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The Fairchild Model 540 Mic Preamp/ variable EQ/ Cutterhead amp c. 1945

UPDATE: THIS HAS BEEN SOLD.  IT IS GONE.  I HAVE NO FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT IT. Extraordinarily rare, way ahead-of-its-time Fairchild…

10 years ago

Magnecord History: The Book: circa 1950

Magnecord, along with Ampex, was one of the first manufacturers of professional 15ips hi-fidelity tape machines in the world.  While…

10 years ago

Rare Tony Schwartz Interview/Profile From “Better Listening Through Hi-Fi” July 1957

Tony Schwartz is a towering figure in the worlds of audio production, advertising, and media studies.  I recently came across…

12 years ago

Tape!

I have an upcoming session with an artist who wants to keep the album all live, very raw.  I am…

13 years ago

Magnecord Tape Machines used for early stereo experimentation

Above: an unpublished photo from the collection of David Hall, courtesy T. Fine. T. Fine: "Bert Whyte was an early…

13 years ago

UPDATED: The Very Early Magnecord SD-1 Wire Recorder

Courtesy of PS dot com reader H. Layer come these images of his Magnecord SD-1 wire recorder.  Magnecord ran a…

13 years ago

Magnecord PT6 c.1950 used in contemporary music production

It never ceases to amaze me how many people navigate to this website as a result of searching for Magnecord…

13 years ago

Magnecord Tape Machine from Film Sound Studio circa 1955

Trolling eBay today in the wake of 'tropical storm' irene...   came across this very serious-looking gentleman at-work with a pretty…

13 years ago

Magnecord Historical Archive Material Part VI

Today we'll wrap up our series of original-source documents pertaining to Magnecord corporation, one of the pioneers of high-fidelity recording.…

13 years ago

Magnecord Historical Archive Material: Part V

Continuing the thread from yesterday's post: here are the 1952 issues of Magnecord, INC.  Click on the link to download…

13 years ago