BBC

Browse BBC vintage audio equipment in the Vintage Technology Archive.

Tape Recorders

• Studer B62 — Studer B62 — compact Swiss two-track reel-to-reel, the broadcast and studio workhorse of the 1970s. Modular, servo capstan, still running today.

Unknown

• ES-224 — Amcron (Crown) ES-224 electrostatic hybrid loudspeaker, early 1970s — not a BBC monitor. Rare pro-audio electrostatic with 22 Hz–30 kHz claim.
• S-36461 — BBC S-36461: the sole period reference identifies it as an Angel Records LP of Beethoven's Eroica, BBC Symphony Orchestra/Barbirolli. Little else is documented.

Other Models

• LS3/5A — BBC LS3/5A monitor speaker: 305mm sealed-box design, KEF B110/T27 drivers, 15Ω/11Ω versions. Iconic broadcast tool. Includes the complete spec table.
• ME-12/9 — BBC ME-12/9 peak programme meter design — the licensed reference circuit behind the PPM2, built to BS 4297 and IEC Type 2 standards.