Build a Microphone Worth $3.00

diablo74 said:
Please if anyone actually tries this and succeeds in recording anything i'd love to hear it. :)


Hardware: 3.5 mm plug (mono)
Miniature Electret Condenser Microphone

Total cost : $3.00

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http://www.rundel.net/palmtop/images/zaurus-images/micro_open.jpg
http://www.rundel.net/palmtop/zaurus/microphone.htm
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People have been selling those on ebay for $10 - $15 for years

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=15056&item=5751782712&rd=1

To be perfectly honest they can only be a step up from the normal laptop mic.
 
A mic 'worth' $3.00? There are probably many mics that cost many times that that are 'worth' about $3.00 :D

As far as a mic costing $3.00 to build - well one can only assume it's going to sound about what a $3.00 mic should sound like. (unless we're talking overseas labor rates here, in that case that $3.00 is probably enough to put together another Nady mic :D )

-Krag
 
kragbax said:
A mic 'worth' $3.00? There are probably many mics that cost many times that that are 'worth' about $3.00 :D

As far as a mic costing $3.00 to build - well one can only assume it's going to sound about what a $3.00 mic should sound like. (unless we're talking overseas labor rates here, in that case that $3.00 is probably enough to put together another Nady mic :D )

-Krag
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Actually if you use the panasonic capsule they sound more like a $49.99 mic

http://www.behringer.com/ECM8000/index.cfm?lang=ENG
 
Go check out the yahoo group "micbuilders" maybe. They do stuff like that all the time... I've been meaning to do some for a while, and now I actually have money, but will have to wait until summer when I'll have a place to work and tools...

I found http://www.lawrencemetal.com/productlist.html?basemodel=920 a while back, and that's got me all inspired (haha, I typed expired by mistake - something I do NOT want to be).... I figure some black tubing with b rass grill would look sweeeeet.

I recently picked up a behringer ecm8000, not bad for the price.

I reckon I'll do some modding on it, as I already went and scraped up the "nose" trying to remove the cap type part, and ripped the wires off the capsule in pulling it off... =D
 
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