KM84 DIY Body & PCB kit – CLOSED
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GraemeWoller
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Lovely work, I'm pleased to hear you're enjoying them!! I love mine too, but then, like the FET, I'm a little biased. Ba-dum-cha!
thomasdf
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I am having a super hard time sourcing 1 G ohm resistors at a decent price in France / Europe. Anybody has some in spare , or ideas where I could get them ?
588-MOX-200001007JE from Mouser is 5,3euros a piece + 20e shipping so that's 47 euros for 4 resistors !
588-MOX-200001007JE from Mouser is 5,3euros a piece + 20e shipping so that's 47 euros for 4 resistors !
totoxraymond
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I bought mine at Farnell...
I can send some by mail if you need or even drop them!
PM me!
I can send some by mail if you need or even drop them!
PM me!
thomasdf
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Awesome ! Thank you
RS Components:
https://fr.rs-online.com/web/p/resistances-traversantes/1372742/
Can buy them for you if you can't open an account.
Looks great! I’m still waiting on mine to come back from powder coating…no word so far.
zarndyhoff
Member
Fabulous-sounding mics! Thanks Banzai & Graeme
Spino
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If you're lucky enough to live close to a RS hub you can order and pick up directly at the hub with no shipping costs, it's a kinda obscure option in their website but usually you can pick up the order just one hour later.
Clakejr
Active member
Any PCBs left
Similar to the nice Pelican product, but much cheaper
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/100...xp_id=d7c25d29-0b46-4205-bee1-ee0bf85233eb-20
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/100...xp_id=d7c25d29-0b46-4205-bee1-ee0bf85233eb-20
???
Chinese copy case is €48 shipped ($57)
Pelican 1120 is $35 with free shipping
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/150614-REG/Pelican_1120_000_110_1120_Case_with_Foam.html
Chinese copy case is €48 shipped ($57)
Pelican 1120 is $35 with free shipping
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/150614-REG/Pelican_1120_000_110_1120_Case_with_Foam.html
Wingong
Member
I got a cheap wooden box and filled it with foam (I cut the mic shapes out of the foam) and covered with fabric. I don't think in total it was cheaper than the Pelican case but I also needed to get the 141s into a box so the extra space was nice. 
They are not the same size, the Pelican you posted is much smaller than the one I posted, so it depends of the dimension the user needs.
There's also smaller Chinese copies for much less than the Pelican.
But Pelican is great of course, I think it's a great advice.
Also the shipping costs depends on seller, I just used that link but there's other sellers selling the same product with much cheaper shipping costs.
Best Regards
fsalter
Well-known member
Actually, these big 1gig resistors fit properly if you use just one stand-off on the right, and « float » the 1gig resistor on the left with the gate.
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I have a question that I suspect will out me as the mic novice that I am. 
I haven't yet biased the FETs in my pair, but I have watched through the video suggested in the guide. I do not have bench testing equipment -- I typically use my interface and DAW for tone generation / meters / etc. It seems simple enough to do that here as well, except that I'm wondering if a line out from my interface would cause problems in the measurements due to mismatched impedance... I know that mic output impedance is quite low, but I don't know what injecting a line level signal in would do. Or perhaps I'm overthinking it.
Also, I've got a TS-to-alligator clip cable. Would this work here, assuming that the above is not a concern? Or would I need to figure out something with a TRS connection?
Also, still no word from the powder coating shop. I'm too impatient.
I haven't yet biased the FETs in my pair, but I have watched through the video suggested in the guide. I do not have bench testing equipment -- I typically use my interface and DAW for tone generation / meters / etc. It seems simple enough to do that here as well, except that I'm wondering if a line out from my interface would cause problems in the measurements due to mismatched impedance... I know that mic output impedance is quite low, but I don't know what injecting a line level signal in would do. Or perhaps I'm overthinking it.Also, I've got a TS-to-alligator clip cable. Would this work here, assuming that the above is not a concern? Or would I need to figure out something with a TRS connection?
Also, still no word from the powder coating shop. I'm too impatient.
