Ela-M 251 Body from Aliexpress

[bremusound]

That body would look much better if the headbasket would have the same diameter IMO

 

[johnchantler]

the mesh has the same diameter as the body... the band around the base of the head basket looks extra weird in that photo.

 

[Tim Campbell]

Even the original has this overhang. Maybe a little less pronounced. The end cap has the same overhang.

 

[soliloqueen]

FZ and many other companies buy from a factory which only does business internally within ningbo and is supposed to remain a secret to outsiders. Many suppliers will be shocked or might even go silent if you know the real name of the factory. This company makes lots of capsules (including the first generation of all of mine), bodies, and many accessories (including shockmounts and pop screens for blue and many other high-end brands). They also do contract work for 797, alctron and many others. They are who the people you outsource to, outsource to. FZ is a good place to get stuff from this factory and some others, and their sales and support is pretty unmatched. The caveat of doing business with FZ is their prices are slightly-to-moderately higher than some other TCs that do business with the same factory, but IMO their significantly improved support over the others is worth the extra money.

 

[ElSmurf]

I ordered this guy two weeks ago. Looks good on my (still empty) mic.



My Beesneez aluminum CK12 is on the way, and I'll be ordering the components for the mic and PSU in the following weeks. I'm also making good progress with the design of the acrylic board, which I'll share when I have something more finished.

 

[Drosselmeier]

Today I had a visit from a friend that just returned from China. One of the most interesting things he showed me was a 251 clone from Ningbo Fangzhou . It is cardioid only without a hole for the switch like this body.

There are more interesting clones of Elam251 in China

 

[ElSmurf]

There are more interesting clones of Elam251 in China

Those look really good. Where did you find them?

 

[Drosselmeier]

Those look really good. Where did you find them?

manufacturer u87 1:1, he also makes the Neumann m149, I bought a capsule and transformer from their clone 251, the transformer is apparently a clone of Moby t14/1

 

[Tim Campbell]

There are more interesting clones of Elam251 in China


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I guess you didn't see our other threads. We discussed this months ago and and the manufacturer himself was even here contributing. All the reviews so far have mentioned that it sounded pretty poor.

 

[Drosselmeier]

I guess you didn't see our other threads. We discussed this months ago and and the manufacturer himself was even here contributing. All the reviews so far have mentioned that it sounded pretty poor.

I decided to find out from my own experience

 

[Tim Campbell]

https://groupdiy.com/threads/new-ck12-capsule.84567/
There were even a few more threads about this capsule. Why would anyone buy a chinese copy of Moby's T14/1 which is a copy of an AKG T14/1? It isn't as if Moby's transformer is particularily expensive.

I believe this mic is the new Golden Age 251 and the chinese one sell for something close to 5000 USD

 

[Tim Campbell]

I decided to find out from my own experience

I just mean that we already knew of this mic.

 

[TLRT]

https://groupdiy.com/threads/new-ck12-capsule.84567/
There were even a few more threads about this capsule. Why would anyone buy a chinese copy of Moby's T14/1 which is a copy of an AKG T14/1? It isn't as if Moby's transformer is particularily expensive.

I believe this mic is the new Golden Age 251 and the chinese one sell for something close to 5000 USD

Yes it is the Golden Age model, try changing tube, we had to drill those self-locking screws out haha

 

[jeremynothman]

Those look really good. Where did you find them?

For almost 4000euros, they probably should.

 

[Tim Campbell]

And now the new Stam 251. Probably using this body. I have no idea what capsule they are using.

 

[soliloqueen]

The body at least looks decent, would love to do acoustic testing with it. Seems like the capsule especially is not there

 

[kingkorg]

And so i will quote myself from July this year...

"It makes tho possible for various WA, Stam, bla, bla, bla companies to claim they finally have the "historically accurate" capsule everyone is after in their latest C12 models which will be available in 3, 2, 1..."


New CK12 capsule

 

[Moby]

https://groupdiy.com/threads/new-ck12-capsule.84567/
There were even a few more threads about this capsule. Why would anyone buy a chinese copy of Moby's T14/1 which is a copy of an AKG T14/1? It isn't as if Moby's transformer is particularily expensive.

I believe this mic is the new Golden Age 251 and the chinese one sell for something close to 5000 USD

I totally agree.

https://groupdiy.com/threads/new-ck12-capsule.84567/
There were even a few more threads about this capsule. Why would anyone buy a chinese copy of Moby's T14/1 which is a copy of an AKG T14/1? It isn't as if Moby's transformer is particularily expensive.

I believe this mic is the new Golden Age 251 and the chinese one sell for something close to 5000 USD

He probably copied just the look of it. Sound of this transformer depends from the core alloy and the final heat treatment.

 

[igs]

And now the new Stam 251.

This body looks amazing. I wish I could build my own microphone with it.

 

[elmolemon]

I just received the 251 body. Wow. This is one heavy mic body! In real life the colour is probably a little more yellow than I’d like, but the quality seems great, especially for for price. I’d order this one again.