I dunno, Paul. I doubt RCA would put anything except their own equipment in a photo like that. I
think the big thing on the left is a console power supply, the two small things shown sideways are
mic preamps and the other chasis is a line amp. The speaker may well be an RCA speaker rather than
Altec. The terminals are probably covered by that metal shroud on the back.
All of the Putnam modules I've seen are smaller, and the mic preamps were triangular. Gates,
Fairchild and Langevin made simular-looking modules that used metal tubes, but I can't imagine that
RCA's corporate overlords would allow non-RCA professional recording equipment to be shown. These
may well be pieces of the very console used to make the Fiedler records, shown briefly making a
Munch record in this film:
https://archive.org/details/0105_How_to_Listen_To_New_Dimensions_in_Sound_M04056_17_12_23_00
(a movie made for dealers to demonstrate Living Stereo records on new RCA home stereo systems -- the
Grand Canyon footage at the end was designed to accompany a live playing of the Groffe piece as
recorded by RCA).
I wish Chris Preston were on this list. He sell super scans of old RCA catalogs and literature on
eBay, and is expert at gear-spotting.
-- Tom Fine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Stamler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2015 2:22 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Fiedler/Boston Pops technological trivia
> On 2/20/2015 1:12 PM, Paul Stamler wrote:
>> Or, perhaps, amplifier units from a Universal Audio console.
>
> I refer there to the small modular chassis behind and slightly above Fiedler. The thing behind him
> looks like a power supply unit.
>
> Could both have been from an Ampex recorder, maybe a 200? But 'm still betting on a Bill Putnam
> (UA) console.
>
> Peace,
> Paul
>
>
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