Eric's Electrical Workshop - Equipment - Professional Equipment for sale

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Click on thumbnail for full size picture Location of all items: TAMWORTH, New South Wales, Australia.
My wife Hilary and I conducted the Hadley Records Studio and national Hadley record label for 42 years from 1961 We retired and closed the studio in 2002. These are some of the remaining items of equipment for sale.
	1	One of the control room's greatest assets was our MCI Model 636 analogue mixing desk with JH600 automation which was coupled with our Otari MTR-90 tape machine and various digital recorders. The MCI was a very poplar desk throughout the world during the late 70s and 80s. If they couldn't justify the cost of Neve, or latterly, SSL, but still needed a serious mixing desk, then a large number of studios went down the MCI path! (have a close look at the mixing desk) or (have a VERY close look at the mixing desk) This desk comes with $750 worth of patch cords - extender board for easy maintenance of all modules - partially dissembled channel for spare parts including ICs - full manuals/parts lists/manufacturer's recommendations for many modifications.	SOLD
	1	The Otari MTR-90 was one of the most widely used 24 track recorders using the 2 inch tape format. (have a VERY close look at the recorder) This machine is a Mark1 .. Mod 2 .. S/N: 18006571G. It has been well looked after! Some of many features: Remote control (have a look at the remote) or (have a VERY close look at the remote) Pinch roller-less tape path, so very gentle on precious master tapes. 3 switchable global bias positions (for three different tape types.) Comes with: PCB extender boards for ease of repair/maintenance. Laboratory alignment and test tape, and full factory manuals. Quantity of 2500 ft tapes .. Ampex/Quantegy Platinum & Grand Master.	SOLD
	8	Transformerless microphone pre-amplifiers of magnificent performance. (This is not sales talk!) Based on the Valley People Trans-Amp module, these versions have been built "in house" using the recommended card layout and components. Transient response and THD specifications are excellent. Provision for phantom power .. mic/line input .. phase reversal .. overload led. (Front panel view.) The cards are plug in, so you can readily fit them to your own metal work if the present panels are not suitable. All application notes and schematics will go with any module you purchase. Click on the above underlined phrases for a look at technical details etc.	$280 each
	20	Penny and Giles 100 mm 1100 series (1120/D/M mono). These are the Rolls Royce of conductive plastic faders! Although these faders are mounted on ~~2 panels of 12 (plus spare)~~ for a mixing desk, they remained out of circuit and thus are unused. Read Spec. sheet #1 and sheet #2. They are available individually. You don't need to buy the lot! (Views of a panel)	$55 each
Same as above, except stereo	5	Penny and Giles 100 mm 1100 series (1122/D/M stereo). Read Spec. sheet #1 and sheet #2.	$75 each
	1	One of the smoothest of the vintage echo rooms was provided by an echo plate. Even though some top end digital reverbs have a good facsimile of this wonderful sound, none can truly replicate the sweet analogue reverb of this fascinating piece of equipment. This American "ECO PLATE" unit is a copy of the original European units, and is these days particularly rare. Variable reverb time is achieved by altering the distance between the metal plate and the damping bat .. simple but effective! Send and receive transducers at various places on the reverb. plate itself do the business. The picture shows the Eco-Plate "undressed" ... it is rather difficult to make a grey wooden box look like the superb echo unit it is <grin>	SOLD
	1	Neumann U67 Microphone set - Microphone serial number 1006, connecting cables (shown) and power supply. Also included is a clamp style mounting with rubber sleeve. Take a closer look at the microphone - view 1 - view 2 - view 3.	SOLD
	1	Neumann U67 Microphone set - Microphone serial number 2559, connecting cables (shown) and power supply. Also included is a clamp style mounting with rubber sleeve. Take a closer look at the microphone - view 1 - view 2 - view 3.	SOLD
	1	Marshall Time Modulator - Model 5402 - a Vintage Classic Lots of engineers know these remarkable units. It certainly was a beloved piece of gear! Here's a brief history and description of what the MTM does. The MTM is an analogue effects unit that Steve Marshall developed in the late 70's. It doesn't truly modulate time; you can't go back and buy Apple stock for $15. It does modulate and manipulate audio delay time, producing many unique and amazing effects. The input signal passes through two analogue delay lines. The delay time is adjusted by manual control, a wide range LFO circuit, or (for most effects) a combination of the two. Dry and delayed signal are combined, with feedback added to taste. This simplified description may sound quite dull, but the sounds produced by the MTM are utterly amazing. Effects include vibrato, positive flange, negative flange, cardboard tube echo, automatic double (and triple) tracking with pitch and delay dithering, resonant flange, circus vibrato, arpeggio, pitch quantizing, and many more. The MTM was used to create Darth Vader's voice in Star Wars, and was used on many hit records.	$2,300
	1 pair	A Pair of 18 Watt valve (tube) amplifiers Their original purpose was as good quality monitor speaker drivers for Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio studios and control rooms, and they were built with robust specifications that you would expect of the ABC. The valve complement is not exotic - all are available (and likely to remain so) should spares be required. Circuit diagrams go with the units. Take a closer look at the nicely built "innards" and front panel. Being rack mounted, the "under chassis" components are accessible without removing the unit, as is the screw driver level adjusting pot. Panels are removed by spring quarter turn finger operated catches. During their life with Hadley Records they were rather wasted in use as headphone drivers, although it must be said they were very effective, and the musos appreciated the clean, warm sound.	SOLD
	2	Optronics "Optro 203" Graphic Equaliser	SOLD
		SAE Impulse Noise reduction processor. This is actually an analogue processor! I used it effectively on 78rpm record restoration and click removal of individual clicks on single tracks on 1 and 2 inch multi-track master tapes. It's design purpose was as a home click remover for the high-fi enthusiast who in real time could get rid of blemishes he/she got upset about!! That made it ideal for Long Play microgroove transfers when making up compilation albums where the master tapes were not available as with many of the custom recordings I was commissioned to prepare.	$225