Audio Technica Double-Wave diaphragm: AT3035?

[k brown]

This textured, micro diamond-pattern diaphragm material is being touted for the 5040, 5045 and 2035 mics I remember finding it in the AT853 mini-mics decades ago; they seem only recently to be touting it.

Though the 2035 capsule looks exactly the same as the 3035 I used to have, now I wonder if it also had a 'double-wave' diaphragm? I don't remember it being mentioned in any reviews or AT product descriptions. May be another tiny detail that distinguishes the 2035 from the 3035.

Since I no longer have the 3035, if someone who does wouldn't mind taking a strong magnifier to the capsule and see if it has the fine texture of the double-wave material?


Anyone know of any other brand of mic that has a textured diaphragm material?

 

[kingkorg]

Shure KSM32 has what they refer as embossed diaphragm. For me one of the best currently produced mics money can buy.

Here's the description.
https://service.shure.com/s/article/what-is-an-embossed-diaphragm?language=en_US

 

[k brown]

Figured AT wouldn't be the only ones - very interesting.

 

[LevinGuitar]

Shure KSM32 has what they refer as embossed diaphragm. For me one of the best currently produced mics money can buy.

Here's the description.
https://service.shure.com/s/article/what-is-an-embossed-diaphragm?language=en_US

Interesting weird capsule, so the AT also make them that way?

All of them are electret, right?

You really can see the pattern in the diapgharm

 

[kingkorg]

Not sure if AT are made the same way but yes, these are electrets. It should be possible to buy that Shure capsule as a spare part.

 

[k brown]

The AT diaphragms look exactly like that; like I said, they've been making them like that since the little AT853 (early 90's?). Even the tiny ES-series capsules have that diaphragm.

 

[soliloqueen]

the ksm32 is one of my favorite sounding mics of all time. it just has a...something. can't describe it. i think it's the treble response. and i'm not normally the type to use this kind of vague language. that being said, that something stacks and songs that are recorded using ksm32 on every part sound really weird

 

[Paul W]

This textured, micro diamond-pattern diaphragm material is being touted for the 5040, 5045 and 2035 mics I remember finding it in the AT853 mini-mics decades ago; they seem only recently to be touting it.

Though the 2035 capsule looks exactly the same as the 3035 I used to have, now I wonder if it also had a 'double-wave' diaphragm? I don't remember it being mentioned in any reviews or AT product descriptions. May be another tiny detail that distinguishes the 2035 from the 3035.

Since I no longer have the 3035, if someone who does wouldn't mind taking a strong magnifier to the capsule and see if it has the fine texture of the double-wave material?


Anyone know of any other brand of mic that has a textured diaphragm material?

Where did you find this information? The only mention of a "double-wave diaphragm" I can find is in the manual for the BP4025 (stereo field recording mic) and it doesn't say what that means, only that it's patented tech.

I recently acquired 3 used AT2035's (not 3035's) because they were super cheap and their specs look great on paper, so I'm curious.

 

[k brown]

From AT press releases.

 

[Bjorn Andersson]

Closeups of one new capsule i fitted to a Audio Technica AT4060

 

[Paul W]

What capsule is that, and why the switch?