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CBS Volumax and Audimax circa 1964

CT!  CBS labs, Stamford, 1963 - 1965.   These CBS units still seem like the ugly ducklings of the vintage limiter…

11 years ago

Loft Model 440 Console on eBay

Several years ago we ran a couple of pieces about LOFT AUDIO, a 1970's era Connecticut Pro Audio manufacturer.  LOFT…

12 years ago

Scully Model 100 Sixteen-Track Tape Machine of 1971

Above: The Scully 100 is introduced: 1971.  I love these headlines...  "...turns you on...   blows your mind...."   Amazing.  Anyhow... any…

12 years ago

The CBS Tech Center, High Ridge Road, Stamford CT

Above: The CBS Technology Center, development site and testing-ground for audio hardware, as seen in 1975.  An important piece of…

12 years ago

1973: The Mark Levinson Pre Amp

No account of CT audio-history could be complete without Mark Levinson.  Above: a 1973 advert for his first product, the…

12 years ago

Neve Consoles of the 1970s

Above: Neve 8014, 8036, BCM 10, et al circa the early to mid 1970s.  Neve's US operation  was based in…

12 years ago

East Bridgeport, CT

Above: the view along Crescent ave from the intersection of Crescent and Bunnell, where a later Scully Recording Instruments Corp.…

13 years ago

The Scully 601 Vinyl Mastering Lathe circa 1960

Above: beautiful line-drawn rendition of a Scully 601 lathe.  Made right here in blighted Bridgeport CT.  Ahh Bridgeport what happened? …

13 years ago

Music at Home 1973

Dave Brubeck, his sons Darius, Chris, and Danny, and friends Mark Morgenstern, Perry Robinson, and Gerry Mulligan make music at…

13 years ago

Keys of the 70s

Strings & Things Memphis advert for keyboards circa 1977. Been looking through some mid-70s issues of "Contemporary Keyboard" (h.f. "CK")…

13 years ago