[sdiy] DIY for Microphones

[sleepy_dog at gmx.de]

not only capsule and amp can make a difference.
That one guy, Michael Joly, made modding cheap microphones to improve 
performance his job. He started with the "sound coffin" oktava MK219, 
hence the name "oktavamod", although I think the name has changed by now.
Back then (2003 ?) he had some freely available info on modding some of 
the Oktava mics also in numerous forum posts, I forgot the site where 
that was on.
I thus modded the MK219 once, mechanically, and it did improve clarity 
(e.g. protective mesh mods, removal of plastic resonator discs for 
(doing away with) high-end hyping etc).
He had/has some nice comparison recordings on his site, e.g. modded 
Oktava or MXL vs. vintage Neumann, which might surprize some :-)

- Steve


Dave Magnuson wrote:
>
> Very nice find.
>
> I was given one of the cheap BM-800 microphones he mentions on his 
> site.   Might be fun to throw $150 at it and see what kind of 
> difference a capsule and new preamp will make.
>
> Dave M
>
> *From:*Synth-diy [mailto:synth-diy-bounces at synth-diy.org] *On Behalf 
> Of *Terry Shultz
> *Sent:* Friday, November 17, 2017 11:17 AM
> *To:* synth-diy mailing list
> *Cc:* Brad Stewart
> *Subject:* [sdiy] DIY for Microphones
>
> Hi All, A bit off topic but quite cool.
>
> https://microphone-parts.com
>
> regards,
>
> Terry
>
>
>
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