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The Elcaset

The Elcaset

by Stewart Adam | Jun 8, 2022 | Analog Tape Transfer, Audio Archiving, Equipment, History, tape Baking, The Elcaset

The Elcaset was a short-lived consumer audio format created by Sony, Panasonic, and Teac and debuted in 1976. It was based on the RCA tape cartridge, which had been produced 20 years before. In 1976, it was thought that the compact cassette would never be able to...
Half Inch 8-track reel-to-reel transfers to WAV files.

Half Inch 8-track reel-to-reel transfers to WAV files.

by Stewart Adam | Nov 25, 2021 | 8-track tape transfer, Audio Archiving, Audio Restoration, Equipment, Music, reel-to-reel transfer

Half Inch 8-track reel-to-reel transfers to WAV files. Creative Audio Works audio tape transfer service can transfer ½” analog eight-track reel-to-reel tape with or without DBX noise reduction to hi-resolution (96k/24bit) digital audio files. We use a custom head...
Mullard – The Blackburn Vacuum Tubes Factory

Mullard – The Blackburn Vacuum Tubes Factory

by Stewart Adam | Jan 26, 2021 | Equipment, History, Studio History

This great documentary about the manufacturing of thermionic valves was made by Mullard at the Blackburn factory in Great Britain. The plant was closed in the early ’80s due to the decrease in demand for this kind of device. The story begins in 1919 with the collapse...
There was a time when the only portable music for your car was an AM radio.

There was a time when the only portable music for your car was an AM radio.

by Stewart Adam | Mar 8, 2013 | Equipment, History

Just because you’re driving in your car, it doesn’t mean that you can’t take your hi-fi music with you. Here’s a Chrysler innovation: a phonograph for your car. In 1956 Chrysler teamed with CBS to create the “Highway Hi-Fi”  an...
The Marconi-Stille magnetic recorder-reproducer.

The Marconi-Stille magnetic recorder-reproducer.

by Stewart Adam | Oct 18, 2012 | Equipment, History, Studio History

On Christmas Day 1932, the British Broadcasting Corporation first used a tape recorder for their broadcasts. The device used was a Marconi-Stille recorder, a giant tape machine that used steel razor tape 3mm wide and 0.08mm thick. It was necessary to run the tape at...
1932 New Phonograph Record Plays Half Hour Music Program

1932 New Phonograph Record Plays Half Hour Music Program

by Stewart Adam | Aug 6, 2012 | Audio Archiving, Audio Restoration, Equipment, History, Music

The phonograph, long overshadowed by the radio, now promises to come back into popularity, thanks to the development of an improved type of phonograph record recently introduced. Capable of running for a full half-hour, the new long-playing record reproduces entire...
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