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Cinema Sound Circa 1953

Today: some random bits+bobs of Sound-For-Film technology of the early 1950s.  Above: the All-New JBL Theatre Sound Systems, which claim…

12 years ago

1953: What is High Fidelity?

Lee de Forest (L), the man who invented the voltage-amplifer tube, takes in the state-of-the-art in consumer audio reproduction c.…

12 years ago

Altec Theatre Equipment 1955

Download the four-page 1955 'Altec Stereophonic Sound Equipment for Theatres' brochure: DOWNLOAD:altec-vott_cat_1955 Units discussed, with text, specs, and images, include:…

12 years ago

Spring 2012

Bad Vibes is one of my favorite places to find out about new music, posting significant new tracks as well…

12 years ago

Pultec 1977 Full-Line Catalog

Download the complete twelve-page 1977 Pultec outboard audio equipment catalog: DOWNLOAD: Pultec-1977_catalog Units covered, with text, specs, and photos, include:…

12 years ago

Tape!

I have an upcoming session with an artist who wants to keep the album all live, very raw.  I am…

12 years ago

Scott Laboratory Tube Amplifiers of the early 1960s

Flipping through some circa 1960AES journals I came across this pair: The Scott 140B preamplifier and 250B fifty-watt power amp. …

12 years ago

Visual Culture

Feeling a bit of an 80s thing right now.  Jesus Christ you baby boomers.  You grew up in the 1950s,…

12 years ago

My girl is cool. She digs the old records.

A mere 10 years after Bridgeport-based Columbia Records introduced the LP record, we see evidence that record collecting was already…

12 years ago

State of the Art Sound Reinforcement c. 1961

I had a live-sound mixing job this past weekend.  The system that was hired was quite nice which made the…

12 years ago