carbon mics

Double Button Carbon Mic Interface/Power supply

So you bought a Lifetime Model six (or some other ancient double-button carbon mic) on eBay; how the hell do…

11 years ago

Another Carbon Mic Power Supply

Here is a one-of-a-kind unit using a re-purposed Thordarson transformer.  IT works great, and the vintage Shurite (made in New…

11 years ago

Diggin

Picked up a few interesting pieces today.  Above, an Altec 660B microphone circa 1958.  I already had a 660A (same…

12 years ago

The Mics of ’42

Download a four-page catalog scan of the microphones of offer from Allied Radio in 1942: DOWNLOAD: Mics_Of_1942 Models covered, with…

13 years ago

Broadcast Microphones of the early 1920s

Download a four-page article from the Summer 1987 issue of "The Antique Radio Gazette" which details the development of early…

13 years ago