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AMI F (1954)

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Sonoramic Sound

They folded the Bass Horn
"AMI took a bass horn which, in familiar horn shape, would stand over 5 feet high with a mouth almost 3 feet across and, by folding in ingenious shape got it inside the juke box. From the horn comes AMI's new SONORAMIC SOUND - music that surrounds the listener, captivates him bodily, psychologically - heart and soul. Once hear Sonoramic Sound-horn-produced - and you say: "This is music as it should be; how could I ever have been content with the music of the past ?" This "F" bass horn is so huge, so efficient, that all by itself it's equivalent to NINE 12 inch speakers!

They Flared the Treble Horn
Others who have stabbed at High Fidelity have tried to capture the high notes with a tweeter.
But our engineers said: No that's not the BEST way. We'll use the smallest possible driver - only one inch in diameter - and then introduce the sound into an ample flare-shaped horn" And they placed it at ear-level height in the "F" so that the highs reach the audience Sonoramically, without interference from furniture or other obstacles.

Then a Completely New High Fidelity System
A 'new High Output Amplifier, built lust for the "F. A new transcription turntable to maintain the correct record-playing speed. without even the minutest variations. A new featherweight tone arm. General Electric variable reluctance High Fidelity Cartridge, with single stylus, changeable in an instant. New crossover network which feeds highs and lows to proper horns for full range High Fidelity of all notes.
Simple enough when it's all packaged in a brand-new juke box - but a development requiring years of thought, experiment, and brilliant know-how!

(Billboards, 16.10.1954)