Soliloqueen's k87(k67) and k47 capsules

[soliloqueen]

Gotcha. I thought there were B-stock of the three pattern variants. I will just need to order more of those.

I decided to buy another round of parts to build a second pair of mics.

Thanks!

Paul

You can use them in three pattern mics, the figure eight will just not be perfectly mathematically even

 

[Potato Cakes]

I went ahead and ordered the normal ones. Just so I can tell my friends with a straight face that these mics have all the math.

 

[micolas]

they're under cardioid/omni

Ari, I apologize too!
I was also getting confused.
I am not a native English speaker, I use an online translator. In my native language "under" is translated "below", "one paragraph below" so it was understood that there are three categories:

Normal
Cardioid/Omni
B-stock

But there were only 2 choices.
Now I understand.
Thank you very much!

 

[Potato Cakes]

Cariod/Omni = B-stock

 

[micolas]

Cariod/Omni = B-stock

Yes, I got it. I was starting to think that maybe the graphics display on my smartphone had a bug, but Ari's explanations cleared up everything.
Thank you both!

 

[soliloqueen]

Ari, I apologize too!
I was also getting confused.
I am not a native English speaker, I use an online translator. In my native language "under" is translated "below", "one paragraph below" so it was understood that there are three categories:

Normal
Cardioid/Omni
B-stock

But there were only 2 choices.
Now I understand.
Thank you very much!

sorry but is your tab counter smiling

 

[CFB4]

Hi, is Arienne Audio the online store for Soliloqueen's and do the capsules ship from within the EU? Thanks!

 

[Khron]

Hi, is Arienne Audio the online store for Soliloqueen's and do the capsules ship from within the EU? Thanks!

Yes, and no.

 

[teclis22]

Disregard this post if this was already brought up - i admit to not reading the entire 100+pages.

If you sell B-Stock at a reduced price (wich i love!) think about marking them, to prevent them beeing sold years later down the line as "perfect" and people complaining. As you have serial numbers on your capsules maybe a small online tool for people to look the number up, as with "sell-date" and "b or a stock"

just my 2cp.

 

[157audio]

Hi Everyone, this is my first post here after lurking from time to time in the past. I just received 2 matched flat k47 capsules from Ari, and they are beautiful. I bought 2 turnstile audio tac1100 mics to put these in, and I replaced the capsule in one of them. However, I’m only getting figure 8. Cardioid and Omni are very very faint.

The capsule that is in the mic originally has a wire on the front and back diaphragm, as well as one wire on the ring on the backside, so from pictures I have seen it is a 67 or 87 style capsule? I soldered the k47 wires to the same spots to which they were connected previously, but something isn’t right. I am 99.99999999% sure that this is user error; I don’t think the capsule is the issue from everything I’ve read about Ari’s quality control and from the email interactions that we had.

I’ve done a lot of searching to see if there is any general info on this issue, but nothing comes up except something I remember reading about “then you’d wind up with a figure 8 only mic,” however I can’t find where that was written again. Is there something easy that I should check for? I can post pictures if that will help.

I am not an electronics genius (obviously) but I can solder and troubleshoot. One project I did years ago was the royer MXL tube mic mod. I originally had a weak sound from it, and David Royer answered my phone call and he let me know that I had the older instructions with the newer circuit board, so I had soldered the ground to a mounting hole. When I soldered it to the correct place (opposite the instructions!) it was glorious. So, I’m hoping there is something simple like that in this case.

For the record, the figure 8 compared to the other mic with the stock capsule’s figure 8 is so much better. So much better as in not even close- much fuller sound without the pinched top end of the stock capsule. Not that the stock capsule sounds bad, it just sounds typical of the inexpensive Chinese factory mics.

Thanks so much in advance for your help. I’m going to try wires in different spots to see what happens, but any insights are welcomed. These are the turnstile mics, and they appear to be built very solidly.

https://www.adorama.com/tac1100.html

 

[micolas]

Hi Everyone, this is my first post here after lurking from time to time in the past. I just received 2 matched flat k47 capsules from Ari, and they are beautiful. I bought 2 turnstile audio tac1100 mics to put these in, and I replaced the capsule in one of them. However, I’m only getting figure 8. Cardioid and Omni are very very faint.

The capsule that is in the mic originally has a wire on the front and back diaphragm, as well as one wire on the ring on the backside, so from pictures I have seen it is a 67 or 87 style capsule? I soldered the k47 wires to the same spots to which they were connected previously, but something isn’t right. I am 99.99999999% sure that this is user error; I don’t think the capsule is the issue from everything I’ve read about Ari’s quality control and from the email interactions that we had.

I’ve done a lot of searching to see if there is any general info on this issue, but nothing comes up except something I remember reading about “then you’d wind up with a figure 8 only mic,” however I can’t find where that was written again. Is there something easy that I should check for? I can post pictures if that will help.

I am not an electronics genius (obviously) but I can solder and troubleshoot. One project I did years ago was the royer MXL tube mic mod. I originally had a weak sound from it, and David Royer answered my phone call and he let me know that I had the older instructions with the newer circuit board, so I had soldered the ground to a mounting hole. When I soldered it to the correct place (opposite the instructions!) it was glorious. So, I’m hoping there is something simple like that in this case.

For the record, the figure 8 compared to the other mic with the stock capsule’s figure 8 is so much better. So much better as in not even close- much fuller sound without the pinched top end of the stock capsule. Not that the stock capsule sounds bad, it just sounds typical of the inexpensive Chinese factory mics.

Thanks so much in advance for your help. I’m going to try wires in different spots to see what happens, but any insights are welcomed. These are the turnstile mics, and they appear to be built very solidly.

https://www.adorama.com/tac1100.html

Welcome! Post some good resolution pictures of the inside of the microphone.
Possibly in a new thread so as not to pollute this one.

 

[157audio]

Welcome! Post some good resolution pictures of the inside of the microphone.
Possibly in a new thread so as not to pollute this one.

Thank you, I will do that when I get home tonight.

 

[soliloqueen]

Thank you, I will do that when I get home tonight.

Figure 8 is fully working though? On both sides? With the null in the middle?

 

[157audio]

Figure 8 is fully working though? On both sides? With the null in the middle?

i believe so, but I’ll double check because I did it 2 weeks ago when I received the capsules and have been busy with sound gigs ever since.

 

[157audio]

Yes, figure 8 is working. I started a new thread with my troubleshooting questions as suggested so I don't derail this one, but thank you for checking in Ari!