Let take it apart...

[bigwillz24]

And be able to out it back together again...

Hey I bought a Oktava Mkl-2500 today and I want to see the tube...

Just how do I get this case off without screwing up the mic?

Oh and lets skip the joke of very carefully...

 

[bigwillz24]

nevermind I figured it out...

 

[MadAudio]

What, no pics?

 

[tourettes5139]

Yeah, pics would be awesome!

 

[timboZ]

Bonus of a ML52 ribbon mic

 

[PhilGood]

You know that you don't need to detatch the grill from the body, right? Just undo the bottom three screws and the whole thing slides off.

 

[timboZ]

I know. That was the first thing I did when I got my 2500.

I found the photos at this website.
http://www5f.biglobe.ne.jp/~fukusan/products/oktava/oktava-index.html

 

[PhilGood]

I know. That was the first thing I did when I got my 2500.

I found the photos at this website.
http://www5f.biglobe.ne.jp/~fukusan/products/oktava/oktava-index.html

Dumb photographers!! Don't know how to take apart a mic!!

 

[bigwillz24]

While I had the mic apart I removed those black disks from the capsule and also removed the inner mesh grill... I'm not any good with a soldering iron nor did i have another tube to shove in there so i stopped.

 

[Slowjett]

While I had the mic apart I removed those black disks from the capsule and also removed the inner mesh grill... I'm not any good with a soldering iron nor did i have another tube to shove in there so i stopped.

I know this post is old as hell, but did you notice any differance with this?

 

[MichaelJoly]

Like most mic mods, performing a suite of upgrades is the way to get the most noticable improvement.

This mic needs to have its body resonance, internal headbasket reflections and signal path issues addressed. For one example from those three areas, swapping in Black Gate capacitors for the signal path electrolytics is a big improvement.

The mic should have been designed with the tube installed with its base at the top of the mic to shorten capsule-to-tube signal length. Its quite a long path implemented the way it is.

 

[bigwillz24]

I know this post is old as hell, but did you notice any differance with this?

Yes it has a more open sound...

 

[Marik]

This mic needs to have its body resonance, internal headbasket reflections and signal path issues addressed.

I am actually wondering what's wrong with guys at Oktava
They managed to screw up ALL their LD designes in the grill/body department...

The mic should have been designed with the tube installed with its base at the top of the mic to shorten capsule-to-tube signal length. Its quite a long path implemented the way it is.

Yep, I am wondering what were they thinking when doing that--this long path is a good way to increase microphone noise.

To my knowledge, there are at least two versions of the circuit, with DC passing through ungapped transformer in one of them. The small sized lamination gets into saturation very easily and the mic sounds quite funky.