Microphone Pictures

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Rossi said:
Wilkee, another question: how old is your NT1000? The capsule looks different from what I seem to remember it to look like. I think the early models had the ususal Neumann-inspired capsules. Yours is edge determined, similar to the one in the new NT2000.
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As far as I know this is the only capsule that they have used, mine is a pretty early model.

The build quality is very very good, and when I require a reliable recording this is always the mike that comes out of its case.
 
ausrock said:
Wilkee,

Maybe I was somewhat ambigous..........leave the bloody mic alone!!!!!

:D
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Come on mate stop sitting on the bloody fence. :D

I would still like to get into the little bastard but on both my models the front ring (the bit with the 2 small holes) refuses to come undone.
Maybe they have applied a bit of loctite on the thread?
 
CanopuS said:
Lemme guess they designed it that way so we wouldn't see into their terrible electronics etc? :D
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Without in any way wishing to start the usual Behringer V the rest of the world argument, without opening the Mic I know that the build quality will be at worst business like and will probable be very good.

IMO the sound quality from this Mic is excellent and if the SP C4 is in any way similar or even better I can see why a lot of you guys are very happy with them.

They now get used instead of my NT3's on nearly every occasion.
 
I bought a B-5 yesterday, (maybe picking up a second today to use for a recording session tonight). I'll take a look at mine when I get home to see if I can get 'm open easily and make pictures.

I'll let you all know.
 
I only had a quick look at the NT1000 pics and I seem to recall seeing SMT (Surface Mount Technology). I haven't seen anything from 797 using SMT, however RODE's Sydney facility does have SMT assembly equipment.

Does this mean that the NT1000 pcb is made by RODE themselves..........? If Rossi is correct, have RODE changed the capsule in the NT1000's? Is this capsule also made by RODE or are they still having their capsules manufactured offshore?

Back to the B5's..........if the difficulty in opening your (Wilkee's) B5's is typical of all (or most), one has to wonder why they are designed like that. It isn't uncommon in mics or other equipment for screws to be concealed but this is the first time I have heard of it being done in the Chinese manufactured mics.

:cool:
 
ausrock said:
I only had a quick look at the NT1000 pics and I seem to recall seeing SMT (Surface Mount Technology). I haven't seen anything from 797 using SMT, however RODE's Sydney facility does have SMT assembly equipment.

Does this mean that the NT1000 pcb is made by RODE themselves..........? If Rossi is correct, have RODE changed the capsule in the NT1000's? Is this capsule also made by RODE or are they still having their capsules manufactured offshore?


Back to the B5's..........if the difficulty in opening your (Wilkee's) B5's is typical of all (or most), one has to wonder why they are designed like that. It isn't uncommon in mics or other equipment for screws to be concealed but this is the first time I have heard of it being done in the Chinese manufactured mics.

:cool:
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NT1000
I would guess that if they are buying-in the electronics then it is probably from a company that specialises in this
type of manufacture as there would be no need for any specialist knowledge of Mics once the design was finalised.
I think that they have only used this capsule for the NT1000 and also the NTK

B5
With regards the B5 I do not think that there is anything underhand going-on.
Any repairs to this type of Mic would probably just result in replacement so why bother to make it easy to take apart.

I used the B5 that I photographed last night at a live gig and I am pleased to repork that I have not managed to ruin it (yet)

p.s. Have now posted AT4035 (4033) photo's
 
ausrock, I read about Rode's SMT-facilities, too. I'm pretty sure they make their own PCBs. They look much better than those in Samson mics (the C03 is also SMT-equipped). Note also the ingenious use of electrolytics. The electrolytics are placed on the backside of the PCB and are conventional throug-the-hole types. Thus you can replace them when they fail. Replacing SMD components is much harder to do.

I'll try to check the capsule thing. The ones I see on Wilkee's pictures look different from the usual chinese designs. I suspect that very early models *may* have had (selected?) chinese capsules and *might* have switched to different Australian made capsules later on. But this is mere speculation. Personally I don't have a problem with Chinese capsules. What matters is that they are well made and sound good. I like SP capsules for instance.


Thanks for the pictures, Wilkee!!
 
Wilkee I was just joking :D I too have chinese mics, the quality seems very good and I don't have any problems. It's nice that so far this has been backed up by your evidence in pictures. Thanks
 
I understand RODE are now making their mic capsules on site in Australia

Dingo
 
I just went back to an old NT1000 review in German "Keyboards" and found that the capsules there looked pretty much the same as Wilkee's. So I guess I was wrong.
 
Wilkee, do you believe it possible to further disassemble the capsule tips for the B5 so as to remove the capsules themselves or is the shell integral to the capsule?

I'm looking for .5" to .75" capsules of minimum length for a tetrahedral DIY A-format array.


Bob
 
arcanemethods said:
Wilkee, do you believe it possible to further disassemble the capsule tips for the B5 so as to remove the capsules themselves or is the shell integral to the capsule?


Bob
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The Capsule is screwed into the end cap.

This would require the same method as for the main body i.e. slim long nose pliers.

I suspect that this also would have a small quantity of a thread locking medium applied.

You can just see the assembly holes in one of the photo's
 
DJL said:
Are you going to remove the Behringer B5 from your picture list... or are you still going to post the Behringer B5 pictures?
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As with all the mics I will only take them apart to a point where I feel that

1) They will go back together again and still work to spec.

2) I do not cause any cosmetic damage.

With regards the B5 I would have been quite happy to remove the lower decal to get at the XLR screw but I just could not remove the top ring. When you try to remove the top ring this puts a large strain of the slide switch mounted thru the body as this is only a tiny switch??

I would hope that what pictures I have taken would still be of some use.
 
Pictures (A Little Late)

Hey all,

I found this thread while looking for instructions on how to disassemble my Behringer B5. As you know, I didn't find any, so I took some pictures while I tried to figure out how to get into this thing. I basically destroyed it in the process, but now I know how to do it, and hopefully my instructions (and pictures) will help someone else someday...

So you get your B5 pictures, even if it is a few years after your initial conversation.

Here's the article, enjoy!:

Well, scratch that, this is my first post so I can't post a URL. You'll have to go to: Blog dot killfly dot com, and look for the Behringer article.
 
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