Monthly Archives: July 2012

This Was A Home For Animals

Posted on 07/31/2012 by chris

Above: the result of five-hours work on a dead, dead, dead Univox 50-watt tube bass head.  This model was originally designated the E-3 or the U-1236 (click here for the schematic).   It was made in 1968, and it’s similar to … Continue reading →

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Supro Supreme Gtr Amp Overhaul

Posted on 07/30/2012 by chris

A customer (J) sent me this wonderfully-preserved Supro amplifier to overhaul.  It is a Supreme Model from circa 1950.  Long-time readers may recall that this is the same amplifier model that I scratch-built a few years back as part of … Continue reading →

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Astatic Microphones: Full Catalog Scan: Circa 1975

Posted on 07/29/2012 by chris

Download the complete circa 1975 (actual date unknown) Astatic Microphones Full-Line Catalog (22pp) DOWNLOAD: Astatic_Catalog_197* Models covered include: Astatic 810, 811, 820, 840, 850, 857, 860, 77, 335, 333, 332, 337, 551, 10M5A, 331, 400, 511, 513H, 525DL6, 531, and … Continue reading →

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Rare Tony Schwartz Interview/Profile From “Better Listening Through Hi-Fi” July 1957

Posted on 07/28/2012 by chris

Tony Schwartz is a towering figure in the worlds of audio production, advertising, and media studies.  I recently came across a very obscure, AFAIK never-before-reproduced (feel free to prove me wrong here guys…) profile on Schwartz from the July 1957 … Continue reading →

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Welcome To The Sears World Of Sound! Let’s Install A Dashmate! (197X)

Posted on 07/27/2012 by chris

I think they left out Phase Six: smoke grass.  Jesus my car stereo really started fukkin up y’day.  The CD player (which is an enormous, inscrutable six-disc changer built into the dashboard) started spewing out nothing but insane digital hash.  … Continue reading →

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Add Vibrato (?) To Any Tube Amp! (1962)

Posted on 07/26/2012 by chris

Download a short article from 1962 by one F.H. Calvert on the subject of adding a vibrato circuit to any vacuum-tube audio amplifier: DOWNLOAD: Vibrato Above, the schematics.  These are not plans for a stand-alone device: rather this circuit (the … Continue reading →

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Best Shirt

Posted on 07/25/2012 by chris

Circa 1977: Pioneer Electronics promo T-Shirt.  From an era when audio consumer audio electronics were expensive, rarefied, and had actual parts inside of them (via is-there-even-anything-inside-this-ipod-?).

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Absurd And Brilliant 1980s Consumer Electronics Commercials

Posted on 07/24/2012 by chris

If you’ve been reading this website for a while, you’ll know that I post a lot of old print adverts and catalogs featuring 1920′s – 1980′s audio equipment.  I collect this sort of paper and I have 1000s of pieces … Continue reading →

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Yard Sale Speaker’s Spotter’s Guide: 4: AR and Klipsch

Posted on 07/24/2012 by chris

Today: the last in our series on better-quality readily available vintage hifi speakers.  Above, AR’s AR-3A, AR-2AX, AR-6, AR-7, AR-5, AR-8, AR-4XA, and the model XB turntable. Above: Klipsch Cornwall, Heresy, Belle, and the mighty Klipschhorn.

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Yard Sale Speakers Spotter’s Guide: 3: Dynaco

Posted on 07/23/2012 by chris

Above, the Dynaco line-up circa 1974: A10, A-25, A-35, and A-50 speaker systems; Stereo 120, Stereo 50, and Stereo 400 amps, PAT-4 Preamp, FM-5 and AF-6 tuners, SCA-80Q integrated amp.  Dynaco components were offered pre-assembled (and badged as Dynaco), and … Continue reading →

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