Re: WMBR and stereo (was Re: WHIL/WWEL)

[SteveOrdinetz <steveord@xtdl.com>]

At 12:29 PM 11/25/98 +0000, Dan Strassberg wrote:
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>I think the undergrads who designed and built the (then carrier-current)
>WRPI studio facilities over the summer of 1953--between my freshman and
>sophomore years--were way ahead of everybody. The home-brew console was
>stereo. And as soon as the first stereo tone arms became available they
>hooked one up. 


I didn't even know stereo records existed that early...didn't think they
came along until '57 or so.

Speaking of weird tone arms...I've seen lots of pictures of studios from
the 60s where the turntables had 2 arms, one in the "normal" place, and the
other mounted on the "wrong" side of the turntable.  Anybody know what
these backwards arms were for?

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