makin’ it

13 years ago

What is goin on here !? The May 1979 issue of DOWNBEAT magazine has a short article on the subject…

Ward Beck Console Preamps: History, Preservation, Listening Test

13 years ago

Tom Gruning with one of his Ward Beck 'lunchboxes' I came across Tom Gruning's work on eBay and I was…

Oddball dynamic mics of olden days

13 years ago

A quick review of some odd mics from the 'pile' that have not made it over to the studio yet. …

Magnasync Moviola URS as a guitar amp – UPDATE

13 years ago

Magnasync/Moviola was a Los-Angeles based manufacturer of film editing equipment.  They did make a few audio products designed to support…

Recent Custom-Build Stereo Amplifier (Home Use)

13 years ago

Above: a very minimal single-ended stereo amplifier with very low gain, designed to accept headphone-level input from an iPod or…

Lafayette Microphones of the 1960s

13 years ago

Do any of the Top-Quality mics in the above scan look familiar? I seem to see... an RCA BK-1A? ....a…

Complete Magnecord System on eBay

13 years ago

For all the PS dot com readers who have inquired about the Magnecord tube reel-to-reel machines that I have discussed…

Vintage Moogs in Deutscher Sprache

13 years ago

From the PS dot com archive/pile:  Download nine pages of German-language Mini Moog and Moog Sonic-Six catalogs from 1974. DOWNLOAD:…

Book Report: The Ultimate HiFi & Listening Rooms

13 years ago

Wow would you take a look at that pile. Been thinking about Japan a lot lately; it's impossible not to,…

Musician Magazine 1976 -1999

13 years ago

What if I told you that there was a music magazine which featured writers including rock-lit luminaries Lester Bangs and…