Playback of recordings:
- Studer A80 VU MK IV for analog 1/4" and 1/2" tapes (mono, two, three and four track formats) (Dolby SR and A decoding available)--custom modified electronics, freshly overhauled mechanics
- Sony DMR-4000 and BVU-800 for PCM 1630 recordings
- Sony PCM R-500 for DAT recordings
- Sony PCM 800 for DA-88 recordings
- Sony XA777ES for compact discs
- Tascam CD-200 for compact discs
- Sony TC-K615S for audio cassette
- Pioneer DV-09 for DVD disc
- Pioneer CLD-D604 for CD and LaserDisc
- Revox B-790 direct drive LP turntable (33.33/45 RPM)
- Dual 800 turntable (33/45/78 RPM)
- TEAC A6010 stereo tape deck for 1/4 track format (from the collection of Billy May)
- TEAC 6010GSL stereo tape deck for 1/4 track format (from the collection of Billy May)
Analog and digital processing:
- Avalon 2044 Opto-Compressor
- Avalon 2055 Equalizer
- AKG BX-10/II stereo analog reverb
- JVC DS-LC900 Digital Audio Parametric Controller
- Lavry Engineering LE 4496 with two MAD 824 A-D converters and one MDA 824 D-A converter
- 2 x Metric Halo ULN8 MK IV (eight channels each of mic pre, A-D, D-A, and aux sends) up through 192KHz/24 bit
- Audio Engineering Associates TMP-01 ribbon microphone preamplifier
Monitoring:
- Dunlavy SC VI (main stereo pair)
- Dunlavy SC IV (surround pair)
- Dunlavy SM I (surround center channel)
- M&K MX-5000 (surround sub)
- Hafler 9505 power amps (run in mono, 700+ watts each channel)
- Analysis Plus Silver Apex interconnects (Metric Halo D/A to amps; close proximity)
- Analysis Plus Silver Apex speaker cables (amps to speakers)
Lead Computer workstation:
- Apple Mac Studio with M1 Max CPU, 64GB RAM, OS 14.7.1
- Digital audio stored internally on 4TB SSD, securely backed up nightly by Time Machine and Backblaze
- Optical media created on an OWC Mercury Pro 16x Blu-Ray/DVD-R/CD-R drive, USB 3.0 interface
- Steinberg WaveLab Pro 12/SpectraLayers Pro 11, Izotope RX11
- Many, many plug-ins by Izotope, Celemony, Kilohearts, Metric Halo, Sonnox, Acon Digital, NUGEN, Voxengo, etc. etc.
We also have on hand many guitar amplifiers, speakers, shakers and percussion, microphones, a zither, a mandolin, the keyboards, acoustic guitars, various ethnic drums, rotary telephones, huge vacuum tubes, and even a Victrola.