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[chunger]

Out of boredom waiting for M7/K7 Beesneez capsules to arrive for my mk47 build, I recently installed one of these 35mm K67 capsules in the microphone and tossed the microphone to my engineer at the recording facility.  We had a high-profile vocal session approaching and when it became clear to me final capsules for the mk47 would not arrive in time, I decided to follow kidvybes' advise and "not underestimate" this capsule which I have excess inventory of from the ShuaiYin SYT-5 body purchase.  I hoped even though the microphone would not be a representation of the U47 sound, I would give the studio with something novel or at best "useful" to consider at the session.

I was borderline shocked when the engineer reported back that they had used this microphone in this configuration on acoustic guitars and for main vocals on the track.

While the mic locker at the home studio facility I am involved with is not what I would consider exhaustive, there are some formidable vocal mics in there including vintage and clone U87's, a Klaus U87, M49, C12 clones, and a variety of current Japanese condensor mics (AT, etc.)

I am looking forward to building one of poctop's DU67 mics and running this capsule.

 

[kidvybes]

Is the microphone-parts K67 type from TongXin?

...to the best of my knowledge, I don't believe so...I can't say for sure, but from the look of the capsule and the white bezel, I suspect that it may originate from 797 Audio, who also manufacture the Studio Projects line of microphones...797 Audio is one of the oldest of the Chinese microphone manufacturers, and has supplied MXL, Nady, ADK, Soundelux, and many other brands over the years...they supplied the capsule for the original Rode NT Classic I, the NT1 and NT2, as well as the original Soundelux U95 and U195:
http://recordinghacks.com/microphones/Soundelux/U95
http://recordinghacks.com/microphones/Soundelux/U195

...you can see the similarities between the microphone-parts RK67 and the (tinted pink) Studio Projects 67-style capsules (notice the same heavier gauge red/yellow connection wires also) here:
http://recordinghacks.com/capsules/

...797 Audio was the source for the original MXL V77 tube microphone, a designed shared by the ADK A51TC and Nady TCM1100...these original 797 Audio sourced versions are still revered years later for their clean, clear unhyped performance...797 Audio and Feilo both stemmed from an original Chinese government electronics facility that employed East German engineers to train Chinese staff...from an article in Sound On Sound magazine (http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/feb04/articles/chinesmics.htm):
"Some 40 years ago, 797, a Beijing-based Chinese government military facility (which was secret and referred to only by number) started to manufacture capacitor mics based on technology and expertise brought to them by East German engineers. These microphones were destined for the domestic broadcast market, as imports from the West were not permitted at the time. Around 10 years after they started manufacturing, the 797 specialists were asked to train engineers to build microphones in Shanghai at Feilo, another large government-owned electronics company."

Out of boredom waiting for M7/K7 Beesneez capsules to arrive for my mk47 build, I recently installed one of these 35mm K67 capsules in the microphone and tossed the microphone to my engineer at the recording facility.  We had a high-profile vocal session approaching and when it became clear to me final capsules for the mk47 would not arrive in time, I decided to follow kidvybes' advise and "not underestimate" this capsule which I have excess inventory of from the ShuaiYin SYT-5 body purchase.  I hoped even though the microphone would not be a representation of the U47 sound, I would give the studio with something novel or at best "useful" to consider at the session.

I was borderline shocked when the engineer reported back that they had used this microphone in this configuration on acoustic guitars and for main vocals on the track.

While the mic locker at the home studio facility I am involved with is not what I would consider exhaustive, there are some formidable vocal mics in there including vintage and clone U87's, a Klaus U87, M49, C12 clones, and a variety of current Japanese condensor mics (AT, etc.)

I am looking forward to building one of poctop's DU67 mics and running this capsule.

...Chunger, that's great to hear!...I'm glad that worked out well...I'm not surprised, since I'm continually impressed with the performance of that capsule in both the Stellar and Advanced Audio microphones...

...you can hear that same capsule (as used in the Advanced Audio CM-67SE) in this "unplugged" recorded live session from Nashville producer Joe West (set video to highest resolution): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSntKwMPz5Y&feature=youtu.be

 

[Matador]

Damn you kidvybes, now I'm going to have to try one of those capsules! 

 

[arhall]

Thanks for sharing kidvybes.
This is very valueable and interesting info, keep on. 

 

[micaddict]

I told you guys kidvybes would enrich this here forum. 

I do have something to confuse matters even more, though. From what I understand the Behringer B-2 Pro has a 797 Audio Beijing, 34 mm K67, too. But that one has a white plastic ring, rather than the brass on chunger's capsule. Tongxin's 67 has plastic, too, but evenly spaced screws all around, like chunger's. On the capsule in the Behringer (I own three, from different years, BTW) there are groups of three screws as well as solitary ones.  Pretty much like the RK-67 from Microphone Parts.

This page might come in handy BTW:
http://recordinghacks.com/capsules/


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[kidvybes]

I told you guys kidvybes would enrich this here forum. 

...you are too kind! 

I do have something to confuse matters even more, though. From what I understand the Behringer B-2 Pro has a 797 Audio Beijing, 34 mm K67, too. But that one has a white plastic ring, rather than the brass on chunger's capsule. Tongxin's 67 has plastic, too, but evenly spaced screws all around, like chunger's. On the capsule in the Behringer (I own three, from different years, BTW) there are groups of three screws as well as solitary ones.  Pretty much like the RK-67 from Microphone Parts.

This page might come in handy BTW:
http://recordinghacks.com/capsules/


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...yes, the white bezel with 2 groupings of 3 screws is typical of 797 Audio's K67 capsule (clearly modelled after Neumann's similar bezel screw pattern)...the reason why the Behringer B2/B2PRO also shares this capsule dates back to when Rode terminated it's relationship with 797 Audio in order to consolidate all of their manufacturing in Australia...797 Audio was left with inventory of the NT2 body shells, and Behringer picked up production by introducing the B2 and substituting a stock Chinese circuit (Schoeps derived?) and a less angular headbasket (as a result of Neumann threatening copyright infringement based on the NT2's original headbasket)...the original B2 even had the same headbasket attachment mechanism (copied from the U87) that the original Rode NT2 had...later versions of the B2 reverted to the typical screwed on headbasket more commonly used on Chinese LDC mics...

...like I said in my earlier post, Chunger's capsules (all brass) originate from ShuaiYin...the white bezelled K67 with an even-spaced screw pattern originates from TongXin...the white (pink) bezelled K67 with the grouped 3-screw pattern is common to capsules sourced from 797 Audio...

...and then there's Feilo...but we won't go there just yet ;-)