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These have come into my possession lately. 1 - A hypercardioid condenser made by Philips type LBB 9430/20, Google doesn't help. Anyone? Sounds ok, not spectacular. I only know Philips for making low end mics with attached chords. 2 - This must be an Audio Technica mic, or maybe an Audix...

Has anyone here ever opened one of these? The mic gives no signal, so I need to look inside. If you look at the mic it seems fairly simple to open. It seems to open like a SM58 type of mic, but nothing will budge. :mad: I just wanted to know if anyone has any expierence before I get out the...

Gated Reverb works wonders on vocals, it adds reverb, but doesn't make the parts too muddy. I tried the effect on guitar the other day, through a 19" unit and thought it was useable. Does anyone know if there are any Gated Reverb effects pedals out there (preferebly an analogone), that sound...

I picked this up for a few bucks a while back. I've seen something simular in a Beatles documentairy, whilst recording. I doubt if it's the same one, but it sounds nice, very warm. Anyone recognise which type it is? There's no writing on it exept for the "S" on the grill. Thanks!

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Thanks a lot for your input guys. Indeed it looks a lot like a Shure 53 / 54, but not quite. Maybe it's a pre-model (like Unidyne III is to SM57). Maybe it's a knock off. Maybe it's the right head on the wrong body, as someone's clearly done DIY on it, but then color of the head does match the...

I came across one of these the other day. There isn't a clue to any kind of brand or number on it, so I was hoping someone here recognises it. It has a Canon plug, so it can't be older than late 60's and it has the weird switch you see below the head. When I use the switch there is no...

I have good soldering skills, I've been fixing my own, and friend's, cables for years. Now, I need a whole set of new balanced mic cables. So I just want to get a big rol of cable and put on the plugs myself. I've never purchased an entire roll before, I'm sure some of you have though. What...

Can I use my multimeter to tell a good quality cable from a bad quality cable? I got to know a guy a while back who has a studio, but he can't solder. He was used to throwing defect cables into a big cardboard box under his desk and he's now donated that box to me. The cables are an array of...

Has anyone here put the Lundahl LL2913 transformer in the Apex 205? There's a good internet page on how to install the Cinamag CM 9888 into the Apex 210 ( http://www.morphproductions.com/apex210transformermod.htm ) Looking at that page it seemed a piece of cake to replace a transformer. Based...

I love the sound of the old Phase 90. I'm looking to pick one off Ebay. I'll get a new one and do the well known mod. However, I was thinking the Phase 100 would be a good idea, because you have some more controll over the sound. But then I hear that the Phase 90 and Phase 100 don't at all...

I'm still a bit put off by the fake Shure SM 57/58 microphones, which I noticed just in time. At long last I did find a nice deal on Ebay with proaudiostar, whom I highly recommend, especially for European buyers. Get the drumkit with the three SM57's + one Beta 52. Postage included you get the...

I'm looking into buying a spatializer, so I've been browsing around for info. I try to avoid Behringer normaly, but their Edison Spatializer gets a lot of praise. To the point where someone's talking about choosing it over his Neve unit in certain set ups. But how about that Ultraflex unit...

I got this 1961 Dynacord DA-20 Guitar amp through a trade deal a while back. The woman who had it, had bought in some auction, but never used it because she couldn't plug in... all DIN inserts :confused: Now, sorting out the DIN inputs are a piece of cake. But when I turn the amp on it starts...

I was going to buy a MXR micro amp pedal, I thought I'd pick one off ebay. But as I googled it to find out if I had to look out for fake ones... I found out that there are, indeed, fake MXR pedals out there. Has anyone got any idea if the micro amp was counterfitted too and, if so, how can I...

Probably another stupid question that's been answered a 100 times before, but... I'm taking a long time to orientate on buying mikes. I've read up on a lot of stuff thinking I was getting there, but then these terms turned up: LDC and SDC microphones. Could anyone give me a nice compact...

I've been orientating on the right soundcard for a while now, still haven't decided, I want to be sure to make the right choice. As I'm also orientating on pre-amps I was searching old threads for tips. Someone mentioned the Line 6 UX 8 there as a good pre-amp, so I googled it like about 30...

I'm looking around Ebay for some Shure SM57's and I keep finding adds that say "no fake / no copy etc. etc.". Does anybody know what that's all about? Are there actually microphone bootleggers out there? I also found a Chinese guy who sells them for about 35 euro's a piece, but I imagine I...

I'm quite sure they're cr*p, but my aunts attic clean unveiled a pair of boxed Sony F-230A mics. Unbalanced outputs of course. Dynamic, uni-directional, low impendace (200). Any thoughts on it? I thought i´d just put them on ebay, I know there are collectors who´ll pay $20 for a boxed mic...

I'm another one of those guys who's into the vintage sounds, you know the type. In the end it's all a matter of taste isn't it? Bla bla... I've been searching google and bookstores for any kind of site/book that talks about the history of gear. When was what used, when did what get into play...