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Unusual Techniques In Sound Recording (1950)

Download a four-page article from 'Radio Electronics' magazine 5/1950 entitled "Unusual Techniques In Sound Recording" (Richard H. Dorf): DOWNLOAD: Unusual_Techniques_Sound_Recording_Dorf_1950…

14 years ago

1957: A Few Bits From The End Of The Mono Age

From some 1957 issues of "Radio and TV News," an electronic-serviceman's publication, comes this collection of American Hif-Fi home audio…

15 years ago

Broadcast Microphones of the early 1920s

Download a four-page article from the Summer 1987 issue of "The Antique Radio Gazette" which details the development of early…

15 years ago

Bob Paquette’s Microphone Museum

From the Summer 1981 issue of "The Antique Radio Gazette" (TARG):  an early shout-out to Robert Paquette, microphone collector extraordinaire. …

15 years ago

RCA PA systems of the 1950s

RCA PA system heads of the 50s/60s are one of the best values in antique tube equipment.  I've bought a…

15 years ago

UDPATED (4): Presto Recording Corp: Pioneers of ‘Instant’ Analog Disc Recording

Download the fifty-page 1940 PRESTO RECORDING CORP catalog: DOWNLOAD (part 1): Presto_1940_Cat_1 DOWNLOAD (part 2):Presto_1940_cat_2 Products covered, with text, some…

15 years ago

Marantz 7 RIAA Phonograph Preamp

For my non-technical readers: a phono preamp is a device which does two basic things:  1) it equalizes the program…

15 years ago

1960: Not A Flattering Term For ‘Recording Engineer’

Four-page article from the popular press circa 1960 which claims to describe the work of a recording engineer of the…

15 years ago