Jed
Well-known member
Hi all,
So I picked up one of the aforementioned microphones off of craigslist tonight and it has a noticeable 60 cycle hum. I got it for cheap, and it looks like the body has taken a couple of decent whacks from a drumstick. Caveat emptor I suppose. I've pretty much given up even trying to audition gear at other people's houses. Who can hear anything over the computer *and* the refrigerator running in the same room?
Anyway, my meter shows good continuity between the xlr ground and the mic body.
Upon opening it up, this is what I encountered:
Could that be my problem?
Here are the rest of the guts:
Anything else pop out at you?
I know folks have modded these quite a bit, but my searching didn’t really turn up anything on hum with regard to this mic.
Insights and the combined wisdom of this board would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
Jed
So I picked up one of the aforementioned microphones off of craigslist tonight and it has a noticeable 60 cycle hum. I got it for cheap, and it looks like the body has taken a couple of decent whacks from a drumstick. Caveat emptor I suppose. I've pretty much given up even trying to audition gear at other people's houses. Who can hear anything over the computer *and* the refrigerator running in the same room?
Anyway, my meter shows good continuity between the xlr ground and the mic body.
Upon opening it up, this is what I encountered:
Could that be my problem?
Here are the rest of the guts:
Anything else pop out at you?
I know folks have modded these quite a bit, but my searching didn’t really turn up anything on hum with regard to this mic.
Insights and the combined wisdom of this board would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
Jed