Forgive my ignorance but what is the downside to brass rings?
Over many years, salt from spit and dust will accumulate and eventually it can form a conductive pathway from the diaphragm to the backplate. This takes a very long time. Essentially, the capsule needs to be cleaned more often if the rings are brass. The difference is significant but we're also talking over a very long term. Like every maybe 15 years of vocal use with brass rings versus every 25 with plastic rings. This is highly variable. I have seen vintage capsules with brass rings that still function perfectly many decades later without any cleaning because they weren't on vocal duty. It's difficult to quantify. Maybe someone who has more experience with brass rings in studio use could chime in. It doesn't affect the function of the capsule, but it's good practice to have insulating rings.
Yes, if you are making instrumental recordings it's much less important. It's mostly a vocals thing.I make mostly instrumental music. Make mine with brass no problem
Anyone who ordered one before the V2 was announced or ordered a V1 on clearance back before I lost my clearance stock will get a V2 capsule made with Toray film (same as the previous version) to avoid further delay. This is just kind of how it worked out procedurally. I'm not really making any money shipping out essentially a V2 with one minor difference at the V1 clearance price, but it is what it is. I need to get the ball rolling again, so the best solution is that everyone gets a better capsule than they bought.
It depends on when the film distributor ships us the film. It's supposed to be by the end of this month. You could get the same capsule with either film. The best thing to do is just to put a note in the order specifying which film you want and then I'll delay your order until the requested film is in stock.
I wouldn't call that too transparent. Shit happens, and it's good everyone knows what they're getting. I'm sure it's just part of the migration process, and in a few weeks or months things will have normalized. Looking forward to the first reviews of V2.0, might get one for my D87 and sell my V1.0 to a friend to put in his micparts S87.
The new version is a massive improvement over the old version, regardless of what film is used. I sent one with Toray film out to get some feedback and asked about differences between that capsule and a real k87 and they couldn't even articulate differences. Here's a live reaction to the capsule in an 87 clone (it has swearing so be careful):
. Plus others of different brands, also modded. Only my old Neumann TLM103 remained untouched, it sounds like the first day. I bought it in 1999. )So, we never have enough microphones!
- James
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