Telefunken TK67D capsule in my chinese mic?!

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kingkorg

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Wow, i knew Telefunken does all sorts of stuff, but i wasn't expecting them to share capsule with my SM pro MC03 donor for next project :)

I was to sell stock capsule from my MC03 today as it was lacking bass, and a buyer asked me if i know the source or manufacturer. Shocked to find out just minutes ago it is the same capsule that goes into Telefunken Copperhead (a half of it), one version of AR51 and AK47!

A while ago i sold a capsule from Apex 460 and it was the same thing!

Quick look at Recording Hacks, and they kinda confirm this.

Looking at frequency response from all of these Telefunken mics i wasn't surprised i was lacking bass, even after some HPF caps removed. Here is my capsule:
 

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