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Audio Museum May Inspire Your Next Tube Project
by Shannon Becker

Audio Museum May Inspire Your Next Tube Project

The simple one-story building, home to the Vintage Radio and Communications Museum of Connecticut, provides few clues to the immense, historical collection contained within its brick and mortar walls. The virtual time capsule is filled floor to ceiling with more …
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by Mary Wilson

AX September: Teacher and Innovator

We’d like to note the recent passing of world-renowned pro-sound innovator and longtime MIT professor Amar Bose. The sound and electrical engineer founded Bose audio company in 1964. News of his death in July, at age 83, came as this …
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by audioXpress Staff

Tribute to Ed Dell: Joseph D’Appolito

Thoughtful, Intelligent, and Humorous I spoke often with Ed. I always found him thoughtful with a wide range of interests. He was open and enthusiastic to just about any article dealing with audio. He was generous with his support for …
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by audioXpress Staff

Tribute to Ed Dell: Vance Dickason

Publisher, Innovator, and Humanitarian Back in 1984 or 1985, Gary Galo suggested to Ed that he republish the original Loudspeaker Design Cookbook (LDC), five years out of print by that time. He had to do some searching to find me, …
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by audioXpress Staff

Tribute to Ed Dell: Jan Didden

Spreading the Gospel of DIY I first contacted Ed Dell in the 1970s when I submitted, with great trepidation, an article for publication in The Audio Amateur. But Ed wasn’t the stern editor, making go/no-go decisions behind an impressive desk. …
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by audioXpress Staff

Tribute to Ed Dell: Gary Galo

Minister, Mentor, Intellectual, and Friend Like so many in the audio community, I was saddened to learn of the death of my friend and mentor Edward T. Dell, Jr., in late February, just two weeks after his 90th birthday. Ed …
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by audioXpress Staff

Tribute to Ed Dell: Chuck Hansen

Gracious, Generous, and Supportive I first got in touch with Ed Dell in 1997 to propose a preamp construction article based on the HeadRoom headphone amp module. Not only did he graciously accept an article from a perfect stranger, he …
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by audioXpress Staff

Tribute to Ed Dell: Richard Honeycutt

Furthering the Art of Fine Audio On February 25, the audio world lost a great visionary and leader, Edward T. Dell, Jr. I first became acquainted with Ed soon after I graduated from college in 1970. A longtime electronics/speaker/audio hobbyist, …
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by audioXpress Staff

Tribute to Ed Dell: Nelson Pass

Magazines Kept DIY Audio Alive Suppose you could say that if Ed Dell had not been around for the past 40 years, the audio DIY community would have had to create him. I doubt anyone else could have done better. …
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Tribute to Ed Dell
by audioXpress Staff

Tribute to Ed Dell

Edward T. Dell, Jr. 1923-2013 When Edward T. Dell, Jr., founder and former Audio Amateur publisher, passed away in February, editors at audioXpress asked themselves this question: How do you celebrate the life of a man who single-handedly did more …
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