Technical

Fkkng magnets. How do they work?

I had often heard of primitive 'field-coil' speakers, but it was not until i was confronted with a pair of…

14 years ago

some recent pieces

Last week was busy in the shop. This is a 2-watt per-channel stereo power amp built for our friends K&D. …

14 years ago

Service Call

Why do some of us (audio enthusiasts, recording engineers, musicians) choose to use old vacuum tube equipment?  The reasons vary…

14 years ago

TECH: antique theater equipment

It’s a sign of real accomplishment for an artist to have a monograph of their work published.  I would imagine…

14 years ago

The Limits of Control

How much control over their audio do music-listeners want and need? At the very least, we can agree that they…

14 years ago

TECH: RCA BE-100

The BE-100 is a plug-in equalizer module that was made for use with the RCA BC-100 mixing console.  I have…

14 years ago

Recycled Champs

one of the most famous electric instrument amplifiers of all time is the tweed-covered Champ amplifier made by Fender in…

14 years ago

Hey it’s one of those old horn speakers

Along the lines of the ‘Carbon Mic’ (see earlier post) are these early horn speakers.   They are visual icons that…

14 years ago

ICON: “gimme one of those real old mics…” :::UPDATED:::

When you are creating a set for a musical performance, nothing says ‘old school’ and 'authentic' like one of those…

14 years ago