Vintage Audio Equipment
At Deja Vu Audio, we own some of the rarest vintage audio equipments.
Our collection includes Western Electric Motiograph 7505 tube amps; Western Electric 16A Horn; Western Electric 59B Mono Amplifier; Western Electric 22P Preamps; GATES Vintage Turntable; ...
Our collection includes Western Electric Motiograph 7505 tube amps; Western Electric 16A Horn; Western Electric 59B Mono Amplifier; Western Electric 22P Preamps; GATES Vintage Turntable; ...
Deja Vu Audio has moved to 8450B Tyco Road, Vienna, VA 22182.
Western Electric Motiograph 7505 tube amps
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"The Deja Vu Audio Vintage room featured a speaker system that used Western Electric
horn tweeters with 713B compression drivers. I listened to Dinah
Washington singing "Blue Gardenia"; it was a 1955 recording playing
through a horn from the 1940s. It sounded clear, and even though there
was a vintage tone to it, I'd describe the sound as high fidelity. The
amps were vintage Western Electric Motiograph 7505 tube amps, and they
absolutely looked like they were from another era. I'd like to hear that
system tackle some contemporary tracks; maybe next time."
Western Electric 16A Horn
Considered to be one of the rarest of Western Electric vintage horn. One of the few in existence. This horn is alnmost 100 years old and it's still sound great! Introduced in 1929, the W.E. 16A Horn was intended as a compact solution for a horn speaker system to be mounted behind the movie screen in the early days of "sound movie" (as opposite to "silent movie").
Excerpt from http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/western_el_theater_horn_16a.html:
"Introduced in 1929, the Western Electric 16A horn is a product of the early days of talking motion pictures. The 16A was intended as a compact solution for a horn speaker system to be mounted behind the movie screen hanging on chains. At 400 pounds and almost 3 meters wide, the idea "compact" is relative.
The WE 16A could be loaded with either two or four WE 555 field coil
compression drivers. This horn has a unique dual horn construction which
allows it to be used today for single point stereo.
The Western Electric 16-A Horn was available in two different
configurations. The Part number 6016-A Horn consists of 16-A Horn and 2
9-A Receiver Attachments (for 2-555 Receivers). Air Column Length is
approx. 12"-11". The Part number 6116-A Horn consists of 16-A Horn and 4
8-B Receiver Attachments (for 4-555 Receivers). Air Column Length is
approx. 11"-10"."
"Introduced in 1929, the Western Electric 16A horn is a product of the early days of talking motion pictures. The 16A was intended as a compact solution for a horn speaker system to be mounted behind the movie screen hanging on chains. At 400 pounds and almost 3 meters wide, the idea "compact" is relative.
Western Electric 59B Mono Amplifier
The W.E. 59B is hooked up to our custom made system. Come and listen!
Western Electric 22P Preamps
Western Electric
Company (sometimes abbreviated WE and WECo) was an American electrical
engineering company, the manufacturing arm of AT&T from 1881 to
1995. It also served as the purchasing agent for the member companies of
the Bell System. In 1929, Western Electric was also a big player in
early cinema sound systems. It created the Western Electric Universal
Base, a device by which early silent cinema projectors could be adapted
to screen sound films. It also designed a wide-audio-range horn
loudspeaker for cinemas. This was estimated to be nearly 50% efficient,
thus allowing a cinema to be filled with sound from a 3-watt amplifier.
This was an important breakthrough in 1929 because high-powered audio
valves were not generally available back then. Western Electrics’
reputation for sound management was such that in 1949 President Truman
requested that Western Electric manage a major defense laboratory,
Sandia National Labs.
GATES Vintage Turntable
From the golden era, this is a Gates CB-500 3-speed 16" table with platter.
The Gates CB-500 transcription turntable is surprisingly simple in
operation, yet over simplification has been avoided in the interest of
quality, standards of performance, and low mechanical noise.
Certain features that have proven themselves over the years have been retained, such as the shear type idler wheel, oilite bearings, heavy cast aluminium platter and chassis, monoball self-aligning bearings, self-centring idler wheel (that ensures exact tension at all times) and the direct speed shift mechanism.
New features of the CB-500 are the hub drive, the improved motor mounting (to insure low noise rumble free operation) and the rocker type mercury Off-On switch.
The result is a transcription turntable built for low noise, long rugged service and positive in operation with reduced maintenance.
Certain features that have proven themselves over the years have been retained, such as the shear type idler wheel, oilite bearings, heavy cast aluminium platter and chassis, monoball self-aligning bearings, self-centring idler wheel (that ensures exact tension at all times) and the direct speed shift mechanism.
New features of the CB-500 are the hub drive, the improved motor mounting (to insure low noise rumble free operation) and the rocker type mercury Off-On switch.
The result is a transcription turntable built for low noise, long rugged service and positive in operation with reduced maintenance.
