Rare Tony Schwartz Interview/Profile From “Better Listening Through Hi-Fi” July 1957

12 years ago

Tony Schwartz is a towering figure in the worlds of audio production, advertising, and media studies.  I recently came across…

Welcome To The Sears World Of Sound! Let’s Install A Dashmate! (197X)

12 years ago

I think they left out Phase Six: smoke grass.  Jesus my car stereo really started fukkin up y'day.  The CD…

Add Vibrato (?) To Any Tube Amp! (1962)

12 years ago

Download a short article from 1962 by one F.H. Calvert on the subject of adding a vibrato circuit to any…

Best Shirt

12 years ago

Circa 1977: Pioneer Electronics promo T-Shirt.  From an era when audio consumer audio electronics were expensive, rarefied, and had actual…

Absurd And Brilliant 1980s Consumer Electronics Commercials

12 years ago

If you've been reading this website for a while, you'll know that I post a lot of old print adverts…

Yard Sale Speaker’s Spotter’s Guide: 4: AR and Klipsch

12 years ago

Today: the last in our series on better-quality readily available vintage hifi speakers.  Above, AR's AR-3A, AR-2AX, AR-6, AR-7, AR-5,…

Yard Sale Speakers Spotter’s Guide: 3: Dynaco

12 years ago

Above, the Dynaco line-up circa 1974: A10, A-25, A-35, and A-50 speaker systems; Stereo 120, Stereo 50, and Stereo 400…

Yard-Sale Speaker Spotter’s Guide: 2: KLH

12 years ago

Today: part two of our series on the higher-end of widely available vintage hifi speakers: KLH.  Despite their very generic,…

Yard-Sale Speaker Spotter’s Guide: 1: JBL

12 years ago

JBLs 'in-the-studio.'  Seriously tho you wouldn't want to use these in an actual recording studio these days, trust me I've…

An opinon piece that laments the ‘good old days’ of old-school music production (1958)

12 years ago

Download a four-page article from "High Fidelity Music at Home" (yes this was the title of an ancient magazine...) circa…