GordoGibbo wrote:Hey Neumann Sennheiser, are you suggesting that looks like the actual console you used at CFRW? The braille tags would not have been common and I assumed the current owner might have added them. But does it look like the very same board to you?
Gord
Most unlikely that this was the VERY board from CFRW, There were a lot of these particular McCurdy consoles at stations all over the U.S. and Canada but, then again, you never know. It certainly looks exactly the same.
What I meant by "braille" was, that the way the console face was designed (completely vertical), one had to cast one's eyes downward from the microphone or copy or liner card to see where the pot was set or what button to push next or even just to read the VU meter. The console was at belly to lower chest level you understand.
The CHUM model was, for me, far more user friendly as everything was more compact and racked-out in front of you on an ergonomically pleasing angle. The later, larger McCurdy boards with sliders instead of knob pots favored that design choice as well.