Oktava MK012 From G.C.

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bongolation said:
I had a long correspondence with Scott about Oktavas a year or two ago (when does the guy have time to do his real work, I wonder!)...[/URL]
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Yeah, I've been corresponding with him some lately and was wondering the same thing!

After reading your post, I took a look under the hood of my MK-012. First off, it's much cleaner than the MXL 603, no flux or any of those nastys. The circuit itself is much simpler than the 603, but that may be a good thing.

I see the 680M resistors - looks like they'd at least use the 1G ones like everyone else. I've got a couple of the expensive 1G's lieing around, so I'll probably try them here. I could never catch those at Digikey, so I ended up buying them from some place in California for about $6.50 a piece. I can't imagine how much the 3G Victoreen resistors would be!

Do you know the value of the cap between the resistors? Mine has "Vn79" written on one side and nothing on the other.

The other caps are electrolytics, although they appear to be cheap ones. Probably won't make a difference until they croak.

Thanks for the info. :)
 
Flatpicker said:
It’s going to be my new acoustic guitar mic - at least for the time being, anyways (I know… never say never!;) )
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I just wanted to add that since then I've been listening to my audio clips comparing the '012 and the SP B3. Even though the '012 is more "accurate", there would certainally be times when the B3 might sound best in the mix. I guess the bottom line is, I'm glad I have both!:D
 
Flatpicker said:
I see the 680M resistors - looks like they'd at least use the 1G ones like everyone else. I've got a couple of the expensive 1G's lieing around, so I'll probably try them here. I could never catch those at Digikey, so I ended up buying them from some place in California for about $6.50 a piece. I can't imagine how much the 3G Victoreen resistors would be!
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Scott showed me a link to the 1Gs in Digi-Key's catalogue and they are there at about $3 each, as I remember. They're in the catalog, but hard to find.

The reason that they don't have them in the Oktavas is that they just don't have ready access to them. Parts availability seems to be a problem still. It used to be a lot worse than it is now.

Here's a thread that contains a lot of information on these parts and other Oktava lore.
 
bongolation said:
Scott showed me a link to the 1Gs in Digi-Key's catalogue and they are there at about $3 each, as I remember. They're in the catalog, but hard to find.
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Trouble is, Digikey's always out of stock, so you have to place an order and wait 2 months. Seems like they're always backordered, too, so it always takes two months, no matter when you order them. Of course, that beats not having them at all, I guess.

Thanks for the link!:cool:
 
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