Photos of Vintage Audio Equipment

Amplifiers, playback machines, recorders, microphones and other devices from earlier periods.

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    Memorex amplifier (ca. 1940s)
    • Date: 1940
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    Ampex 401-A (ca. 1953; notable because the capstan and pinch roller was located on the left-hand side)
    • Date: 1953
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    Ampex 3200 duplicator (ca. 1950s)
    • Date: 1950
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    Wireway wire recorder (ca. 1940s; possibly created for home use)
    • Date: 1940
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    Array of microphones for professional use
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    Nagra T recorder and playback machine (ca. 1980s)
    • Date: 1980
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    Array of microphones, many for use in radio station studios
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    Rare Phonolamp (ca. 1920s; produced by the Electric Phonograph Company of New York City; played 78rpm records in the middle of its central column)
    • Date: 1920
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    Ampex "slave" utilized with an Ampex 300 (not pictured) (Ca. 1950s; for recording)
    • Date: 1950
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    Mohawk Midgetape 300 recorder (ca. late 1950s or early 1960s; records onto magnetic cartridge tape)
    • Date: 1955
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    Memovox recorder (ca. early 1940s; created for military use; records on cellulose)
    • Date: 1940
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    Kodels Nagra 3 (ca. 1960s; reel-to-reel recorder and playback; this machine originally belonged to Carl Fleischhauer)
    • Date: 1960
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    Ampex 440(c) (ca. 1974; used for recording and playback)
    • Date: 1974
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    Webster Electronic "Ekotape" (c. 1949; tape recorder)
    • Date: 1949
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    Magnetone KB-303 by Brush Development Company (ca. 1940s; records onto wire; three-hour capacity)
    • Date: 1940
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    Peirce Model "265" (ca. late 1940s; wire recorder; records onto magnetic wire cartridge)
    • Date: 1945
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    Cary Audio Tube Amplifier with 300B audio tubes (ca. late 1970s)
    • Date: 1970