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Highlights from the 1971 AES Convention

,,,and today, perhaps unsurprisingly: some of the new kit unveiled in 1971 at the NYC AES show, also via DB…

11 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

Bob Fine’s Recording Truck : 1951 – 1966

In a previous article, we offered a thorough treatment of Fine Recording, INC. (hf. "FRI"), the NYC recording studio that…

11 years ago

Audio Engineering Magazine Pt 6: audio equipment

The earliest advertisement for the Magnecorder tape machine that I have seen. BTW get ready for a large collection of…

13 years ago

Out-of-print-book report: Magnetic Recording (1948)

Not sure where I came across this obscure volume.  Written by one S.J. Begun, then VP and chief engineer of…

14 years ago