So, as per my other LDC84 mic post, I'd been foolishly inspired to build up a few mics jusssst pre baby for my second child... a year later, and a small window of opportunity, and I'm done!!!!...
So my second pair is a coup;le of of D-87's, from dany / poctops...
* D-87, from poctops
- Again, excellent quality pcb
- "guide" is a little more cryptic as it's via various thread here and there... not even close to impossible, just takes a little searching /reading.
* Capsulke: ... take a breath... a big deep breath. So I used a JLI 86u
- It's isolated backplates
- It's EDGE terminated... and much horror aside, I wired it up, and closed my eyes ready for the world to implode... and it didn't... Existance persists
- It has, from my rudimentary investigations, a similar high freq bump that needs filtering similar to a K87... I jumped in and gave it go...
* Xfmr: CM-13113 (cinemag)... Experience was fine, but not... dunno... feel like I was pissing the rep off with questions... I only emailed 3 times, but felt I wore out my welcome lol... either way, it's cinemag, so it's "good enough"
* Body - SYT-5, direct from supplier
-They were great... sent me mic bodies but not the mounts (that I'd ordered) and got worried there might be a bit of back and forth to get them... but no, just a quick "sorry" and a week later they were here
- Quality - well, I don't know everything about grill sizes and blah, but they are solid, very nice quality and the end result is great... I think it's a solid option for this build, and so do most people...
End result....?
Well, after the the "very full" but nice sounding LDC84's I built, I recorded these and thought they sounded a bit thin... then I recorded again, and again.. nothing changed but I realised (of course) I'd built two diffferent mics... listening "properly" and open-minded... I realised these are fckn insanely good lol... they are incredibly low noise, the capules to me are... well, they sound great. Again subjective, but theres a high presence without sharpness, there's a little "scoop" feeling.. not sure where it is at the moment, but for now it sounds great... and there's nice bottom end too... They sound classy, and instant-mix in terms of eq... I've spent most of today putting them through acoustic guitar sessions.... not sure how they go with other stuff, but... the more I play, the more I like it...
Here's a simlar vibe acoustic guitar take to the LD84 I just posted in another thread...
https://app.box.com/s/kvkawl4jz9yndow7cagjt5oplwzd1ruj
So my second pair is a coup;le of of D-87's, from dany / poctops...
* D-87, from poctops
- Again, excellent quality pcb
- "guide" is a little more cryptic as it's via various thread here and there... not even close to impossible, just takes a little searching /reading.
* Capsulke: ... take a breath... a big deep breath. So I used a JLI 86u
- It's isolated backplates
- It's EDGE terminated... and much horror aside, I wired it up, and closed my eyes ready for the world to implode... and it didn't... Existance persists
- It has, from my rudimentary investigations, a similar high freq bump that needs filtering similar to a K87... I jumped in and gave it go...
* Xfmr: CM-13113 (cinemag)... Experience was fine, but not... dunno... feel like I was pissing the rep off with questions... I only emailed 3 times, but felt I wore out my welcome lol... either way, it's cinemag, so it's "good enough"
* Body - SYT-5, direct from supplier
-They were great... sent me mic bodies but not the mounts (that I'd ordered) and got worried there might be a bit of back and forth to get them... but no, just a quick "sorry" and a week later they were here
- Quality - well, I don't know everything about grill sizes and blah, but they are solid, very nice quality and the end result is great... I think it's a solid option for this build, and so do most people
...End result....?
Well, after the the "very full" but nice sounding LDC84's I built, I recorded these and thought they sounded a bit thin... then I recorded again, and again.. nothing changed but I realised (of course) I'd built two diffferent mics... listening "properly" and open-minded... I realised these are fckn insanely good lol... they are incredibly low noise, the capules to me are... well, they sound great. Again subjective, but theres a high presence without sharpness, there's a little "scoop" feeling.. not sure where it is at the moment, but for now it sounds great... and there's nice bottom end too... They sound classy, and instant-mix in terms of eq... I've spent most of today putting them through acoustic guitar sessions.... not sure how they go with other stuff, but... the more I play, the more I like it...
Here's a simlar vibe acoustic guitar take to the LD84 I just posted in another thread...
https://app.box.com/s/kvkawl4jz9yndow7cagjt5oplwzd1ruj
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