Beware of Plastic BM800's

[k brown]

Marantz, though...

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...looks exactly the same. Just black and different head basket.
Badge engineering at its finest*.

Nice, rubbery capsule mount.

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Most probably both made by ISK (model AT100) which boasts: "Patented pure aluminum diaphragm capsule".

What's the marking on the FET?

 

[pmfalcman]

What's the marking on the FET?

K596 B 01

 

[Khron]

So, now I wonder what it really IS - because I have great faith in Mr. @Khron's assessment!

Wait, what did i do?

 

[pmfalcman]

The TM-80 certainly appears to be the iSK 'Vibrato':
https://www.iskproaudio.com/collections/microphones/products/vibrato

"The Vibrato uses a proprietary, newly designed 14 mm pure aluminum condenser capsule."

According to Tascam, TM-80 has 18 mm capsule.
Just as Marantz and ISK AT100.

Depends how one defines capsule diameter, I guess.
The described in the thread Vibrato has 13 mm active surface and the capsule and the circuit (Mosfet) seem exactly the same as Marantz's and TM-80's.

https://www.isk-audio.com/products_detail/c-_detailId=989917216242225152.html

BTW. I measured my Marantz - 18 mm outside diameter, +/- 13,5 mm diaphragm, edge to edge aluminium or aluminised surface.

 

[pmfalcman]

Mr. @pmfalcman quotes a manufacturer's description, (...)​

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"Patented pure aluminum diaphragm capsule".​

Cynical and sarcastic me, keep in mind

 

[MicMaven]

Wait, what did i do?

Duh ... Um ... er ... I edited my previous post to correctly refer to Mr. KBrown. Prufe reeding is knot my strong soot.

[Although I am equally confident whatever assessment YOU may have is also correct !!!! ]

JHR

 

[k brown]

Duh ... Um ... er ... I edited my previous post to correctly refer to Mr. KBrown. Prufe reeding is knot my strong soot.

[Although I am equally confident whatever assessment YOU may have is also correct !!!! ]

JHR

I have one coming, so I'll pull that baby apart.

 

[k brown]

The oddest thing about these mics is the placement of those chunky electros right under the front of the capsule, rather than behind it or under the board. If these mics turn out to be worth the effort, the first thing I'm doing is moving those diffraction-producing buggers and cobbling together a semi-sphere in their place.