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Italo!

Stumbled upon this today while researching a bizarre 60s electric that fell into our lap (see my TUMBLR for deets)…

11 years ago

The Fairchild F-22 Condenser Mic c.1965 (aka the Syncron AU7A)

     Alright so this is a little confusing...  Above is an advert for the Fairchild F-22 microphone, as published…

11 years ago

Fairchild Is First! (1964)

Above: the Fairchild model 673, 663, 662, 661, 668, 664, 665 Modules and 668 power amp.  Wow was this kit…

11 years ago

RCA BCM-1A Auxiliary Console c.1953

Earlier this year we ran a piece regarding the c. 1952 RCA BC-2 broadcast console.  T.F. has also provided us…

11 years ago

Scully kit of the early 1960s

How are y'all doing today...  long-time readers will know that there is a lot of Scully material on this site...…

11 years ago

Read my review of the AKG D12 VR and 451 ’65th Anniv.’ Mics at ProductionHUB

I recently reviewed the new (-ish) AKG "65th anniversary" model 451 and the very interesting D12 'VR' model for our…

11 years ago

Angry eBay Listing Of The Week

"This microphone is described as "in working condition" as there are no United States Standards for vintage microphones.  To use…

11 years ago

This is an insane deal

I just received three units of the above - depicted 'weatherproof case' (10.6" (L) x 9.8" (W) x 4.9" (H))…

11 years ago

1965: Early Wireless Microphones

Download a 3pp article from B.E , 1965, on the subject of wireless microphones used for broadcast reporting.  Author is…

11 years ago

Exactly WHAT do all those tubes do?

Several things, actually.  Check out this great c. 1943 promo film produced by Westinghouse.  Thanks to TW for alerting us…

11 years ago