The Western Electric 755A speaker
In a previous post, we looked at some early Western Electric cinema-sound equipment and the cult that surrounds this early kit. Here’s a series of print ads from 1948 that describe some of the last-ever pro audio offerings from Western Electric. WE was soon to be broken up by the government, and many of these products would then re-surface as Altec-branded components.
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It might be mentioned that Western Electric was the manufacturing arm of AT&T, before the Justice Department forced WE to divest themselves of their audio division which was called Westrex (Western Electric Export). As far as I know, Western Electric was the inventor and developer of the first usable loudspeaker, called by WE as a 'loud-speaking telephone.)
Ive been cleaning out a shed and found some machinery marked Western Electric ... is there anyone out there could help me identify it? I could furnish photos etc
Hi there. Sure make a tumblr and post the pics there and tell us the links. A lot of WE fans check this site; someone might be able to tell you.
Those WE amps would be a good down payment on a house today in the Asian market.
It's very important to look at current values in MJ or Stereo Sound magazines in Japan before selling any of that stuff.
I got a W 142 , 143 , 5129A and a 1126 limiter for nothing and I gave them away for 500 bucks to WALT BENDER several years ago. I didn't know what they were WORTH at the time and I needed money in a hurry. I was a damned FOOL!
Dennis Hoyer
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I want to buy WE 25B Input Console. If you have please contact me. 971-5332823
Dear Folks! I'm an old First Phone broadcast engineer and now a professional writer. I need information on a Western Electric console that came before the WE25A. It so for a history of the previous KABR Radio in Aberdeen, South Dakota, I'm writing. It was my first radio job. I wrote up the console for a term paper but it is now lost. So I would be most grateful to have info on this old console. I combed the web and found some info. But now I can't find it. From what I recall, it was used for film sound mixing. I can tell you that it had an undamped volume meter and wirewound pots. It used 76 tubes. So please email me at "wordsandmusique@gmail.com." I vague recall a "11xx" model number. But that is a guess.
By the way, thanks so very much for the info on the WE, later Altec, consoles. They are by far the best looking consoles in broadcast history. KSDN had either a WE25A or WE25B for their control room back in the 1950s when I was hooked on radio. They are the only console I know that had a built in patch bay! I believe they; used the smaller Kellogg plugs and jacks because of space limitations.
And by the way, I have several PT6 Magnecord tape machines I keep for nostalgia.
Best Regards!
Jim Stokes
wordsandmusique@gmail.com