Radio Superior to Theatre

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 40, 19 April 1929, Page 27

Radio Superior to Theatre

R. HUGO GERNSBACK, editor of the New York "Radio News," writes: "rom. the technical side, radio audition offers great advantage over the large symphony hall. Unless you are fortunate in obtaining a perfect seat in the theatre or hall, you are not unfrequently disturbed by bad echoes, loud neighbours, and other noises about you, which prevent you from enjoying the music to the fullest degree. "ver since the advent of the loudspeaker, which became universal only about three years ago, the technique of broadcasting has kept pace with the perfection of the reproducer. It is now possible, for that reason, to hear and enjoy a concert to a far greater degree in your own home than you could while actually sitting twenty feet away from the orchestra. For one thing, modern microphone technique is such that it picks up all the instruments perfectly, but practically no outside noises such as arise in the audience itself. "On the other hand, a good loud-. speaker will reproduce all tones from the lowest of the drum to the highest of the piccolo, without difficulty; and it may, therefore, be said that (given a good microphonie pick-up, which is common nowadays, and a good loudspeaker) it should be possible for everyone to obtain in his own home music such as no one heard in former days, since the beginning of music itself.