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Magnecord, along with Ampex, was one of the first manufacturers of professional 15ips hi-fidelity tape machines in the world. While not remembered as clearly as their rival, Magnecord built a tremendous number of machines, and many of them have survived to this day. We have two at Gold Coast Recorders and after minimal repairs they […]
There is a lot of Magnecord material on PS dot com… I didn’t plan it, it just kinda happened. Which is the story of my life in general. For better and for worse. I was at the flea mkt a coupla years ago and I found a pair of Magnecord PT6s, complete and in nice […]
If you’ve been following this website for some time, you’ll know that I’ve written a lot about the Magnecord Company and its products, especially the iconic PT6 (of which I own, and still use, two restored examples). On PS dot com you can find many things Magnecord, from original catalogs to factory photos, company correspondence, […]
Thanks to H. Layer: A never-before-available Magnecord, INC factory-film circ 1955 (???) is now available on YouTube. These are the people that built the machines that powered broadcast tape-recording on the 1950s. Click here to see the video on YouTube Loads more Magnecord INC history and related information on PS dot com… just click here!
Above: an unpublished photo from the collection of David Hall, courtesy T. Fine. T. Fine: “Bert Whyte was an early Magnecorder dealer located on Long Island NY. He was also an early enthusiast for making 2-channel staggered-head binaural recordings. Whyte was a friend of Bob Fine, the engineer responsible for the Mercury Living Presence single-mic […]
Courtesy of PS dot com reader H. Layer come these images of his Magnecord SD-1 wire recorder. Magnecord ran a respectable second to Ampex in the development and proliferation of professional audio-tape recorders in the Unites States in the 1940s and 1950s. You can find a tremendous amount of information regarding the various Magnecord tape […]
It never ceases to amaze me how many people navigate to this website as a result of searching for Magnecord tape-machine information. Until I bought a pair of PT6 machines last year, I had no awareness of them; since then, I am continually discovering more and more evidence of the role that Magnecord played in […]
Trolling eBay today in the wake of ‘tropical storm’ irene… came across this very serious-looking gentleman at-work with a pretty serious film-sound (dubbing? editing) setup crica 1955. Most of the equipment in this picture is on sale right now on eBay; follow this link.
Today we’ll wrap up our series of original-source documents pertaining to Magnecord corporation, one of the pioneers of high-fidelity recording. Click each link below to download the corresponding issue of ‘Magnecord INC,’ the company’s in-house publication. Magnecord_INC_jan1953 Magnecord_INC_Nov1953 Magnecord_INC_Sept1953 Magnecord_INC_July1954 Magnecord_INC_may1954 As I noted earlier in this series, these documents are fascinating because they reveal […]
Continuing the thread from yesterday’s post: here are the 1952 issues of Magnecord, INC. Click on the link to download each issue. Magnecord_INC_Jan1952 Magnecord_INC_Mar1952 Magnecord_INC_May1952 Magnecord_Inc_Nov1952 Magnecord_INC_sept1952