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Diggin

Posted on 06/24/2012 by chris

Picked up a few interesting pieces today.  Above, an Altec 660B microphone circa 1958.  I already had a 660A (same thing, but fixed impedance) but this was too good a deal to pass up.  Altec marketed these as ‘broadcast mics’ … Continue reading →

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Power Supply/Audio Interface for Antique Carbon Microphones

Posted on 12/07/2011 by chris

One of the most widely-read articles on Preservation Sound dot com is this piece on double-button carbon mics. You know, those big old mics with all the springs that are a fixture of music-videos and recording-artist-photo-shoots but conspicuously absent from … Continue reading →

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The Mics of ’42

Posted on 11/17/2011 by chris

Download a four-page catalog scan of the microphones of offer from Allied Radio in 1942: DOWNLOAD: Mics_Of_1942 Models covered, with photos, text, and some specs, include: Astatic T-3, JT-30TT, GT-3, N-30, and DN mics; Shure 708-A, 750-B, 730A Uniplex, 55c, … Continue reading →

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Broadcast Microphones of the early 1920s

Posted on 09/21/2011 by chris

Download a four-page article from the Summer 1987 issue of “The Antique Radio Gazette” which details the development of early broadcast microphones as made by the Westinghouse corporation for use in their own radio broadcast studios.  The article is written … Continue reading →

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