RADIOPHONIC MUSEUM

This blog is a living celebration of just some of the innovative contributions that the BBC has made to the history of sound reproduction; and consequently the broadcast and music recording industries as we now know them. Representing just the tip of the invention iceberg as far as the BBC is concerned, this collection of ‘vintage' audio equipment from a bygone age has been rescued and restored to working use for recording, mixing and mastering today; primarily because it sounds so good, exceptional even, and was of course, built to last... Some of the exhibits described here date as far back as World War II, but still remain at the pinnacle of British audio engineering achievement in terms of character and sonic quality (though this was born out of practical necessity in the field and on the wireless rather than the application of some subjective aesthetic or dark art).