New Products

Since the manufacturers of high-fidelity equipment first discovered that people have two ears--and therefore need two of everything else--stereophonic sound has become big business and has given the hi-fi industry a shot in the tone arm.

Newest items in stereo gadgetry: > For the listener who wants to taste stereo's delights on the cheap, here is the Pioneer Stereoscope. A simple, nonelectronic stereo system that requires no amplifiers, wires or speakers, it operates like a doctor's stethoscope attached to a special phonograph tone arm by plastic tubes.

The tone arm can be attached to owner's present turntable; an adapter enables as many as four people to hook in their stethoscopes, hover over the set like surgeons on a joint operation. Price: $9.95 > For the far-gone addict, there is suburbia's newest blandishment: the Stereo House, a gimmick dreamed up by Builder-Promoter Al Horowitz of Jericho, L.I. Equipped with Harmon-Kardon audio components, the 1 1/2-story living room features a splayed ceiling to disperse stereo sound in all directions (no more searching for the ideal chair to listen from), is separate from the rest of the house. Amplifiers may be cranked up to full decibels ahead without danger of tumbling the walls of Jericho. Price of house and full-scale equipment: $24,990.

> For the homeowner who wants stereo not only from wall to wall but from basement to attic, there is the Musical-Aire system, manufactured by Chicago's Roger Mark Corp. Two special speakers are wired to home stereo amplifier, then fastened limpet-like to the ducts of the furnace--channel A to the hot-air duct, channel B to the cold-air return. Thus wherever the heat flows, music is wafted into every room as sepulchrally as the voice of Marley's ghost; the soprano trills from atop the cupboard, the tenor sings from under the bed. Price: $99.95.

> For the stereophile who wants to take it with him but is leary about disturbing motel neighbors or officemates with blasts of three-dimensional sound, the Koss Personal Listener provides a four-speed turntable, a stereo amplifier with individual channel volume controls, plus a pair of wide-range stereo earphones. The whole business packs neatly into a leatherette carrying case; there are provisions for two sets of earphones for "his" and "hers" listening. Price: $136.

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