vintage microphones

University Microphones circa 1963

Download the eleven-page University modular-microphones catalog circa 1963: DOWNLOAD: University_Microphones_1963 Models covered, with text, specs, and photos, include University model…

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Shure Unisphere Microphone

Mick and Keith on a lone Unisphere The Shure Unisphere was the predecessor to the ubiquitous SM-58.  It's basically a…

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1980 (via Music Emporium)

Download 25pp of excerpts from the 1980 'Music Emporium' mail-order catalog: synthesizers, keyboards; effects pedals; pro audio equipment: DOWNLOAD SYNTHS:Music_Emp_Keys_1980…

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Circa ’75

Download a twenty-three-page excerpt of the 1975 catalog from Music Emporium of Bethesda, Maryland (h.f. 'ME'): DOWNLOAD: Music_Emporium_1975_Catalog Products covered,…

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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…

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Bob Paquette’s Microphone Museum

From the Summer 1981 issue of "The Antique Radio Gazette" (TARG):  an early shout-out to Robert Paquette, microphone collector extraordinaire. …

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The American R331 Ribbon Microphone of 1950

A corollary to the theory that "an infinite number of monkeys typing at an infinite number of typewriters will eventually…

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Studio Microphones of 1955

The Altec 639, 633, 670A, 660, 671A, 632C, M-20, and M-11 microphones From the pages of AUDIO magazine in 1954/55:…

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Studio Microphones of 1954

AKG D36 advert from 1954 Continuing our survey of AUDIO magazine's early years: over the next couple of weeks we…

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