The microphone capsule photo and information thread

[k brown]

Audio Technica AT825 stereo mic (with it's FET board mount cut away). May be same electret capsule as in AT4041.

 

[k brown]

Oktava MK-012

 

[k brown]

This is an interesting one - Primo EM50 electret; sold as the CP-3 12mm 'pinpont omni' for the Nakamichi mics, using a special adapter. Nak probably had theirs made to spec, or at least carefully culled (and they were black).

I've bought several of these over the years as the capsule on Primo EM4052PM measurement mics. Amazingly they shipped with the actual B&K freq response readout sheet.

The Nakamichi version for the CM-1000 (CP-102) had a gold diaphragm.

 

[k brown]

JLI-103

A copy of the Neumann 103, but apparently sounds quite different.

 

[k brown]

JLI-3412

At 34mm, biggest electret I've seen. Very smooth, flat response. Leaning towards subcardioid.

 

[rock soderstrom]

Great @k brown ! Thank you

 

[k brown]

Great @k brown ! Thank you

Sorry I don't have more LDCs to show - I'm kind of an SDC guy.

 

[Emmathom]

at the request of @rock soderstrom I post the different capsules in my possession as well as my comments...

first is a "generic" Ali Express simple diaph. which is not well balanced > too much highs and high-mids > not interesting

 

[Emmathom]

next is t.bone SC400 and as I already said several times, it's a very pleasant sounding one

 

[gyraf]

..the evasive CT11..

 

[Emmathom]

another Ali Epress one : very nice cosmetic but as far as I remember the sound is (again) too sibilant...

 

[Emmathom]

back side

 

[Accelerator]

Siegfried Thiersch Elektroakustik STW7 blue line & Rico Vetterlein Mikrofonunion STW7 red line capsules

 

[bremusound]

Schoeps MK2

 

[rock soderstrom]

at the request of @rock soderstrom I post the different capsules in my possession as well as my comments...

Thanks Emma!

 

[rock soderstrom]

Sorry I don't have more LDCs to show - I'm kind of an SDC guy.

No problem, we are also interested in the SDCs! Whether pre- or externally polarized, just post!

 

[SubSpec]

Rode NT1-A early center terminated capsule:

 

[SubSpec]

Austrian Audio CKR12 (OC818):

 

[SubSpec]

Blue B8:

 

[Emmathom]

I note that nobody never posts (or talk about) Audio Technica capsules : a reason for that ? AT mics are not garbage and some ref. like AT4050 are great mics
Does anybody knows about AT4033 capsule ? It's a ref. Mic for its price