Neumann KM84/KM184 Badge Size?

[Ricardus]

Does anyone know the dimensions of the Neumann KM84/KM184 badge?

 

[bundy]

It's essentially a square with sides of 11.5 mm.
It's oriented with its corners pointing directly up and down, and then 'wrapped' around the cylindrical mic.
Measured from an early 1990s KM84i.

 

[Ricardus]

It's essentially a square with sides of 11.5 mm.
It's oriented with its corners pointing directly up and down, and then 'wrapped' around the cylindrical mic.
Measured from an early 1990s KM84i.

Perfect. Is that measurement right off the mic with the curve?

 

[bundy]

Yes. I measured the width of the square in many places, and its always around 11.47mm - 11.52mm.
There is a slight curve involved, so make of it what you will.

The only perfectly flat thing that I could measure is the top corner to bottom corner.
That measured 16.08 mm.

I just put a piece of tape across the badge, and marked off the left and right corners, and then removed the tape and measured it.
So, the left corner to the right corner is also 16.08mm.

So, I guess it is a square then..?
Then, using Pythagoras, if the hypotenuse is 16.08mm and the 2 adjacent sides are equal, then each side would be 11.37mm ?

 

[Ricardus]

Yup, perfect. 11.5 works out then. Thanks!

 

[bundy]

No worries.
PS - I'm guessing the slight anomaly (of the calculation vs what I measured) is due to the corners being ever-so-slightly rounded off, giving a slightly smaller corner-to-corner measurement.