DOWNLOAD: BoyntonStudio_0980
I’d actually never heard of this company until I came across a bunch of these old fliers. They are apparently still ‘in-the-game,’ albeit as dealers of new gear only. You can see their site here. Anyhow, I thought I would offer this scan as a (potentially) interesting look back at how pro audio gear valuation has changed over the years – because I, like many engineers, still use a lot of this same kit today. The fact that there is so much used gear in the flier makes it even more interesting. Also: you could still get a new EV 667 in 1980 ??? I would not have imagined…
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I have an EV DL-42 cardiline I bought off the "Bay" really cheap. And in the station junk heap I found a pair of the CL-42 cardilines that were in need of severe cleaning
(the foam windscreens had rotted) but once cleaned work and sound fine. I'll probably use these on sports this fall.
Boynton prices were always the outer limits of optimism for used gear. I guess some people paid the published prices, but my bet is that the high-ticket stuff always got negotiated down, or didn't get sold.
We were on their mailing list when I was a kid. I remember thinking, I can never deliver enough papers to build a studio in the basement! Then I discovered the 4-track cassette recorders, fixed up an old Ampex 4x2 mixer, borrowed some mics from school, and a studio was born.
-- Tom Fine
My Father got these flyers around 1965-1968 when he had a recording studio back then. I was about 13 years old. He had 2 Ampex 351s, Gates mixer, Fisher spring reverb, Record cutting machine. He went Nashville to get his stuff. Don't think he bought much of anything on it.