Gateway to the home pages of
Roger
Russell
Author,
Artist, Engineer, Inventor, Photographer, Collector, and formerly
Director of Acoustic Research
at McIntosh Laboratory, Inc. and the originator of
McIntosh Loudspeakers
On the
web since 1995
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McIntosh Related Sites |
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Tempe, AZ. Has all kinds of books, tubes and other parts for old radios and amplifiers. |
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Vestal, NY. Services and sells McIntosh, including the older tube equipment. Buys, Sells, Trades and Repairs High End Audio Equipment. Can replace deteriorated surrounds for woofers and mids. |
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A list of over 5000 reviews from old issues of High Fidelity, Audio and Stereo Review magazines for all brands of equipment. Copies of each review are available. |
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Concord, TN. Restorations, Detailing, Lab Services, Pre-Owned Stereo Components, Cabinets and Faceplates, Specializing in McIntosh. |
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Wauwatosa, WI. Rebuilds all makes of transformers. Your old McIntosh output or power transformer can be restored when replacements are no longer available. |
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Interesting comparison between two companies that made 6L6 tube amplifiers. Jefferson was in 1936 and McIntosh was in 1949. |
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Speaker Related Sites |
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A history of column designs that eventually lead to the creation of my unique wide-range column system. |
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It all sounds the same provided the resistance is low enough. |
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My latest page is a combination of humor and hard to find truth in the audio world. |
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Information on speakers and electronics. Request a catalog for lots of speaker books, software, etc. |
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Sound exposure and measurement, hearing loss, hearing protection, hearing aids and update for schools. |
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If you're looking for speaker system parts or kits, check this out. |
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Useful information on speakers and speaker building. Definitely worth the visit. |
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United Speaker Systems made speakers for McIntosh in the beginning. They also made speakers for Fisher. |
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A history and my experience with this loudspeaker plus links. |
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A slightly odd company with a questionable speaker and even stranger performance. |
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Personal Information |
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I lived in Binghamton, NY for 25 years as Director of Acoustic Research at McIntosh Laboratory Inc. doing what I like best-- creating better sound. I initiated the loudspeaker line at McIntosh, developed many new concepts, received several patents and wrote several magazine articles. |
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Earlier, I was a senior engineer at the Sonotone Corporation, in Elmsford, NY. I designed several compact speaker systems and a wide variety of microphones. Includes a detailed description of the history and products. |
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I graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. with a degree in Electrical Engineering. |
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I have been a member of the Audio Engineering Society since the early 1960's until my retirement. |
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I have been a member of the International Society for General Semantics since the mid 1960's until my retirement. |
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Includes my paintings, crafts, photography, cameras and darkroom. Contains many pictures. |
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Magazine articles I have written about speakers, electronics, clocks and even an attic railway |
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Other Pages That I Have Created |
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A history of the Norma Pencil Corporation and a list of the many different pens and pencils they made. Colored leads are for sale in the 1.1 mm (0.047") size. |
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Information about the company and the pencil products they made. The Classic pencils ,leads and erasers are for sale. |
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My personal voyage into the world of science fiction. |
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Lightning facts and effects in Central Florida. |
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Reference for gold origins, uses and karat ratings. |
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A history of the Jefferson Electric Company including many mystery clocks and other products. Lots of pictures and text. |
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A history of the Mastercrafters Clock and Radio Company. Includes pictures and descriptions of some of their clocks including animated and a mystery clock. |
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A major Chicago competitor to Jefferson that made similar mystery clocks and also animated clocks. |
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Mystery clock page includes Etalage, Etalage Reclame, Sonic Industries Inc., Monitor Equipment Corp. MagiClock, Boots Boy and Rex Cole. |
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Includes very early and late clocks from companies other than those already listed. |
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Also known as projection clocks. A history of these interesting clocks from 1909 to present. |
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Learn about the exciting new
stereo loudspeaker system |
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About This Site |
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More text and pictures will be added to these pages as my research continues. Any comments, corrections, or additions are welcome. |
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