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Pioneer Elite – Fisher – Advent – Cerwin Vega – End of an Ear
End of an Ear Records in Austin has a new location at 4304 Clawson Road, just off Ben White between Radio and Casino South Side. Same stellar selection of records, tapes, CDs, DVDs, drums, gear, accessories, etc. – with expanded dedicated stereo room and great parking. The Holidays are now! Stop in today! ~L
Blumenstein Audio
Ephemeral Soundscapes: “Attention Shoppers…”
Mark Davis: OK, I have to admit this this is a strange collection. In the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, I worked for Kmart behind the service desk and the store played specific pre-recorded cassettes issued by corporate. This was background music, or perhaps you could call it elevator music. Anyways, I saved these tapes from the trash during this period and this video shows you my extensive, odd collection.
Until around 1992, the cassettes were rotated monthly. Then, they were replaced weekly. Finally sometime around 1993, satellite programming was intoduced which eliminated the need for these tapes altogether.
Otari – Bang & Olufsen – JBL – Yamaha – Kenwood
I have a sort of step-uncle in Florida who is an engineer for a big TV news station. The newsroom is constantly upgrading to the latest technologies and whenever the old gear gets cycled out or otherwise discarded, my uncle likes to bring it home for tinkering. Some of the stuff that gets thrown away is amazing. In his garage, he has a bunch of salvaged broadcast-grade videotape machines and a library of cartridges of shows like The Three Stooges that were tossed when everything went digital. There are rack-mounted preamps and processors, reel-to-reel decks, mixers, monitors – all sorts of weird, obsolete, pro-format analog gear he has just pulled out of the dumpster over the years. And the stories are as awesome as the toys.
Here are the JBL studio monitors that went in the trash because the surrounds were bad. There’s also some strange tape decks and a couple of Uncle G’s personal turntables – a garage sale Beogram and the Kenwood he bought new in the mid-70’s that doesn’t have a scratch on it. Of course, there’s an awesome 60’s and 70’s LP collection to go with it. Always a blast to visit!
National Panasonic RS-715US
The RS-714US, National-Panasonic (Technics) 3-motor deck introduced in the early 70’s. Auto reverse, HPF ferrite heads, super fast winding speeds.
Track System: 4-tr; 2-ch (REC/PB)
Tape Speed cm/s.: 9.5; 19 cm/s.
Tape Speed ips: 3-3/4; 7-1/2 ips
Motors: 3
Wow and Flutter 7-1/2 ips: 19 cm/s : 53 dB (A weighted)
Available.
Parasound C/DC-1500 CD Changer-Transport
Been getting into the audiophile CD players lately. Heavy-built ones with digital outs for external DAC’s. Like this one. Picked up the Parasound C/DC-1500 Compact Disc Changer-Transport yesterday. Rack-mountable, heavy-duty power switch – a solid piece of gear and sounds incredible. Dig. (Photos: US Audio Mart)
Design Acoustics D-6
Pleased to to have a beautiful pair of Design Acoustics D-6’s join the Revolution. A contemporary of the D-12 “dodecahedron” loudspeaker, the D-6 was introduced in 1973 with a unique design featuring a forward facing midrange driver, 5 multidirectional tweets (4 Peerless, 1 phenolic ring) and a rear-facing 10″ woofer. The sonic results are astounding. Technical specifications include: Frequency response: 45 Hz – 15000 Hz +/- 2 dB; Efficiency: 90 dB/1 meter/watt; Drivers: 1 x 10″ Woofer, 1 x 5″ Mid, 5 x 2.5″ Tweeters; Weight: 38 lbs; Crossover frequencies: 800 Hz, 2000 Hz.
photo: canuckaudiomart.com
A 1973 review from High Fidelity magazine: 
Excellent condition and now available. Please contact RevolutionSounds@outlook.com for pricing and arrangements.
Thank you. ~L
Joe Grado (1925–2015)
Custom JBL 250ti
JBL 250ti with LE14C woofers, restored drivers, custom black name badges and roadcase black Duratex® finish. 400W, 4.3 feet tall, 150 lbs. each.
JBL 250ti with LE14C woofers, restored drivers, custom black name badges and roadcase black Duratex® finish. 400W, 4.3 feet tall, 150 lbs. each.
Revolution Sounds 