Anybody know this mic?

I got this old mic from my onkel before he died. It had been put away but I digged it out for a little time ago.

Anybody knows something about this? The only facts I have is that it is B&O and from Denmark. Its normaly been used with a taperecorder.

http://www.mentol.dk/diy/mic/mic1.jpg
http://www.mentol.dk/diy/mic/mic2.jpg
http://www.mentol.dk/diy/mic/mic3.jpg
http://www.mentol.dk/diy/mic/mic4.jpg
http://www.mentol.dk/diy/mic/mic5.jpg
http://www.mentol.dk/diy/mic/mic6.jpg

Best regards
Soeren

Spiderman???

shhhh. god damn...

You are a lucky man!

I think that is a Bang and Olufsen BM6 Ribbon Microphone.

These are rare, delicate and worth a fair bit of money.

Look here:

http://www.beoworld.co.uk/microphones1.htm

The BM6 is half of a BM5 which is what I have.

"BM6 was a pressure-gradient ribbon microphone with full-frequency range, perfect figure-eight directional characteristic and a 3-position switch for speech, music and off. It had an international standard plug (DIN) and 150-ohm impedance - the internationally-accepted impedance for dynamic microphones in recording studios. Adding the BM7 microphone converted the BM6 into the BM5 mono/stereo microphone which could be use for stereo recordings according to the MS or AB method as desired."

Be careful with it since it is a ribbon microphone.

You will notice that the modern day R*oyer ribbon microphones are cosmetically built in the same way. Very nice!

Do you have a cable for it? You should plug it in and give it a shot. You don't need to use the step-up transformer which was for using with tape recorders.

Don't ever blow into it!

Let us know how you get on with it.

Roddy

congrats!!
I think you have a B&O bm ribbon microphone. I have the stereo version and love it. your set seems pretty complete. Hope the ribbon survived through the years. be gentle to this one as it's a delicate affair. this microphone doesn't have a high sensibility so it needs a high gain, high input impedance preamp...
best wishes
Maxime


look at this:

www.beoworld.co.uk/microphones2.htm

Great....

I love to hear that I finally found something that can be a use in the studio... :grin:

After a little seach I found this pics.

As I can see the + must be 1 and - is 3 and ground on 2 on the right connecter??

WOW in the realm of microphone lucky ... you hit the jackpot!!!! :thumb:
this is a VERY nice ribbon mic ... (definitely one of the top 3 in the world)

Are you brave enough to show the inside of this lil sweety?
OF course i am dying to see the inside .. but .. i will completely understand if you just want to treat her gently and enjoy her asthetic and sonic beauty...

congratulations... this would make anyone both happy for you and jealous at the same time .. haha ...

Only a R*oyster hehe would top this ... you lucky dog you ... haha :wink:
later
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