I am a hands on kind of guy, who is more of a finder of lost recording arts. I look for kewel vintage sounds. Here is a page, which I just started today, where I am using very crude eqpipment, to get a 30s vintage sound.
http://members.tripod.com/edison_1/edisonphonographworksrecentaudioexperiments/
http://members.tripod.com/edison_1/edisonphonographworksrecentaudioexperiments/