Photo credits

All 28 photographs on Capstan are published under free licences or are in the public domain, and were found through Wikimedia Commons and Openverse. None was taken for this site.

Subject	Used on	Photographer, source and licence
Meter bridge of a recording console	Home page	author not named, Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0.
Revox B77 open-reel tape recorder	Reel-to-reel and cassette to digital, Home page	touhotus, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
Tape heads of a Panasonic RS-856 deck	Reel-to-reel and cassette to digital	tony_duell, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
Cassette player connected to a digital recorder	Reel-to-reel and cassette to digital	cogdogblog, Flickr via Openverse, CC0 1.0.
Box of home-recorded cassettes	Digitising a home music archive	Asim Bijarani, Flickr via Openverse, CC BY 2.0.
Tape reel on an open-reel recorder	Digitising a home music archive	Image Catalog, Flickr via Openverse, CC0 1.0.
DAT cassette beside a Compact Cassette	Getting audio off DAT tapes	Inpriva, Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0.
Sony TCD-D100 portable DAT recorder	Getting audio off DAT tapes	Pittigrilli, Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0.
Sony MDS-JE530 MiniDisc deck with the cover removed	MiniDisc to digital	deepsonic, Flickr via Openverse, CC BY 2.0.
MiniDisc, UMD and Compact Cassette compared	MiniDisc to digital	Pete, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
Blumlein pair of two figure-of-eight microphones	Point-source stereo recording	The Midnite Wolf, Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0.
Home-made ORTF-style microphone bracket	Point-source stereo recording	Klankbeeld, Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0.
Electrolytic capacitors on a circuit board	What fails in vintage hi-fi	Giovanna 27, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.
Failed electrolytic capacitor	What fails in vintage hi-fi	Mercado Viagens from Brasil, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
Old K50-6 electrolytic capacitors	Questions and answers	Retired electrician, Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0.
Small-signal vacuum tubes	Vacuum tubes in hi-fi	ronybc.com, Flickr via Openverse, CC0 1.0.
Small stereo tube amplifier	Vacuum tubes in hi-fi	Neruru, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
RCA radio schematic from a 1928 service manual	Service manuals and schematics	RCA, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
Electronics flea market, Silicon Valley	Buying used vintage hi-fi, Home page	leighklotz, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
Marantz 2235 stereo receiver	Buying used vintage hi-fi	Daniel Christensen, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0.
Studer B67 professional tape recorder	Buying a reel-to-reel deck, Home page	Robert Taylor from Stirling, ON, Canada, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
Badly worn tape head	Buying a reel-to-reel deck	Retired electrician, Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0.
Table of vintage electronics at a flea market	Tracking down rare components, Home page	leighklotz, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
A pair of standalone VU meters	Tracking down rare components	Retired electrician, Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0.
Small loudspeakers and subwoofer	Good hi-fi on a tiny budget, Home page	Jordanhill School D&T Dept, Flickr via Openverse, CC BY 2.0.
Class-D stereo amplifier board	Good hi-fi on a tiny budget	Retired electrician, Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0.
Nakamichi 550 portable cassette recorder	The makers behind classic hi-fi, Home page	Alex Noble (edited by Pittigrilli), Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0.
Revox B77, B760 and B750 system	The makers behind classic hi-fi	touhotus (edited by Pittigrilli), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.

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