m49 body
Is Studio939/Chunger still on business?
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I can do this stuff, but preorder volume would be significant, probably 100 pieces or more. there's also the matter of the tariffs and shipping such big and heavy things.
klem
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i am game for giving funds now and waiting some months if i know it's happening with a trustworthy source like you that has good attention to detail.
as for getting enough orders, you know your web traffic better than me, but i wonder if between here (new formal thread) and on your site you'd get enough for the main bodies of interest for > 100 pcs of those 3 bodies? understandable if you want to keep this separate from capsules though. at any rate, you clearly have more in-roads with manufacturers than someone like me with no experience or knowledge of the processes, so your involvement would be very helpful IMHO.
as for getting enough orders, you know your web traffic better than me, but i wonder if between here (new formal thread) and on your site you'd get enough for the main bodies of interest for > 100 pcs of those 3 bodies? understandable if you want to keep this separate from capsules though. at any rate, you clearly have more in-roads with manufacturers than someone like me with no experience or knowledge of the processes, so your involvement would be very helpful IMHO.
in the meantime i will make an effort to stock more small things. boxes, saddles, wire assemblies, etc.
EarthTone
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I would add to this thread that I ordered a bunch of stuff from Chunger a couple of weeks ago and also haven't heard anything since... But everyone's notes here that he is reliable and always comes through makes me not worry about it. I also run a small business myself and although I do try very hard to remain in contact with everyone who mails me things for repairs or adjustments and orders stuff from my shop, it is very much its own full-time job to stay in touch with everybody all the time. So I get it. Life would be easier if you just didn't reply, lol. I routinely can't get to things for sometimes 3 to 6 weeks until after I receive them for work, too, so I'm imagining he's just a busy guy and get a lot of orders and maybe has a family or a life outside of all this too. As long as the stuff shows up eventually, it's all good in my book.
I actually thought about stocking some mic bodies myself as a side business. Maybe I will. I think they at Shuai Yin said minimum order is 50 pieces? That would be expensive though... $5~6k per model, probably. Plus, some of theirs don't fit all of the boards out there, like Poctop's PCB's for the M49 doesn't fit the M49 body I bought from them for example. It will fit, but the internal frame is too narrow so it'll have to be improvised more. I don't know where Chunger's comes from that fits Poctop's boards. I think this would need to be coordinated with whoever is the most popular DIY PCB maker people generally want to use for their boards. And it would have to be someone who had enough money to invest in it as a business. For me I probably couldn't risk that much money unless I knew I had confirmed pre-orders for units that would at least help me break even on the initial investment. It's something I would want to do though.
I actually thought about stocking some mic bodies myself as a side business. Maybe I will. I think they at Shuai Yin said minimum order is 50 pieces? That would be expensive though... $5~6k per model, probably. Plus, some of theirs don't fit all of the boards out there, like Poctop's PCB's for the M49 doesn't fit the M49 body I bought from them for example. It will fit, but the internal frame is too narrow so it'll have to be improvised more. I don't know where Chunger's comes from that fits Poctop's boards. I think this would need to be coordinated with whoever is the most popular DIY PCB maker people generally want to use for their boards. And it would have to be someone who had enough money to invest in it as a business. For me I probably couldn't risk that much money unless I knew I had confirmed pre-orders for units that would at least help me break even on the initial investment. It's something I would want to do though.
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klem
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Agreed about coordinating with @poctop (and others? @GraemeWoller if doing an SDC...)
As is, Dany @poctop has a folder for dimensions of his PCBs, but it doesn't include some switch boards, round 47FET, etc. It would be very helpful if that was updated or even better, pdfs of each board with clear dimensions not just outer LxW but hole to hole etc. measurements. We'd definitely want a sample to ensure it fits w/ Dany's boards in hand, and/or make specifications with the order to ensure critical dimensions don't magically drift off. There's a huge liability here if they are produced poorly and @poctop can't or won't modify new PCBs for them. then we're stuck with a bunch of bodies that don't easily or neatly accommodate a build
Funny, I just wrote @poctop today about some tangentially related questions I need to know before placing another order with him.
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Mikael-ange
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Hello,
Here my recent experience with it.
Ordered from it early december (mic body, mic and power suply pcp, and part).
Get a reply early january that he ran out of stock of mic and ps pcp, and that stocking took longer than usual...etc.
Decided to keep my order in the waiting list (he offered me to refund if I wanted to cancel it)... and everything came to my front door 2 weeks ago.
So everything great, will order from it on the future.
From my first experience I would say be patient (easier to say it when you aren't the one waiting I know).
Hi,
ADK has clamp shock mount for tube mics.
Front-end audio has it on sale at moment.
I got a pair for barging.
Recording Engineer
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Have a link? I only see a threaded-bottom ADK shock mount on sale. Peluso and Telefunken are who’ve I’ve see with clamp shock mounts there.
I went with this one
https://www.frontendaudio.com/adk-t-super-ring-mount-tc-tt-and-cs-tube-microphones/
Maybe you talking about swivel stand mount?
https://www.frontendaudio.com/adk-t-super-ring-mount-tc-tt-and-cs-tube-microphones/
Maybe you talking about swivel stand mount?
Recording Engineer
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We’re saying we’d love to find this style, inexpensively:
https://www.frontendaudio.com/peluso-mt67-87n-shock-mount-nickel-finish
As opposed to this style:
https://www.frontendaudio.com/adk-super-mount-shock-mount-silver.
Unfortunately, clamp-style is always really expensive compared to threaded-style; for whatever reason(s).
https://www.frontendaudio.com/peluso-mt67-87n-shock-mount-nickel-finish
As opposed to this style:
https://www.frontendaudio.com/adk-super-mount-shock-mount-silver.
Unfortunately, clamp-style is always really expensive compared to threaded-style; for whatever reason(s).
I can't open 2nd link you sent but Peluso seems to be the one you can order from studio939 for 32$?
https://store.studio939.com/product/microphone-shock-mounts
https://store.studio939.com/product/microphone-shock-mounts
EarthTone
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Ordered a u47 body from Studio 939 January 26th, now March 3rd, haven’t heard anything. Emailed a couple times. Is this normal operational procedure? Anyone know where else I can get a nice u47 body that fits the Poctop boards?
Chung always comes through eventually. I am not sure why it takes so long some times but i've been ordering from him for years and its always like that these days...
Another choice to get a u47 body is equinox from don-audio.com
or just a body kit from AMI... or AliExpress...
EarthTone
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Thanks Sparkle! I’ll give it some more time. All good I’m just stoked to get started. And thanks for the reccomendations. I hope I’ll get the Chunger one because it looks really nice, but if not, I’ll do one of the options you mentioned.
justinheronmusic
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I definitely need an M49 body and a 414 body.
+1 on m49 bodies. I also really want sdc bodies.
EarthTone
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Just heard back- Everything’s fine! He said he just moved to a new location so is a little behind on shipments.
I think someone said you can order direct from Shuayin nowadays for M49, FET47, and SYT-5, provided they have stock.
http://www.shuaiy.com/contact.asp
http://www.shuaiy.com/contact.asp
