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Altec 436C style compressor build #2

I've serviced and modified many Altec 43X-series compressors over the years, but I think this may be only the 2nd…

5 years ago

Terminal Radio 1949 Recording and High-Fidelity Catalog

Download the entire 16pp TERMINAL RADIO Recording and Hi-Fidelity Equipment catalog: DOWNLOAD: Terminal_Radio_1949_Catalog Products covered, with text, some specs, and…

8 years ago

Highlights from the 1970 AES Convention, Los Angeles, CA

above: the GRT 500 audio-tape evaluator c. 1970 Just in case you were too-young/too-hypothetical to have attended, we are pleased…

11 years ago

From the why-didn’t-i-think-of-that-first file – Great EZ hack for Octal can transformers

Via this eBay auction: a UTC A-12 mounted on a plate-retained octal plug, with the pins wired to correspond to…

11 years ago

1977

Today: a random display of offbeat bits from 1977 that caught my eye: a tiny homage to the wonder that…

11 years ago

Consoles of the 70s : part 2

Above: the Audiotronics Grandson II console circa 1975 Way back in October of 2010 I ran a short piece about…

12 years ago

Altec full-line 1976 catalog

70's months at P S DOT COM continues with a fresh scan of the complete 1976 Altec pro audio catalog,…

12 years ago

eBay Alert: Lot of very rare Capps Condensor mics plus Altec ‘lipstick’ pair ending soon

Ending very shortly on eBay: a pair of 1950s Capps Condensor mics PLUS a pair of Altec Lipsticks (no power…

12 years ago

Novel Vacuum Tube / Diode Compressor: 1950

Download a short piece from RADIO-ELECTRONICS, 1950, on the subject of a DIY audio-compressor: DOWNLOAD: DiodeCompressor1950 This promises to be…

12 years ago

Visual Culture: the late 1970’s

Today on PS dot com: a quick survey of some wonderful Hi-Fi visuals circa 1977.  Above: Fuji blank cassette media. …

12 years ago