VALVE magazine issues linked here

Doc B

Doc B

Former President For Life
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UPDATED LINKS ON 5/12/14

For many years many people have asked, cajoled, hounded and begged me to put the old issues of VALVE magazine which I started in 1994 into an archive. At long last I have pulled together the first 6 years worth of issues that were published in print.

Please note: There is not even the slightest hint of a suggestion of tech support for the material covered in these articles. This material is here for historical purposes only and I take no responsibility for what may be myriad technical errors - including my own. I was learning back then, just like you guys. It is unlikely that I will be able to spend much time answering questions so I will suggest that this forum may be used for discussion of the various articles amongst the participants.

Complete VALVE archive download

https://s3.amazonaws.com/VALVE_Archive/Complete-VALVE-Collection.zip


VALVE 1994

https://s3.amazonaws.com/VALVE_Archive/VALVE_1994.zip



VALVE 1995

https://s3.amazonaws.com/VALVE_Archive/VALVE_1995.zip



VALVE 1996

https://s3.amazonaws.com/VALVE_Archive/VALVE_1996.zip



VALVE 1997

https://s3.amazonaws.com/VALVE_Archive/VALVE_1997.zip



VALVE 1998

https://s3.amazonaws.com/VALVE_Archive/VALVE_1998.zip



VALVE 1999

https://s3.amazonaws.com/VALVE_Archive/VALVE_1999.zip


 
Hey Jim,

You are welcome, and thanks to all the folks who subscribed back in the day. Some of those guys went on to become my dearest friends and business associates (in that order). Sorry to say that an awful lot of it is scans from old printed newsletters. Apologies in advance if it is not easily read by OCR software. When we started all I could afford was a crummy hand held scanner for images, a really early generation inkjet printer and a tired photocopy machine I bought for $50. Man, it was primitive back in the 20th century! Since then I think we've gone through at least three more scanners, five or six printers and four digital cameras.
 
Dan,

I'll see what I can OCR, and the rest I can get somebody to type up for me.  Of course this won't happen overnight, but when it's done, if you want plain text versions, I'll be glad to give you copies.

-- Jim
 
Just started reading through some of the Valve articles. What an enjoyable read. Seems like you were having one hell of a good time. Really great stuff, thanks for posting it!
John Roman
 
Historical note - volume 2 number 3 describes the World Audio SE integrated amp, which for many of us was our first taste of SET sound.

Note also volume 3 number 1, with Dave Dintenfass' article on the prototype of what became the original S.E.X. amp.

Yes, we were ignorant but having a blast in those days!!!
 
I would like to add my hearty "thanks!" for the effort, Doc.  I was a subscriber to the paper version back in the day, and thoroughly enjoyed it.  So many of them have been misplaced over the years, that it is a genuine treat to have them available again!
 
These are great!  I'm trying to fill the gaps of the old ones I lost, read too much, or whatever.
Thanks Doc!

FYI - I found that the Nov and Dec 1995 issues give me a broken link message.  It seems to be consistent on both Internet Explorer and Chrome. 

Thanks again for the effort - great reading!!!

Pete
 
Thanks Doc,

I had missed the valve when it came out so when the CD of back issues came out I jumped on it and read for days beginning to end...

Doc I recall there was a volume 7 on the web site (valvediy.com) at one point with articles that ran up to 2004. Lucky I printed those. And who knows maybe there was a handful of articles after that that never got published. I think I would pay a few bucks per unpublished article downloaded right off your website.

cheers
paba
 
Never mind, some are still here:
http://web.archive.org/web/20040723101114/http://www.valvediy.com/articles.html

Articles like: 6021 Parafeed Line Stage, Leapfrog, Stop The racket, Lamont are missing...

cheers
paba
 
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