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Outside diameter is 1". Or do you need all dimensions? http://www.forum.audioaddict.fr/viewtopic.php?p=3052&sid=9107d74edcaa48a1da19e82fdf037062

Rautio on Gearslutz was quite satisfied with C214: http://www.gearslutz.com/board/new-product-alert/199821-akg-c-214-a.html

Read this: http://www.saturn-sound.com/Curio's/story%20of%20the%20akg%20c414.htm History of AKG C12 and 414 and the differences between versions

Check new AKG model C214 - much cheaper but based on 414.

Mine room after installation of acoustic treatment and buying of 24" wide LCD.

+1 for Great River

Based on your other gear I would stay with Deltas. They are a sufficient partner to your other gear. Remember that what is influencing quality of the sound most is first acoustic treatment of the room, next microphones and preamp and in the end used converters. If you want any sound upgrade buy...

I have SPL Goldmike 9844 and my experience is that its characteristic is quite narrow and definitelly not thick. Maybe heights are little hyped. It works well for acoustic instruments such as guitar but for vocals it lacks those fat mids. On the other hand it is worthy of its price and...

Home Studio

Could you submit a list of your other gear (monitors, headphones, microphones, preamps)? It has a sense to upgrade converter to a higher league if your other gear is also in the higher league. Give us also a price limit and number of the channels you need.

This Oktava in unmodified original version has a strong resonance of the body that is influencing a sound. I have quite bad experience with MK219. A newer version MK319 was improved by Oktava engineers so even if this resonance is still there it was reduced a lot. So I would recommend MK319...

Used MD421 are sold between 200 - 450 EUR depending on the status.

Cheap ribbons does not mean bad sound. I paid only 75 EUR for T.Bone RB100 and it was one the best investments to my studio. Its sound is IMO quite mature.

Sennheiser MD421 but it is little brighter than SM7. In Europe Senny is cheaper, maybe not in the States.

For vocals used ADK CE or add some more bucks and get a new one. Awesome mike. It has u47 style sound, not harsh or bright. I have one and everyone who listens to its records likes it. As a workhorse check also some condensers if you have SM57 already. If you are on the limited budget CAD...