Collins – Preservation Sound https://www.preservationsound.com information and ideas about audio history Thu, 31 Oct 2013 11:12:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 UPDATED: Compressor Roundup c. 1963 https://www.preservationsound.com/compressor-roundup-c-1963/ https://www.preservationsound.com/compressor-roundup-c-1963/#respond Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:49:18 +0000 http://www.preservationsound.com/?p=6392 Compressors_1963_1Today on PS dot come: a short but v v informative piece from BROADCAST ENGINEERING , July 1963, which gives specs for nearly all of the broadcast compressors that were available that year.  Models covered include: Collins 26J Auto-level, Collins 356E, Fairchild 666A, 666, and 663; Gates M-5167 Sta-Level, GE BA-9 Uni-levele, ITA AGC-1A, Langevin AM-5301 Leveline, Quindar QCA-2, and the RCA BA-25A

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UPDATE: T. Fine was so kind as to provide the entire 3-part article as a compact PDF.  click here to download it: BrdctEngnrgAudioLeveling_1963

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]]> https://www.preservationsound.com/compressor-roundup-c-1963/feed/ 0 Broadcast Compressors etc. Circa 1974 https://www.preservationsound.com/broadcast-compressors-etc-circa-1974/ https://www.preservationsound.com/broadcast-compressors-etc-circa-1974/#comments Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:07:16 +0000 http://www.preservationsound.com/?p=1621 From Collins Radio 1974 catalog #74: A round-up of broadcast compressors from Collins and CBS.  Models covered: Collins 26U-3 limiter, 26J-3 compression amplifier, CBS 4100, 4450A. and 4110, 4000A limiters; CBS 4500 dynamic presence equalizer; and CBS 710 ‘automatic loudness controller,’ which I imagine is some sort of LFKS-type limiter?

Also – a bonus – from the same era –  second-hand limiter/pre-amp price list from the same era.  RCA BA2Cs for $20?  Yes I will take 30 please.  How about a General Electric BA-5 for $75?

Big scans so… follow the link for the info…

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