The 127 flat cardioid fit on mine.
also, the Warm W84 Omni sounds pretty incredible on these bodies. That may be my permanent wurst mic.
also, the Warm W84 Omni sounds pretty incredible on these bodies. That may be my permanent wurst mic.
I don't really know what happened. I got the wave form symmetrical on the REW scope but it clearly wasn't? I had plenty of resistance left going either direction on the trimmer. Going to try again later. Thanks for the tips.If you can't get equal distortion on both sides of the wave form, then the trimmer you're using doesn't have enough resistance, or the FET needs too high a bias resistor.
When I biased mine, I wasn't happy with the resolution on my scope. i.e. it seemed like too much of a variance on the trimmer where the wave forms were symmetrically clipping. I ended up getting it close on the scope, and then biasing by ear like described somewhere in this thread. That may seem bass ackwards, but once you hear it happening, it's pretty easy to dial in. I'm sure other people's scopes are more accurate.
I also recommend the LS846. Had the same issue as everybody else in that the original transistors need to be biased with around 20K resistor. I didn't listen too close to the outcome, so maybe that's fine, but the LS846 ends up requiring 3-4K bias resistor.
Ordered new 3u audio capsules for slotted body. After those are arrived I'll leave some comparison with Maiku one.
That's a funny comment on a couple of levels--the first of which being that, as I auditioned the half-dozen well-maintained 84s to find the 2 I picked, I heard at least 3 distinct flavors--not all were good. Cutting to the chase, I own 2 pretty well-matched, middle serial number KM84s and, although I like my 84s a lot, I prefer my banzai kits (which have a mod or two). The only thing that I like less is that the banzai capsule's version of cardioid is a bit wider than my 84s. One thing I can say for sure is that the banzai kit that I made specifically for snare--with George Massenburg's mod--definitely beats the KM84s (3 so far) it's gone up against and I'm not the only one who thinks so.That comparison would be great to see and listen, a solution to the cheap/crappy capsule supplied in this Kit is needed for sure, it doesn't provide a frequency response similar or close to the Neumann KM84 which was what was advertised by Banzai when he sold the kits.
my banzai kits (which have a mod or two).
the banzai kit that I made specifically for snare--with George Massenburg's mod
I'm not the only one who thinks so.
I REALLY want to know about the 3U capsules. The Maiku capsules sound nothing like a KM84. I had multiples. Also, of the two Maiku capsules I got, they are a few dB off from each other. A different capsule might help to save these mics. The PCB and components seem to be correct. But, it all comes down to the capsule.
oongbac -please report back. Do they need any modification to fit?
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