Comments on: The Fairchild Model 605 Stereo Tube Phono Preamp c. 1959 https://www.preservationsound.com/the-fairchild-model-605-stereo-tube-phono-preamp-c-1959/ information and ideas about audio history Wed, 25 Mar 2015 19:38:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: bafflegab https://www.preservationsound.com/the-fairchild-model-605-stereo-tube-phono-preamp-c-1959/#comment-306480 Wed, 25 Mar 2015 19:38:18 +0000 http://www.preservationsound.com/?p=8323#comment-306480 Fairchild stuff was well engineered but I would not blindly copy any old design today if you want a serious phono pre.

]]> By: bafflegab https://www.preservationsound.com/the-fairchild-model-605-stereo-tube-phono-preamp-c-1959/#comment-306479 Wed, 25 Mar 2015 19:37:29 +0000 http://www.preservationsound.com/?p=8323#comment-306479 In reply to Tom Fine.

Are those langevins the ones that were WE 124 or 91 clones? If so they are probably worth a fortune………

]]> By: Alex https://www.preservationsound.com/the-fairchild-model-605-stereo-tube-phono-preamp-c-1959/#comment-301857 Wed, 04 Mar 2015 18:03:22 +0000 http://www.preservationsound.com/?p=8323#comment-301857 I have to agree with Tom – I understand about Instagram, but its just another style of endless image-stream.

]]> By: Tom Fine https://www.preservationsound.com/the-fairchild-model-605-stereo-tube-phono-preamp-c-1959/#comment-301686 Tue, 03 Mar 2015 20:03:01 +0000 http://www.preservationsound.com/?p=8323#comment-301686 Hi Chris: I much prefer detailed blog posts to eye-candy one-liners on Instagram.

This Fairchild preamp can probably be adjusted for RIAA, an earlier EQ of a builder’s choice and flat (no EQ loop), for someone who wants to do the EQ digitally (see Gary Galo’s research published in the ARSC Journal before thinking that digital EQ is a great solution).

By the way, you had a recent Instagram photo of an Ampex 351 in a Lang rollaround self-contained editing cabinet. Dozens of these ended up in the dumpster when CBS Radio threw them out. Tip to readers — if you ever see one of these for sale cheap and in decent shape, buy it. It’s a vintage parts trove. The speaker is a Jensen full-range (they may have also used Altecs). And it’s powered by a Langevin 10W tube amp.

– Tom Fine

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