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Old 09-12-2005, 06:52 PM
swanson
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I'm not sure about the RCA building,I guess you are thinking about NBC
television studios at Rockerfeller Plaza.Since I work for CBS I can tell you
that back in '54 they used modified RCA CT-100's as color monitors.Then
they stepped up to 21" Conrac roundie monitors that used the 21AXP22
crt.In the 60's they started using rectangular crt Conracs which were a
hybrid design.I have one of these in my collection and even though it is a
hybrid,it is still a monster with 2 6080's as pass elements in the power supply.
CBS in their infinite wisdom threw all that stuff out during the 1980's,
including hundreds of Mcintosh and Marantz tube hi-fi,fairchild compressors,
Neumann U77 and RCA ribbon microphones,and other things that if I mention
I will make myself sick.I started working there in 2003.They also had alot
of stuff over in the transmitter room at the Empire State Building,But it was
cleaned out and the contents dumpsterized after the 9/11 attacks.CBS
started using Sony and Ikegami monitors in the 80's and have stayed with
those brands ever since.
Regards,
Swanson
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