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Where do you find all those old tubes?

When folks learn that I build and service vacuum-tube based audio equipment, some of the first questions they ask are:…

14 years ago

Scully 280 tape machines. Not Preserved.

Scully was one of the main US makers of professional multi-track tape machines through the 1970s.  Scully was based in…

14 years ago

Premier 88: ready to go.

After probably 14 hours of work and $200 of parts, my Premier 88 is working 100%. As I described in…

14 years ago

Weekend Update With(out) Dennis Miller

Damn that dude was funny.  Heard he became/was-always a major reactionary.  Anyhow, PS was not updated this weekend because...  this…

14 years ago

ICON: Marshall Amplification

What greater visual icon for the mythic virility and power of the circa-1970 Rock-Star than the "Marshall Stack?" (web source)…

14 years ago

DESIGN ICON: MXR audio effects in the 1970s

MXR Innovations began making their first product, the Phase 90 phase-shift pedal, in the early 1970s. (web source) Phase-shift is…

14 years ago

Hammond Times Promotional Magazine 1953

Hammond Times was published by the Hammond Organ Company from around 1938 through at least 1962 (the last issue that…

14 years ago

Cuttin’ Records: RCA Recording Filter and Cutting-Arm Assembly

Most days in the studio end with me making WAV or MP3 files of scratch mixes or final masters.  I…

14 years ago

MJ Audio Technology Magazine

In a previous post, I discussed the late great American magazine Audio, published between 1947 and 2000.  Audio combined equipment…

14 years ago

Audio + Design Scamp Outboard Modules

Audio + Design (Also known as Audio & Design, or Audio and Design, or Audio Design Recording- hf. ADR) is…

14 years ago