pixeltarian
Active member
I'm building the rickshaw ribbon mic and was wondering if anyone knew of a good transformer that will work in place of a 9887. the instructions suggest this on the cheap end;
http://www.edcorusa.com/products/transformers/rmx/rmx1.html
the 9887 isn't easy to it single quantities is it? otherwise I saw the sowter for sale on prodigy: http://www.groupdiy.com/detail.aspx?ID=334
I don't know if I want to upgrade from $23 to $83 though that's a bit out of my budget. I was assuming
also, does anyone know if better DIY ribbon instructions, or source for parts? the rickshaw kit sends you to like 6 different sources for parts. it's going to cost well over the advertised 100 bucks if I do it that way. the brass tube alone is like 35 bucks and the metal fabric wire only comes in large quantities that costs like 30 bucks. the brass cap is 15 bucks. so we're already at 80 bucks with no actual mic components yet. if I add shipping costs this will be double the mentioned price of $100. not that I'm cheap, I'm just poor and if you're going to advert something costing a certain amount to build, I would expect the price to be accurate, especially when you're selling the plans.
anyway if you know of a good beginner diy ribbon tutorial/walkthrough/instructions I would appreciate a like very much!
thanks,
~ Jeffrey
http://www.edcorusa.com/products/transformers/rmx/rmx1.html
the 9887 isn't easy to it single quantities is it? otherwise I saw the sowter for sale on prodigy: http://www.groupdiy.com/detail.aspx?ID=334
I don't know if I want to upgrade from $23 to $83 though that's a bit out of my budget. I was assuming
also, does anyone know if better DIY ribbon instructions, or source for parts? the rickshaw kit sends you to like 6 different sources for parts. it's going to cost well over the advertised 100 bucks if I do it that way. the brass tube alone is like 35 bucks and the metal fabric wire only comes in large quantities that costs like 30 bucks. the brass cap is 15 bucks. so we're already at 80 bucks with no actual mic components yet. if I add shipping costs this will be double the mentioned price of $100. not that I'm cheap, I'm just poor and if you're going to advert something costing a certain amount to build, I would expect the price to be accurate, especially when you're selling the plans.
anyway if you know of a good beginner diy ribbon tutorial/walkthrough/instructions I would appreciate a like very much!
thanks,
~ Jeffrey