Download the 24pp 1939 Webster-Chicago Sound Systems catalog (in two parts due to size) DOWNLOAD PART 1: WebsterChic_1939_1 DOWNLOAD PART…
Many of my regular readers will be familiar with the Shure Level-Loc. For those unfamiliar, the basics: the Level-Loc is…
When you think of 'early electronic instruments,' what period comes to mind? European tape music of the 1950s? Academic electronic…
Today: some excerpts from a piece by C.W. Vadersen as published in the AES journal. It's a good thing to…
Above: the live room and control room of Capitol A, Los Angeles, circa late 1950's. Capitol Records Studio A, New…
Wow what a titan Bill Putnam was. Not only did the man create some of the greatest audio equipment ever…
The Pultec range of 1961: the Pultec EQP-1S program equalizer, EQH-2 program equalizer, HLF-3C high and low pass filter set,…
Above: Schoeps mics circa 1961. Schoeps have a deserved reputation as being the most high-fidelity of any widely-available microphones. The…
Above: the Electrovoice 643 super-directional microphone of 1961. The 643 was apparently developed by the same engineer who created the…
Above: the Neumann U-67 is announced. The U67 was the 'bridge' between the earlier U47 and the soon-to-be-ubiquitous U-87. Like…