac Miracord 50H turntable. Did you notice how tall the spindle was?

    Question: Why is the spindle of a 1969 Elac Miracord 50H so tall?

    Give up? This was one of those shining, must-have innovations

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