But there is also a great deal of more technical/professional information. Articles on acoustics; articles on live sound; and every issue I have from the 60’s even includes schematics for building you own audio equipment.
Wiki has an in-depth piece on the origins and lifetime of this publication. The most telling facts: AUDIO was published under the name AUDIO ENGINEERING until 1954. Why the name change? Because the AES (Audio Engineering Society) began publishing it’s own journal in 1953. See my previous post on the AES journal for more information on this great publication. Anyhow, as Wiki tells us, AUDIO at this point shifted to a more consumer/hobbyist perspective. Which means that: to be an ‘audio hobbyist’ in the 50’s/60’s really did mean that you likely built audio equipment. Not simply that you were a consumer of audio equipment.
Japan still does have widely-distributed audio publications that cover both mass-produced audio products and project plans/schematics for those who will ‘do it themselves.’ I will cover some of these magazines in the near future.
Anyhow. Getting back to AUDIO. So we have a magazine that is aimed at the dude who likes to buy expensive audio kit. Also at the dude who likes to build audio equipment. But also to the audio professional! There is a wealth of advertising in these old issues which is aimed at broadcast, live-sound, and recording professionals. Here is a sampling of some of the pro-audio goods on offer in AUDIO from 1963-1966.
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Fascinating, forgotten products from Fairchild, maker of the 660/670 compressors, arguably the most fetishised piece of audio processing equipment ever made:
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I am looking for a copy of an article from Audio Magazine in about April 1962 plus or minus a couple of years. It was an April Fools article describing, as I recall, a new type of audio recording with lasers, predating the CD era. Can you be of assistance? Thanks,
Don Trueblood
I am looking for articles on 1) Weathers FM pickup system and 2) Nakamichi 500 cassette deck, and 3) Bozak speakers. Any thoughts as to whether there are any Audio articles or reviews on these topics. Thanks, Tom
I' m 7 years late with a response but this will be worth it.
You will find a lot of Audio magazines here dating up to 1999.
Some are missing, but for fans of this late magazine this is a Godsend.
http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Audio-Magazine.htm