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Thursday, May 09, 2013
Craig Leerman 05/09/13 12:28 PM,When I got serious about collecting microphones I started a list of the models I wanted, and one of the first names on the list was the D-22 from the American Microphone Company. It’s a beautiful omnidirectional microphone with two-tone coloring and a very modern unique look. American was a popular manufacturer from the 1930s and into the mid-1960s. The company was founded by Fern A. Yarbrough in Los Angeles, later relocating to Pasadena, CA, and it built mics primarily… View this story
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013
PSW Staff 02/12/13 05:58 PM,Crown Audio has announced that after 37 years of continuous production, the company is discontinuing its D Series power amplifiers. The Crown D Series became ubiquitous worldwide for its outstanding sound and reliability. It evolved from modest beginnings. “In 1977 we developed the D Series from the Crown SA20-20, a one-rack-space 20 watt per channel solid-state stereo power amp that was an accessory to the Crown tape recorders of the time,” says Gerald Stanley, director of research, Harman Professional Amplifier… View this story
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Friday, February 08, 2013
Craig Leerman 02/08/13 04:01 PM,A recent addition to my microphone collection is a Turner 44D. I looked everywhere for a clean model and finally lucked upon a mint condition unit complete with the box, cable and paperwork. I’ve always thought Turner made some of the best looking Art Deco-style microphones. While this model is a bit more modern than many of Turner’s more famous vintage mics, it’s still a beauty. Most folks know the Turner name for its line of mics designed for live… View this story
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Friday, January 11, 2013
Craig Leerman 01/11/13 04:24 PM,Ask any person on the planet to think of a vintage microphone, and the Shure Model 55 is what probably comes to mind. This iconic mic was introduced in 1939, and two models that sport the distinctive box shape are still in the Shure catalog. Pretty good for a design celebrating its 74th year! Not only is the Model 55 one of the best looking mics ever made, it also introduced a breakthrough technology in using just a single dynamic… View this story
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Paul Stark 01/11/13 02:48 PM,Editor’s Note: From the archives of the late, great Recording Engineer/Producer (RE/P) magazine, this feature is a serious look at club sound in RE/P’s Concert Sound Reinforcement supplement. The article dates back to the January/February 1974 issue. “Multi-Various” is a phrase we have invented to describe the spectrum of challenges, problems and responsibilities the sound man is continually exposed to in working to achieve the best possible audio environment in club-type establishments. The obvious grammatical redundancy of the phrase is… View this story
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Friday, December 14, 2012
Kevin Young 12/14/12 07:07 PM,Like many production professionals, Gemini Light, Sound, Video (LSV) co-owner Tim Cain started out as a musician. “This all began with the band I was in the late 70s/early 80s. We had our own PA and rented some lights, but there really wasn’t a lighting company in Dallas, so one day my brother Terry said, ‘you know what, I’m going to buy some lights and rent them out.’ It was that simple. He started in 1981. In 1983 we brought… View this story
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Sunday, November 18, 2012
Jeff MacKay 11/18/12 06:58 PM,The story of Clair Brothers starts in 1954, when a grocer decided to purchase a PA system as a Christmas gift for his two sons, Gene and Roy Clair. “He had no knowledge of electronics or anything!” exclaims Roy in referring to the extremely unusual present. “I like to think my father was ‘Clair’-voyent in choosing this as a gift.” The two brothers enjoyed using their PA to provide sound reinforcement for local dances, Easter egg hunts, and other events.… View this story
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Friday, October 12, 2012
Roland Hemming 10/12/12 06:14 PM,Living in Britain, I am in a country steeped in history. A friend of mine’s house was built before a European even “discovered” America, and we are so used to things just being old that we don’t get excited about it. U.S. writer Bill Bryson noted that there were more, older buildings in the tiny village he lived in Derbyshire than in the whole of Iowa, where he was born. But like most people, I don’t get involved with history… View this story
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Monday, September 10, 2012
Craig Leerman 09/10/12 05:09 PM,The Olson M-191 is one of the more interesting-looking microphones I’ve run across, a hybrid metal and plastic unit that has a style all it’s own. Olson Electronics may not be a familiar name. Started by Sid Olson in Akron, OH in 1961, the company grew into a large retail chain that carried a wide variety of consumer electronics, including stereos, CB radios, TV antennas, parts, tubes, batteries, and car audio equipment. Olson Electronics was sold in the late 1960s… View this story
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Dave Rat 08/22/12 02:22 PM,Back in 1974, the Grateful Dead put together what was easily the most unique, experimental and perhaps complex sound system ever configured for live sound reinforcement in that era. This system was named the “Wall of Sound” and jt was a complete divergence from conventional sound reinforcement thinking. There were two key concepts combined together resulting in a very interesting outcome: 1) Because PA systems of the day were stacked on either side of the stage and often blocked audience… View this story
Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Study Hall • Production • Audio • Concert • Education • Line Array • Loudspeaker • Sound Reinforcement • Stage • System
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