The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

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"What's the general consensus on these?" I know the amps well. They use a pair of 6146's in the output. RCA Victor was one of Holzer's big customers in the late 60's, most of their cutting rooms had these systems. However, there were so many problems with the cutting systems that RCA got their Princ...

I was not aware that JVC had a cutting room in New York. Their cutting room in Hollywood was in what used to be the RCA building on the corner of Sunset and Ivar. The lathe was a Neumann, the console was JVC's own. As mentioned, the head bears resemblance to an Ortofon. The Victor people claimed it ...

When Motown was dismantling their studio on Romaine in Hollywood in the mid 80's, there was one, possibly two, McIntosh MI-200 power amplifiers in what appeared to be a cutting rack, out in the parking lot, waiting for the trash pickup. I regret not rescuing the amps. Not conclusive but I suspect th...