KM84 DIY Body & PCB kit – CLOSED

[Banzai]

580-MHR0317SA108F70 is too big. You'll have problems making it fit.

588-MOX-200001007JE is same size.

 

[oongbac]

Greeting from S. Korea! These work great!!

 

[GraemeWoller]

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Greeting from S. Korea! These work great!!

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]

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 !

 

[totoxraymond]

I bought mine at Farnell...

I can send some by mail if you need or even drop them!

PM me!

 

[thomasdf]

Awesome ! Thank you

 

[Banzai]

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 !

RS Components:

https://fr.rs-online.com/web/p/resistances-traversantes/1372742/
Can buy them for you if you can't open an account.

 

[oongbac]

Mines have clothes now! Thanks Banzai!!

 

[JMan]

Looks great! I’m still waiting on mine to come back from powder coating…no word so far.

 

[zarndyhoff]

Fabulous-sounding mics! Thanks Banzai & Graeme

 

[Spino]

RS Components:

https://fr.rs-online.com/web/p/resistances-traversantes/1372742/
Can buy them for you if you can't open an account.

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]

Any PCBs left

 

[FarisElek]

Anyone come up with a good storage situation? Would love a wooden box that fits a pair.

 

[Banzai]

Anyone come up with a good storage situation? Would love a wooden box that fits a pair.

https://www.pelican.com/us/en/product/cases/protector/1120

 

[Whoops]

Similar to the nice Pelican product, but much cheaper

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/100...xp_id=d7c25d29-0b46-4205-bee1-ee0bf85233eb-20

 

[Banzai]

???

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]

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.

 

[Whoops]

???

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

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]

580-MHR0317SA108F70 is too big. You'll have problems making it fit.

588-MOX-200001007JE is same size.

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.

 

[JMan]

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.