Pro Audio hardware of the early 1950s

13 years ago

The General Electric (GE) BA-5-A Limiter Continuing our review of the first two years of AUDIO magazine, today we will…

Studio Microphones of 1955

13 years ago

The Altec 639, 633, 670A, 660, 671A, 632C, M-20, and M-11 microphones From the pages of AUDIO magazine in 1954/55:…

Magnecord Complete Line Catalog Circa 1953

13 years ago

From the personal archive of John Boyers, founding partner of Magnecord INC, we present the complete circa 1953 Magnecord INC…

Studio Microphones of 1954

13 years ago

AKG D36 advert from 1954 Continuing our survey of AUDIO magazine's early years: over the next couple of weeks we…

Vintage Marshall Archive Material Part 2: 1974

13 years ago

Download the complete sixteen-page 1974 Marshall Amplification catalog: DOWNLOAD: Marshall_1974_Cat Products covered, with text, specs, and photos, include: Marshall 1959,…

British Broadcast Tape Recorder Circa 1935: The Marconi-Stille

13 years ago

The development of magnetic tape recording is generally credited to German scientists.  It is their Magnetophone that provided the inspiration…

Magnecord, INC, company history from John Boyers, Founding Partner

13 years ago

D. Boyers, son of Magnecord, INC founding engineer John Boyers, has once again presented Preservation Sound with an incredible collection…

Audio Engineering Magazine Pt 6: audio equipment

13 years ago

The earliest advertisement for the Magnecorder tape machine that I have seen. BTW get ready for a large collection of…

Western Electric in the late 40s: Audio Engineering Mag pt. 5

13 years ago

The Western Electric 755A speaker In a previous post, we looked at some early Western Electric cinema-sound equipment and the…

Audio Engineering Magazine Pt 4: Schematics

13 years ago

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