Almost Perfect body (Neumann tlm107)

[kingkorg]

Wonderful body, but stupidly assembled. Grille must be removed to disassemble it. However, not a deal-breaker for me at least. There is a variant on Aliexpress with Neumann badge.

https://m.alibaba.com/product/16003...ser-recording-microphone-large-diaphragm.html

 

[LevinGuitar]

Seems interesting, thanks! Does the head is also glued to the body or there are screws there?

 

[kingkorg]

The head is screwed to the body, but you need to remove the mesh to access the screws.

 

[TillM]

First time I see, that the Chinese done a really good nickel work. This nearly looks like Gleier.

 

[bremusound]

Nice looking body. What‘s the diameter?
Thanks

 

[kingkorg]

Outer headgrille is 62mm, inner 58mm.

 

[bremusound]

Thanks

 

[kingkorg]

Trickiest assembly ever, but somehow i pulled it off. M50 with 6s6b and Alctron transformer. Diy capsule.

 

[TwentyTrees]

Wow! Great job!

 

[LevinGuitar]

The backplate reminds me the Oktava 219/319 capsules

 

[StormsofVogue]

I'm curious how you went about removing the grille without damaging it.

 

[kingkorg]

It is glued to the frame at few spots. Flexible glue, just some gently prying and it comes off. Very important to do some propper grille grounding when assembled, just glue is not reliable.

 

[Whoops]

Very important to do some propper grille grounding when assembled, just glue is not reliable.

How did you do that?
Did you soldered wires from the grilles to ground?

 

[Whoops]

Wonderful body, but stupidly assembled. Grille must be removed to disassemble it. However, not a deal-breaker for me at least. There is a variant on Aliexpress with Neumann badge.

https://m.alibaba.com/product/16003...ser-recording-microphone-large-diaphragm.html

They show 2 different bodies in the same Alibaba page for the same product, both in the photos and in the video:

 

[kingkorg]

Well you pick the tlm107 "color" at checkout. I soldered the grille to the body.