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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?  I think I might take a drive over to “62 walter st” today and see what’s there now… 

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Neumann AM32B Lathe: 1961

Although Scully seems to have dominated the US lathe market in the 1950s and 1960s, every time I have personally attended an LP mastering session (maybe a dozen times), I have seen a Neumann used.   Any of you LP mastering folk prefer Scully brand to Neumann these days?