As this Group name includes the letters 'DIY' in title I would have thought many of the participants who have found their way here here might have been first attracted to the 'Do It Yourself' aspect of this Group title?
I have bought a dozen or so 'cheap' Chinese 34mm LDCs - of various descriptions - over the last couple of years, and have found them all good value for money (The most I have paid for any one capsule is around £30).
They are most certainly different from each other - sometimes even those that are presented as the same device!
And they respond differently when fitted to various types of circuitry -- The same capsule sounds quite different when it has 3 or 4 Volts of RF applied to it, as opposed to 60 or 70 Volts of DC polarisation.
I have enjoyed experimenting on the true hobby 'Do It Yourself' tradition, and have discovered - as I feel sure many others have - that you don't need to spend a lot of money to create a very reasonable quality LDC microphone?
Perhaps more folk should trust in their own abilities, and buy a selection of cheap capsules rather than spend significant money on some 'boutique' capsule or kit that may well be simply be based on the 'selection' of cheap Chinese parts by someone who claims to be an 'expert'?
Cheaper - and more fun? - to simply 'dive in' with some cheap parts, and trust your
own ears!
You'll quickly discover that not all the claims of excellence in hobby mic kits are necessarily true!
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