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Magnecord, INC, company history from John Boyers, Founding Partner

D. Boyers, son of Magnecord, INC founding engineer John Boyers, has once again presented Preservation Sound with an incredible collection of rare documents from this seminal pro audio manufacturer.  (click here to read the previous installment)

Over the next few weeks I will work on getting all the material online.  To start things off, here’s a written history of the Magnecord organization as related by J. Boyers in 1980.  Boyers discussed the company’s early products leading up to the introduction of the PT-6 tape machine and the PT-63 binaural (aka Stereo) tape machine.  Fascinating to learn how much trial and error was involved in these pioneering efforts.  Enjoy –

Click the link below to READ ON….

To hear a PT-6 circa 1950 tape machine in-use, check out this and this

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