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Antique Audio Collection Most people collect something. I, without realizing it, started collecting antique audio gear. Of course some of these weren't considered antiques when I acquired them. They were just old. This Wollensak reel to reel machine is about 40 years old and works well. I got this from the music department at Ozark Christian College, Joplin, MO when I was a junior.
This Norelco Stereo Continental was my dad's first recorder. It still works, with a little coaching. My earliest memory as a child was singing "Jesus Loves Me" into the microphone and watching the reel spin. This is now my machine (I have a second one just like it.) Dad bought it new in 1957.
This Wollensak T-1500 was my first working recorder. My uncle Virgil (himself a sound tech) gave it to me when I was in High School. It (like all other Wollensak machines I've worked with) likes to slip the tape up and out of the slot for the heads. So it seldom gets turned on. The amplifier (10 watts) works great.
While in college, I came across this classic Ampex 601 mono, full track machine. It came from a Christian radio station at Ozark Christian College, here in Joplin Missouri. Further investigation has divulged that the class of 1956 raise the money and purchased this machine for the college radio club. It was used to record a weekly radio show produced by the club and a special choir assembled for the broadcast.
The Zenith Allegro all in one stereo is very cool. I was fortunate to get this machine from a pile of gear set beside the road in Carterville, Missouri. It was free! I had to add a power cord and a stylus for the Shure phono cartrige. It sounds wonderful (discrete circuits) and has a fantastic FM tuner. I have it set up in my workout room. The eight track player/recorder no longer works, but that's okay. It still has aux inputs on the rear, so I can use my portable disc player quite easily.
The Garrard Laboratory series turntable is a prize. I picked this one up in high school. It still has an intact celluloid dust cover. Speeds include 16, 33 1/3, 45, and 78. Now I have a 7 micro stylus on the Shure cartridge to play 78 records (usually to transfer to CD.)
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