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RCA Mixing setup at the Hollywood Bowl arena c.1955

You gotta wonder where this thing ended up.   Consider the history that passed through these faders.

15 years ago

Pro Audio hardware of the early 1950s

The General Electric (GE) BA-5-A Limiter Continuing our review of the first two years of AUDIO magazine, today we will…

15 years ago

Studio Microphones of 1955

The Altec 639, 633, 670A, 660, 671A, 632C, M-20, and M-11 microphones From the pages of AUDIO magazine in 1954/55:…

15 years ago

Magnecord Complete Line Catalog Circa 1953

From the personal archive of John Boyers, founding partner of Magnecord INC, we present the complete circa 1953 Magnecord INC…

15 years ago

Studio Microphones of 1954

AKG D36 advert from 1954 Continuing our survey of AUDIO magazine's early years: over the next couple of weeks we…

15 years ago

Vintage Marshall Archive Material Part 2: 1974

Download the complete sixteen-page 1974 Marshall Amplification catalog: DOWNLOAD: Marshall_1974_Cat Products covered, with text, specs, and photos, include: Marshall 1959,…

15 years ago

British Broadcast Tape Recorder Circa 1935: The Marconi-Stille

The development of magnetic tape recording is generally credited to German scientists.  It is their Magnetophone that provided the inspiration…

15 years ago

Magnecord, INC, company history from John Boyers, Founding Partner

D. Boyers, son of Magnecord, INC founding engineer John Boyers, has once again presented Preservation Sound with an incredible collection…

15 years ago

Audio Engineering Magazine Pt 6: audio equipment

The earliest advertisement for the Magnecorder tape machine that I have seen. BTW get ready for a large collection of…

15 years ago

Western Electric in the late 40s: Audio Engineering Mag pt. 5

The Western Electric 755A speaker In a previous post, we looked at some early Western Electric cinema-sound equipment and the…

15 years ago