vacuum tube hi-fi

Terminal Radio 1949 Recording and High-Fidelity Catalog

Download the entire 16pp TERMINAL RADIO Recording and Hi-Fidelity Equipment catalog: DOWNLOAD: Terminal_Radio_1949_Catalog Products covered, with text, some specs, and…

7 years ago

Stereo Audio Power Amplifier (Home Use)

Above, a recently completed piece.  It is built on one of two identical NOS cabinets that I pulled from a…

12 years ago

The Williamson Amp, part one

The original Williamson hi-fi amplifier schematic as published in "Wireless World" magazine (UK) May 1947.   The Williamson amplifier is…

12 years ago

Mystery Amp Circa 1955: Mystery Solved. Anyone have a schematic?

*UPDATE NOV 2016:  please read thru the comments section!  In all likelihood, this is in fact an original Mirko Paneyko piece,…

12 years ago

Sound From A Glass Box

This design project began with the goal of crafting an entire amplifier that echoed the form of a vacuum tube…

12 years ago

Mullard 520 Power Amplifier c.1956

Download a four-page article from "Radio & Television News" 4/1956 regarding the Mullard 520 power amp: DOWNLOAD: Mullard_520_amp American industrial…

12 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…

13 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…

13 years ago

A Few Interesting DIY Audio Projects c. 1955

Circuit for a simple bass/treble parametric equalizer that uses no inductors.  Could be  a useful piece.  Not sure if 250k/500k…

13 years ago

Audio Engineering Magazine Pt 4: Schematics

Today we'll look at some of the more interesting audio-circuit plans and schematics from the first two years of Audio…

13 years ago