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Posted by jason heatly May 04, 2018 - 12:21 am
i have been buying all the Rca mono, Dynagroove, Rca red dog stereo/mono, and other classical labels i can get my hands on as well Vox, Angel blue mono stereo and westminister 50 and 60s its a very rewarding listening expeirence. Great Article!

Posted by Robert (NJ) May 30, 2017 - 09:54 pm
PS - Who are pressing these vinyl records nowadays? I'm sure they aren't coming out of the old RCA Victor record plant in Rockaway, NJ nor the old Command/Grand Award Record Company in Newark, NJ!

Posted by Robert (NJ) May 30, 2017 - 09:51 pm
Hi Steve. There is a definite resurgence of vinyl records occurring here in the tri-state area. The Barnes & Noble stores are stocking hundreds of 12" LP's, at very fancy prices! I don't remember my copy of "Rumours" (Fleetwood Mac) costing me $30.I must admit, it caused a special feeling walking thru the store and browsing through the record racks again. What next, 8-Track tape revival??? LOL!

Posted by Robert (NJ) October 02, 2016 - 09:58 am
Thanks for sharing your Sarnoff experience. I did see the facility where the chips are manufactured. Also, while Ampex is credited with inventing VTR's, they could not record in color, only monochrome. They had to get RCA Labs to figure out how to do it, as your comments explain. Great place...I hope to go there again. Best regards.

Posted by Steve L. October 02, 2016 - 05:14 pm
Hi Robert, Thanks for sharing the story about your tour of the original RCA Laboratories. In the 1990's, I was honored to be given a consulting contract from there to do part of an analog IC design. This had to do with video noise reduction in a VCR. The facility was called Sarnoff Laboratories then and had a storied past. I flew up there for a meeting and enjoyed a brief tour of the place where the U.S. color television system was invented. They had a stunning collection of prototype video camera tubes, picture tubes and other memorabilia. In addition to his pioneering work in electroacoustics, Dr. Olson led a team to crack the problem of color television tape recording. That resulted in the first broadcast of recorded color television signals in 1956. It was quite a thrill to be working with those folks. Thank you for bringing to light, RCA Laboratories and the rest of the story.

Posted by Robert (NJ) October 01, 2016 - 06:48 pm
Thanks for the reply Steve. I recently (July) had the opportunity of a lifetime when I was given a brief(1-hour) tour of the original RCA Laboratories in Princeton, NJ by a senior research scientist that has been there since 1985, just before RCA was acquired by GE. I was afforded the chance to see Harry Olson's anechoic chamber, which is no longer used as such. Since the facility does much Defense Dept. contract work, there were many areas that were restricted, but what I did see gave me a great satisfaction. I felt tremendous awe while walking the halls where so many monumental discoveries in electronics were made between 1942- 1986. The facility is now called SRI International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Stanford University of California. It is still an amazing place where amazing things are being discovered and built. Best wishes.


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