111^th AES Convention
Friday

  The AES had a special booth that many of you wanted to be covered. Specifically, "When Vinyl Ruled" was a room with many dedicated professionals who freely donated their time and efforts into the remembrance of vinyl and audio's past.

Neumann Mastering console specifically
made for vinyl cutting (1978)

Neumann VMS70 cutting lathe capable
of 16 2/3, 22.5,45, 33.3, and 45.

SX 74 cutter head System

Thorens TD124 turntable

Studer Master Recorder A80 VU MK. IV

Various parts on a display with a
white paper on Recommended Wiring and Grounding Scheme

Scully 280 B (without motion sensing).

McIntosh MC 75 monoblock amplifiers

Note, quite a bit of the vinyl mastering gear was generously provided by many people including Disc Cutting Systems www.cutterhead.com. This ends our special photographic tour of "When Vinyl Ruled".

Tascam $8,999 32x8x8 digital
mixing console capable of 24-bit/96kHz.

Audio Control's latest measuring system.

Horn fans unite as at the TAD booth are many products including this over seven foot high beast. TAD, part of Pioneer (competition to Fostex). TSC3415 ($8,995) is comprised of four 15" TL-1603 LF woofers, one TD-4002Z compression mid and a TD-4002Z for high frequency duties. Frequency response is claimed as 35Hz to 20kHz with about 105db/w/m average sensitivity. With a power handling of 1,200 watts total a guess of around 130dB full output.

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