Fig. 1: The dead Optimod supply. When the switching power supply used in Gary Morgan’s Optimod 8200 (Fig. 1) died, the OEM replacement would have cost around $600. He sought to find another solution.

Orban’s first audio processor for FM radio broadcasting, the Optimod 8000, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. To commemorate the milestone, the manufacturer will have a still-operational, ...

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Orban/CRL has introduced the Optimod 6300-DAB to the digital broadcast and pro audio markets. The 6300 is a high-quality, multipurpose stereo audio processor for digital radio, digital television, ...

The co-inventor of the original Orban Optimod FM audio processor and founder of Modulation Sciences, who once served as Chief Engineer for RKO Radio-owned WXLO-FM (99X) in New York in the 1970s, has ...

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