WIDE RANGE SOUND

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18313, 3 February 1934, Page 12

WIDE RANGE SOUND

AMAZES AUDIENCE AT KING’S Wide range, the new development of the Western Electric Sound System for. a better sound quality in talking pictures, was introduced .for the first time at the King’s Theatre last night. It gave a definite clarity and fidelity of sound reproduction, never before heard in talking pictures. In addition, to freedom from distortion, wide range adds a distinctive individuality to voices and instruments and an emotional sweep where volume comes into play.... - » . The effect .is especially marked in musical numbers -or in sounds falling into either very. high or very low frequencies. This- - is entirely natural, for wide .range means an extension of the frequency, range, of.‘sounds that•. can be recorded finSd- ieprodiiced in’ .talking,, pictures. The result is that a whisper, that might have to be-raised into ordinary dialogue to bo capable of reproduction, can now be heard at its natural level. And the distortion that was previously evident in either the whisper or its preceding and succeeding dialogue, is entirely eliminated. A sharper clarity and fidelity is also evident in musical reproductions. Instruments falling in either the high or low frequencies are now not only heard individually but also beard with all their natural tonal qualities. Even in a news reel the speakers’ voices assumed a vibrancy and life-liko quality. Wide’ range should be heard to appreciate the full entertainment value talking pictures are capable of. It mai'ks the most distinct advance talking pictures have made toward perfection, and comes very close to perfection itself. Last -night’s audience appreciated this * improvement. ,