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Shour. It’s Your Sound.

I wrote briefly about Cairo Egypt in an earlier post. As usually happens on our vacations, I try to seek out whatever regional audio-oddities I can.  Cairo did not offer much in this regard, but I managed to find a few items of interest. Most of what I came across was public-address equipment and rudimentary […]

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The Field-Coil Guitar Amplifier

(web source) The year is 1946.  You are a man of the world.  Bold and sophisticated.  A true musical connoisseur. (Web Source) In your stately home you use music to relax and to entertain.  Your Magnavox Regency 155 combination Radio/Phonograph, with state-of-the-art dual 12″ speakers,  serves you well for many decades.  After many long and […]

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Hey it’s one of those old horn speakers

Along the lines of the ‘Carbon Mic’ (see earlier post) are these early horn speakers.   They are visual icons that have become separated from their actual sonic function due to the fact that they do not interface with any other audio equipment that any normal living person would own.  But don’t those things look great?  […]