Vintage A Studio Supply Company Microphone Personal Monitor

Vintage Studio Supply Company Microphone Personal Monitor

Condition: Excellent

RARE VINTAGE NASHVILLE STUDIO GEAR — STUDIO SUPPLY COMPANY MICROPHONE PERSONAL MONITOR

Here’s a fascinating piece of vintage professional recording history: a Studio Supply Company Microphone Personal Monitor, featuring balanced XLR microphone input and output plus a dedicated headphone jack. This is not a conventional microphone or speaker—it is a specialized inline monitoring device designed for the recording-studio environment, allowing a performer or engineer to monitor the microphone signal through headphones while keeping the balanced XLR signal moving through the recording chain. Compact, purpose-built, and unmistakably “old-school studio,” this is the kind of unusual professional audio hardware that rarely turns up today. The unit is branded Studio Supply Company, and its construction and specialized design are consistent with the professional studio equipment associated with this highly regarded Nashville company.

Studio Supply Company has an impressive place in Nashville recording history. Founded by audio engineer Dave Harrison in the early 1970s, the company became a professional recording-equipment supplier and MCI dealer and was involved in the design and outfitting of serious recording studios. Harrison's work with Studio Supply led directly to the groundbreaking MCI 400-series console, one of the earliest commercially available inline recording consoles, and he later founded Harrison Systems, whose consoles became highly respected throughout the professional recording industry. Contemporary industry sources document Studio Supply's work with major artists and producers including Willie Nelson, Mickey Gilley, Chips Moman, Paul Kennerley, and Emmylou Harris, as well as studios associated with Nashville's professional recording community.

This is a particularly exciting find for collectors of vintage studio equipment, Nashville recording history, and unusual professional audio hardware. Studio Supply was dealing in and developing equipment for serious working studios at a pivotal moment in recording technology, and this Microphone Personal Monitor is a wonderful example of the specialized tools used behind the scenes. The artist and studio references above are provided to establish the historical significance and professional pedigree of Studio Supply Company—not to suggest that this particular unit was personally used by any of those artists. Vintage equipment like this is increasingly difficult to find, especially with its original Studio Supply Company identification. A great opportunity to add an unusual piece of genuine Nashville studio history to a collection, vintage recording setup, or studio display.