Where do you find all those old tubes?

13 years ago

When folks learn that I build and service vacuum-tube based audio equipment, some of the first questions they ask are:…

Scully 280 tape machines. Not Preserved.

13 years ago

Scully was one of the main US makers of professional multi-track tape machines through the 1970s.  Scully was based in…

Premier 88: ready to go.

13 years ago

After probably 14 hours of work and $200 of parts, my Premier 88 is working 100%. As I described in…

Weekend Update With(out) Dennis Miller

13 years ago

Damn that dude was funny.  Heard he became/was-always a major reactionary.  Anyhow, PS was not updated this weekend because...  this…

ICON: Marshall Amplification

13 years ago

What greater visual icon for the mythic virility and power of the circa-1970 Rock-Star than the "Marshall Stack?" (web source)…

DESIGN ICON: MXR audio effects in the 1970s

13 years ago

MXR Innovations began making their first product, the Phase 90 phase-shift pedal, in the early 1970s. (web source) Phase-shift is…

Hammond Times Promotional Magazine 1953

13 years ago

Hammond Times was published by the Hammond Organ Company from around 1938 through at least 1962 (the last issue that…

Cuttin’ Records: RCA Recording Filter and Cutting-Arm Assembly

13 years ago

Most days in the studio end with me making WAV or MP3 files of scratch mixes or final masters.  I…

MJ Audio Technology Magazine

13 years ago

In a previous post, I discussed the late great American magazine Audio, published between 1947 and 2000.  Audio combined equipment…

Audio + Design Scamp Outboard Modules

13 years ago

Audio + Design (Also known as Audio & Design, or Audio and Design, or Audio Design Recording- hf. ADR) is…