quick turntable question

[Robert S Chase]

Sounds like they are using exactly the same equipment they had back in 1967. 
Do they still have the dual Ampexs?  I'm trying to remember the model 
numbers, were they 250 and 350 perhaps? The second Ampex they bought in 1967 
I believe was the first to use solid state electronics.

Bet the cart machine was the same one they bought then. Do they still have 
their "new" solid state Gates board? It replaced an old Collins tube one if 
I recall. They moved that into another studio as a production board. Do they 
still have that one also?

I guess this explains why radio was such a good investment, after the 
initial cost, not much ever got replaced!

BTW, it sounds like they simply lifted the equipment out of the Engineering 
School and moved it lock stock and barrel over to the Campus Center when 
that was built. Did they also move the studio partitions with their double 
glazed sound proof windows?


> Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:36:09 -0500
> From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross.com>
>
> When I was at WMUA at UMass Amherst last year, they still had three
> turntables in the control room, as well as multiple CD players.  They
> only had one cassette deck, which at the time wasn't working.