Wayback machine stuff to keep you smiling

by **rick** » Wed May 15, 2013 11:38 pm

So I have this ridiculous collection of old things i cannot throw out ..
I figured lets share the junk around .. until i get bored and at whatever speed i can be bothered
I present for your entertainment and comments...

a world before the internet before you could go to ANY store and by pro audio .. the reps came out to you !
In fact I think this is pure time travel

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by **rick** » Wed May 15, 2013 11:44 pm

lets see how popular this thread is.. the more you lot talk.. the more you get .. well.. to a point

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by **rick** » Wed May 15, 2013 11:54 pm

Jim blackfoot .. you up for a challenge ?

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by **Chris H** » Thu May 16, 2013 12:04 am

rick wrote:lets see how popular this thread is.. the more you lot talk.. the more you get .. well.. to a point

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MCI; for little guys who want to be big!! Ha Ha !! priceless........would be an indictment to own an MCI

by **DarkSky** » Thu May 16, 2013 4:52 am

Ha, great stuff, Rick!

Love the U47fet - great mic in its own right. But it's fascinating to see the Gotham line on it from '72 (and their pitch that it sounds the same as its 'parent').

I wonder how many people believed it, even then. A few, I suppose. :-B

by **Manning** » Thu May 16, 2013 9:07 am

DarkSky wrote:Ha, great stuff, Rick!

Love the U47fet - great mic in its own right. But it's fascinating to see the Gotham line on it from '72 (and their pitch that it sounds the same as its 'parent').

I wonder how many people believed it, even then. A few, I suppose.

Not to mention the fact that apparently the valve version's time had come to an end in 1972.

by **rick** » Thu May 16, 2013 11:01 am

The boss of Gotham also has a famous printed quote
That anybody still using a tube microphone in
1973 is clearly NOT a professional engineer !

That said when I started making records both
Our u 47 tubes where hiding in the tech room
Broken and had been for many years
The 4 x u 67 had not been serviced in anybody's
Living memory and all sounded different and
Dull as dishwater .. The u 47 fets on the other hand
Got a look in every session .. Great go to mikes !
Still are IMO ..

But really We were all dreaming of a japanese sankin !
Or maybe the hallowed sound field !

The ribbons has been thrown out years / decades
early .. Who used a ribbon between 1972 and 1992
.. Nobody as best I can tell

by **Paul Maybury** » Thu May 16, 2013 2:36 pm

Ah, so it's the shape of the grill that gives a mic it's sound!!
I like how they are touting "op amps" as a selling point.
Only a few years later "transformerless" was the buzzword.
Keep em coming, Rick!

by **blackfoot** » Thu May 16, 2013 4:30 pm

We're all glad your such audio boffin hoarder. Best that only one suffers the reality & we can all benefit on the ether without the mess. I'm always interested in a refund. You think I can still get $25 grand? Who can I challenge? I want my $25 grand ! Actually the way the dollar was back then it was more like $19 k.

by **rick** » Thu May 16, 2013 4:37 pm

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Right well lets run a few oddities shall we

by **rick** » Thu May 16, 2013 4:40 pm

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Who remembers olive ...?
Didnt think so

by **blackfoot** » Thu May 16, 2013 4:42 pm

Yes please !

by **rick** » Thu May 16, 2013 4:44 pm

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Olive ?

by **blackfoot** » Thu May 16, 2013 4:47 pm

Did any of the Olive stuff actually go into production? You never see any Olive stuff second hand.

by **rick** » Thu May 16, 2013 4:47 pm

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by **Paul Maybury** » Thu May 16, 2013 4:51 pm

Those Stephens adds are hilarious. Have you seen the one where the model is dragging a 24 track down a beach?
Fantastic.
I have a few old audio mags from the 70's, surely nothing to compare with Rick's collection, but great reading.
Cheers
Paul

by **rick** » Thu May 16, 2013 4:51 pm

That feeling you are having as you look at this
Is called being irrational !

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by **rick** » Thu May 16, 2013 4:54 pm

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by **Manning** » Thu May 16, 2013 4:59 pm

Senor Squire seems to believe that only one of the Olive Series 2100 eqs was ever made, and he racked it.

http://www.proharmonic.com/archive9.htm

by **rick** » Thu May 16, 2013 5:00 pm

There are lots of olive adds over about 5- 6 years
Each getting more and more technologically
Advanced ..
But I have never ever seen any of it for sale ?

I will get to the neve stuff .. Might take a while though
Pretty sure Allison needs a look at first ..

by **Paul Maybury** » Thu May 16, 2013 5:02 pm

Ooh, there she is! I wonder if that machine was ever sold?
Imagine finding sand and false eyelashes inside your shiny/ rusty new tape machine.
What is that console on the DB mag cover? A Q8?
It seems studios were much braver with there colour schemes back then. I like it.
Cheers,
Paul

by **DarkSky** » Thu May 16, 2013 5:03 pm

Hilarious, Rick.

I'd *almost* forgotten about those "unusual" Stephens ads! /:)

by **walding** » Thu May 16, 2013 5:25 pm

rick wrote:So I have this ridiculous collection of old things i cannot throw out ..
I figured lets share the junk around .. until i get bored and at whatever speed i can be bothered
I present for your entertainment and comments...

a world before the internet before you could go to ANY store and by pro audio .. the reps came out to you !
In fact I think this is pure time travel

u47 fet.JPG

More like ugly cousin of U47.

by **rick** » Thu May 16, 2013 6:01 pm

keep talking the 47 fets down guys .. keep talking em down .. I need them back to affordable as as soon as we can

by **rick** » Thu May 16, 2013 6:38 pm

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by **rick** » Thu May 16, 2013 6:43 pm

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by **rick** » Thu May 16, 2013 6:46 pm

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by **rick** » Thu May 16, 2013 6:49 pm

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by **rick** » Thu May 16, 2013 6:50 pm

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