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‘We Shape Our Tools, And Thereafter Our Tools Shape Us’: MM

(Image Source) As I wrote on day 1, the goal of this website is to investigate "the potential (of sound-altering…

13 years ago

Carvin Co. electric guitars of 1978

Continuing our series on Carvin Musical Instruments of the 1970s:  the complete Carvin electric guitar line-up of 1978.  Download a…

13 years ago

Music at Home 1973

Dave Brubeck, his sons Darius, Chris, and Danny, and friends Mark Morgenstern, Perry Robinson, and Gerry Mulligan make music at…

13 years ago

Better Living Through Auto-Reverse

Well alright...  Cheryl from the Madison office is finally coming over to the condo for dinner.  I think she said…

13 years ago

Heathkit Rock-Band Hardware c. 1969

Download a five-page scan of the various guitar amps, guitars, effects, and other Rock-combo-flotsam available from Heathkit in 1969: DOWNLOAD:…

13 years ago

Radio Show: Live 6.13.11: WPKN 89.5 FM

Thanks to Steve DiCostanzo and WPKN 89.5 FM in Bridgeport CT for inviting me on-air for two hours last night…

13 years ago

The Pilot ‘Pilotrol’ Hi Fi Preamp of the early 1950s

Pilot was one of the classic NYC Golden-Age Hi-Fi makers (see here for earlier coverage on PS dot com).  Although…

13 years ago

Hi-Fi in Mexico 1955

A two page article from AUDIO magazine circa 1955.  Consider this article in comparison to "Japan Goes Hi Fi."  How…

13 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…

13 years ago

Ham Radio, Vernacular Graphics, and Silent Keys

(image source) Have you ever been driving around and noticed one of these huge metal antennae towers erected beside a…

13 years ago