I destroyed a classic mic today!

[rob aylestone]

No i meant you might find my bits useful, its beyond repair.

 

[Jeremy Hansen]

Ok congrats if you can fix it
I need to repair my
If you know who have the parts of D202 please let me know

I have a couple good AKG D222 capsules and other parts. Let me know if you still need help.

 

[Papanate]

I've quite a few nice old mics and today got out the AKG D222 to use and I wondered if it could do with a clean. So I looked for the way in, and there was a suspicious joint in the body, so I twisted. Nothing happened, I twisted again, but harder and the entire body shattered. Not metal but a hard plastic, and it just fragmented into about a dozen pieces. They don't unscrew.

Is this your first time? It’s heartbreaking the first time - then it becomes stupid - then moronic by the third - I have excuses - I broke my stuff before the internet.

 

[ILuvFudge]

I thought I destroyed a Telefunken M251 once. It was the client's mic and we were in the UK for awhile from America. I forgot to switch it to 240 volts and when I turned on the power supply it made a high pitched moan like a person in pain. I never heard anything like it.

Good thing it was just a blown fuse and nothing else.

Later that week during a day off, I walked right into Abbey Road and asked for a tour. They yelled at me and then threw me out.

 

[Papanate]

I've quite a few nice old mics and today got out the AKG D222 to use and I wondered if it could do with a clean. So I looked for the way in, and there was a suspicious joint in the body, so I twisted. Nothing happened, I twisted again, but harder and the entire body shattered. Not metal but a hard plastic, and it just fragmented into about a dozen pieces. They don't unscrew.

Yuk! I hate that when I do things like that - have you searched for Broken AKG D222s on the web? There must be some out there - where the body is good but the internals are messed up.