LATEST NEWS
 
February 2010
Congratulations to the Vintage King Extended Family Recognized At The 2010 Grammy Awards
February 1, 2010
Vintage King Audio, a leading dealer of high-end new and vintage recording equipment, congratulates their clients and colleagues Armando Avila, Chris Lord-Alge, Butch Vig, Green Day, Bruce Springsteen...
January 2010
Interpol's Sam Fogarino Turns to Vintage King For His Normal Studio Needs
January 25, 2010
When he’s not on a tour bus or in New York working with Interpol, Sam Fogarino is on the other side of the console at his own facility, Normal Studio in Athens, GA with co-owner/operator and good friend Pete Dugas...
December 2009
Composer and Recording Artist John Keane Turns to Vintage King Audio
December 28, 2009
Recording artist and award winning composer John Keane recently turned to Vintage King Audio’s Jeff Leibovich on the purchase of a handful of exciting boutique gear for his Los Angeles based studio...
October 2009
Vintage King Audio Adds The Slate Pro Audio Dragon To Exclusive Product Line
October 22, 2009
Vintage King Audio added the Slate Pro Audio Dragon to its exclusive product line following the Analog Processor’s launch at the 2009 AES Convention...
The New Retro Instruments 2A3 Dual Channel Tube Program EQ
October 20, 2009
Retro Instruments, a leading audio manufacturer responsible for the critically acclaimed Retro Instruments Sta-Level Compressor as designed by Phil Moore, has selected Vintage King Audio as their United States dealer for the RETRO 2A3 Equalizer after a successful product launch at the 2009 AES Convention...
September 2009
Engineer Michael Brauer Uses Barefoot Sound MM27’s While Mixing for John Mayer
September 28, 2009
Engineer and Producer Michael Brauer has completely transitioned to mixing on the Barefoot Sound MicroMain 27 Monitors that he purchased from Vintage King Audio earlier this year...
Keith Harter Music Studios Takes a Family Approach
September 2, 2009
Keith Harter Music Studios turned to Vintage King Audio when upgrading the facility’s Studio A earlier this year. Vintage King sales engineer Darrin Fendley first connected with Harter during his search for a great vocal compressor, specifically the Retro Instruments 176...
August 2009
Billy Corgan picks up three vintage consoles
August 21, 2009
Billy Corgan turned to Vintage King sales representative Darrin Fendley for advice on outfitting his new Chicago area facility with a wide selection of top-notch vintage and new recording equipment...
Jeff Leibovich appointed as Chicago area sales rep
August 17, 2009
Vintage King Audio has appointed Jeff Leibovich as Chicago-area sales representative.  He will be working in tandem with Darrin Fendley, International Sales rep for Vintage King...
Film Composer Hans Zimmer turns to Vintage King
August 10, 2009
Vintage King’s Jeff Ehrenberg has been working closely with Film Composer Hans Zimmer and the staff at Remote Control in Santa Monica, CA adding to their ensemble of outboard gear for tracking and surround mixing...
Jeremy Harding gets some new outboard gear from Vintage King
August 1, 2009
Jeremy Harding is an engineer, producer, musician, DJ and manager whose 2 Hard recording studio (and label of the same name) has a prominent hold on the music scene in his native Kingston, Jamaica. Vintage King’s Jeff Leibovich recently worked with Jeremy Harding on a package of outboard gear...
July 2009
Nine Inch Nails gets some new outboard gear
July 31, 2009
Vintage King’s Jeff Ehrenberg has worked with Grammy Award Winning Nine Inch Nails on a handful of outboard gear sales, continuing a relationship that began nearly three years ago...
Brent Averill Enterprises proudly introduce the NEW 1272 & 1272A
July 23, 2009
Having previously manufactured a 1272 module attached to a faceplate and wire harness, we felt the time was right to build the preamps in an enclosed chassis. The benefit of this being, more real estate in which to place more features...
Joe Bean joins Vintage King Audio as Systems Consultant
July 14, 2009
Vintage King Audio is pleased to announce the addition of Joe Bean as a Systems Consultant. Joe will serve as a liaison on major systems, assisting studios, post/film, college/university recording departments, live sound and broadcast facilities select an integrated package of equipment from the company’s extensive roster of product lines...
June 2009
Stevie Wonder chooses Mytek Private Q Headphone System
June 10, 2009
Earlier this year, as legendary singer/songwriter Stevie Wonder and longtime Producer Femi Jiya were in search of a superb multi-channel headphone system, the duo consulted with Jeff Ehrenberg of Vintage King Audio...
May 2009
Vintage King Audio restores history, refurbishing Caribou Ranch Neve 8016
May 29, 2009
Vintage King Audio recently completed a full restoration on the Neve 8016 console originally part of the legendary Caribou Ranch recording studio. After a four-month refurbishment, the console was sold and delivered to Prime Studio in Austria for their control room B, an all-analog suite, officially opening today...
Larrabee Studios adds new production room centered around Solid State Logic Matrix Console
May 20, 2009
Larrabee Studios, a facility that has defined the high-end commercial recording studio for decades working with everyone from Fleetwood Mac and Prince to Dr. Dre and Sheryl Crow, is re-defining the meaning of full service by opening a production room centered on a SSL Matrix console...
Producer and engineer Rich Costey uses Barefoot Sound MM27's on critically acclaimed albums
May 15, 2009
Producer and engineer Rich Costey has purchased a pair of Barefoot Sound MM27 studio monitors from Vintage King Audio. Costey, who in addition to his work as a mixer with artists like The Mars Volta, Jurassic 5, Fiona Apple and Rage Against the Machine...

Vintage King Audio to Hold Tri-City Speaker Shootout
May 14, 2009
Vintage King Audio will hold the first of three speaker demonstrations on Wednesday, May 27th at Chicago Recording Company, Chicago, IL. The remaining demos will take place in New York City...

Install: Matchbox Recording Studio, Austin, TX
May 1, 2009
Dwight Baker, acclaimed songwriter, drummer, producer and engineer, recently consulted with Vintage King Audio on the purchase of a brand-new API 1608 32 channel console for his studio, Matchbox Recording, located in Austin, TX. Baker has worked with such acclaimed artists as Kelly Clarkson...
April 2009
Neve 1073 Giveaway Winner - Brandon Whitesell
April 20, 2009
Vintage King is pleased to announce the winner of our Neve 1073 giveaway, Brandon Whitesell of Raleigh, North Carolina...
March 2009
Vintage King Audio Consults with WNYC Radio On New Jerome L. Greene Performance Space Console Installation
March 26, 2009
On Tuesday, April 28th, WNYC Radio will open the doors of its new street-level public space, The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space. Having relocated for the first time in 85 years, the nation’s largest public radio station consulted with Vintage King Audio...
Fleet Foxes remote recording rig
March 15, 2009
Vintage King’s Ryan McGuire recently consulted with Robin Pecknold, lead singer of Fleet Foxes, on a remote recording rig for the band who will be touring throughout Spring ‘09. McGuire centered the rig around a Neve BCM10...
New 500 Series product line from Inward Connections
March 3, 2009
Vintage King Audio will add an exclusive product line of 500 series modules from Inward Connections to their expansive roster of brands, beginning with the EQP2. The versatile, fully parametric 2-band equalizer...
February 2009

Install: Windmark Recording, Virginia Beach, VA
February 26, 2009
Vintage King co-founder Michael Nehra recently consulted on a control room conversion and console installation at songwriter/producer Michael Marquart’s Windmark Recording Studio...

September 2008

Metallica go "Retro" on 'Death Magnetic'
September 30, 2008
While Metallica was recording their ninth and most recent album, Death Magnetic, Vintage King's Jeff Ehrenberg worked with the San Francisco based band on a handful of in-studio demos at Sound City Studios (of Nirvana fame) in Van Nuys, CA...

Queens of the Stone Age's Joshua Homme | Vintage SSL 4056 G
September 10, 2008
Queens of the Stone Age's, Joshua Homme recently turned to Vintage King on the acquisition of a vintage SSL 4056G 56-input mixing console...