mic preamps

DIY Tube Broadcast Console c. 1964

From BROADCAST ENGINEERING Mag, circa 1964, plans by one Robert Tiffany on the design and construction of a low-cost 'standby'…

11 years ago

EMI Redd 47 Mic Preamp build

So I was flipping through Recording The Beatles recently and I was reminded that I had yet to make one…

12 years ago

Audio Mixing Consoles circa 1959

Langevin stereo console circa 1959 Today: from the "Audio Cyclopedia," Howard Tremaine, 1959: a quick visual survey of professional mixing…

13 years ago

AWA (Amalgamated Wireless Australasia) Broadcast Equipment

Download a 24pp pdf with schematics and technical information regarding all AWA-brand vacuum-tube broadcast audio amplifiers circa 1967: DOWNLOAD: ABCstudioEquipment…

13 years ago

The BRDCSTR

Above: The BRDCSTR, a two-stage vacuum-tube microphone preamp inspired by classic 1940s broadcast audio preamps.  Single-ended design with a 6SJ7…

13 years ago

The Old ’76

My latest microphone preamp design is completed and sounding very cool... The Old '76. The Old '76 is a novel…

13 years ago

UDPATED (4): Presto Recording Corp: Pioneers of ‘Instant’ Analog Disc Recording

Download the fifty-page 1940 PRESTO RECORDING CORP catalog: DOWNLOAD (part 1): Presto_1940_Cat_1 DOWNLOAD (part 2):Presto_1940_cat_2 Products covered, with text, some…

13 years ago

RCA OP-6/BA-2 Hybrid Mic Pre Amp: Listening Test/Shootout

Alright!  So earlier this week I described the successful completion of the RCA OP-6/BA-2 microphone preamp.  Check out this previous…

13 years ago

Building an (almost) RCA OP6 Mic Preamp

(image source) The RCA OP-6 'Portable Amplifier' is one of a handful of truly visually-iconic vintage mic preamps.   The OP-6…

13 years ago

A Few Interesting DIY Audio Projects c. 1955

Circuit for a simple bass/treble parametric equalizer that uses no inductors.  Could be  a useful piece.  Not sure if 250k/500k…

13 years ago