How can we expect to believe your opinion as panman being THE one and only, with this kind of narrow view ?
You are a very disrespectful person.
Panman is the most experienced person and most successful person in the fixing D12 family of mics.
Like other people have said, Cyrano for example, I also tried all the other services available in the World for this kind of job and all of them failed.
While with Panman I'm already in my fifth very successful microphone repair.
This is a diy forum so expect people to tinker and discuss self made repairs.
You keep repeating yourself in subjects that were already discussed before.
For sure this is a DIY forum but people need to know that repariring dynamic capsules, diaphragms and coils work is not a task for the average DIYer, it’s very difficult to do and in the case of the D12 (and similar) you can damage a valuable mic for good while trying to do something that you have no experience whatsoever.
The coil wire melts easily, and the coil is easily damaged.
The diaphragm can be ripped or poked, or perforated easily also.
There’s a lot of sensitive parts in this work, so easy to destroy the capsule for good.
wouldn't it be crazy if in the gssl compressor thread people ask information how to build one, and they get told to buy from SSL because that's the only way to get it right ?
That’s complete nonsense.
The GSSL project is a relatively easy project to do.
Even if you damage any part while building it all the parts are readily available and easy to swap for a good one. There’s almost no risk involved
With a D12 capsule is far from it, damage the coil or the diaphragm and you’re gone.
GSSL - easy to do , no risk
D12 capsule repair - difficult to repair, a big risk involved
Making that ridiculous comparison and giving such public bad advice makes me really be sure that you don’t know anything that you’re talking about, if you had any experience whatsoever with the work involved in properly repair a D12 microphone you wouldn't for sure write such a comment.
For some reason this thread has started as a diy tutorial kind of thing, and degenerated into a vibe of don't even try, only this guy can do it.
You were the one that made it that way, people just advised Panman repair services, and you just started your own rant attacking him, when he was polite and could provide useful info and insights.
You could learn something here, but you decided not to and start arguments against a gentleman.
Maybe I was wrong panman is not self proclaimed guru, it's you guys that have elected him, and you want to make your limited experience universal law.
No one self proclaimed anything at all. That's your invention.
My best advice to anyone reading this thread in the present or in the future is that I highly recommend Panman services for D12 microphones repair,
and I also advise people to not trust anything you say on this matter.
I feel sorry for any person that might send you their D12 microphone
