Oktava mkl2500

[progdrums]

ok guys...If your mics say A.S.M on the back of the body they are fake mics from CHINA not russia. I just got mine working properly after doing the "ohhey" mod :http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.asp?m=575625&mpage=3.
I would like to know of anyone who has a REAL mkl2500- it should say "Made in Russia-Tula" in the back and NOT A.S.M.
Then we can compare the innards and know we are all on the "same page"

Cheers

 

[dgatwood]

ok guys...If your mics say A.S.M on the back of the body they are fake mics from CHINA not russia. I just got mine working properly after doing the "ohhey" mod :http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.asp?m=575625&mpage=3.
I would like to know of anyone who has a REAL mkl2500- it should say "Made in Russia-Tula" in the back and NOT A.S.M.
Then we can compare the innards and know we are all on the "same page"

Uh... that's not true. (Well, it's true for -new- mics, but -only- for new mics.) I have a Russian Oktava that says A.S.M. Standard Russian case, metal squeeze-type clip, dimpled contacts, silver plated center pins, apparently too old to have a serial number, but marked MK-012-01.

Oktava mics sold through the old U.S. distributor were branded A.S.M. The new Chinese mics currently being sold by that same distributor under the Oktava name are also branded A.S.M. Thus, it is perfectly possible to have a legitimate, Russian Oktava with the A.S.M. branding. In fact, the only way a Russian Oktava wouldn't say A.S.M. is if it were sold originally outside the United States (or if it were sold inside the United States since the whole schism).

The -only- way to reliably tell is to look for silver plated center pins and dimpled contacts on the other side. The Chinese knock-offs have a brass-looking contact that touches a flat plate. Of course, you can do a pretty good approximation by looking for an almost-square case, a 10 dB pad, and a metal mic clip.