So the AT3035 is "grainy".....

[Guest]

here's a dumb question:

how do i clean the diaphragm of the 3035 without harming it...ive noticed where some spit has landed and dried...does this harm the sound of the mic ? if so, how do i clean it ?

 

[Marik]

[quote author="Lo-Fi"]here's a dumb question:

how do i clean the diaphragm of the 3035 without harming it...ive noticed where some spit has landed and dried...does this harm the sound of the mic ? if so, how do i clean it ?[/quote]

A few spits here and there won't harm anything. I'd leave it as it is.

 

[PRR]

Capsule is 26mm. A clamp-ring makes it more like 27mm acoustic obstacle. The free diaphragm diameter is 21mm.

 

[Marik]

[quote author="PRR"]

> Electret!! - Oh that does it!

Nothing impossibly wrong with electret. Film-electret limits what you can do with the diaphragm, but back-electret does not. Electret is cheap compared to a 60V supply, which allows cheap/nasty electret mikes, but does not force electret to be bad.
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I still cannot understand what's wrong with electrets. I mean, technically back electrets can be at least as good as non electret capsules. In reality...
Is it just "historical" tendency to make them cheap, so everybody cheaply designes them by "menthal inertia"?