@RuudNL - both terminate in the same place - just saying I didn't miss that.
So - up and running! After hitting 4 hardware stores to find an M1.6 machine screw just a little longer than I had, we have a working microphone! Sounds just super good. Posting a photo of General Threaded Products Co because places like this are awesome and didn't know they existed.
What I wanted out of this project was to have a totally historically accurate c12 (as much as can be) vs pretty close.
Mic #1 (other mic) - matachung build with -1v bias voltage, beesneez ck12 capsule, haufe T14/1, NOS 5-star 6072a from 1962.
Mic #2 (this mic) - Beesneez producer PSU, Dachman DA-CK12 capsule, Cinemag CM 13114, and the 12AT7 shipped with the kit.
It's hard to tell the difference between the two on A/B in omni and cardioid. Mic #1 takes the lead there by a hair. Figure 8 is Mic #1 all the way. Could all be just because the BN capsule is just better!
@lightningbefore - I'm through the other side now. Had grand ambitions of doing a step-by-step build guide but I was figuring it out as I went along and had many, many backsteps - fell apart quickly!
I can say:
- The backplates need to run to that resistor leg that's just sort of hanging out there. Then hook up the 392 cap and the opposing leg goes to pin 2 of the tube.
- My pinout for the 7pin XLR earlier is wrong (I think). My phase is inversed, but I also didn't use the supplied xformer so blue/red may be different.
Am here as you build brother!!!