Question About Small Tuchel Adapter

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Is anyone familiar with this type of mic adapter. Are all the small tuchel adapters the same? This is for an AKG D19 I haven't got yet.
 
I'm no expert, but I believe all small Tuchel connectors are the same. Not too difficult to get a small Tuchel -> XLR adapter.
 
Thanks for the input.

Are you related to anti spatula? :D

BTW Where? Can you get them anywhere other than ebay?
 
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haha - no relation. Where's he been, anyway?

I got mine on ebay...
 
Tuchel (pronounced tu-kel) is a brand name, not a type of adapter. They are not all the same. They come in many different pin combinations. The small ones are an amphenol din style adapter. You could probably find what you're looking for here:

http://www.alliedelec.com/

Or do a Google search for amphenol din connectors with the pin configuration you need.
 
Awesome. Look's like I could make an adapter. Thanks Phil!

I haven't got the mic yet and I'm not sure if the D19's are all the same or which pin configuration mine has yet.
 
PhilGood said:
Tuchel (pronounced tu-kel)
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Sorry, it's not pronounced tu-kel at all.

The "ch" in German is pronounced like the "ch" sound in the Scottish word "Loch" or the "h" sound when you say "Huge".

Sorry, it's a little difficult to describe properly.

Some people make the sound softer and more like a "sh", but it's definitely *not* a hard "k"sound.


PhilGood said:
is a brand name, not a type of adapter. They are not all the same. They come in many different pin combinations. The small ones are an amphenol din style adapter. You could probably find what you're looking for here:

htt"p://www.alliedelec.com/

Or do a Google search for amphenol din connectors with the pin configuration you need.
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You are correct the rest of the way though.

These connectors are also made by Binder.

Look HERE.

It is wired:-

socket pin 1 = +ve - - - - - connected to XLR pin 2
socket pin 2 = screen - - - - - connected to XLR pin 1
socket pin 3 = -ve - - - - - connected to XLR pin 3
 
John Willett said:
Sorry, it's not pronounced tu-kel at all.

The "ch" in German is pronounced like the "ch" sound in the Scottish word "Loch" or the "h" sound when you say "Huge".

Sorry, it's a little difficult to describe properly.

Some people make the sound softer and more like a "sh", but it's definitely *not* a hard "k"sound.
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Sorry, I learned how to pronounce it from the mic tech at Stephen Paul Audio, and he did pronounce it that way, as well as do I, but I didn't feel the need to put that much into the pronunciation, seeing how a lot of Americans don't use the word Loch very often. We pronounce it Lake.

But thanks for the overly anal correction.:rolleyes:


Tuchel: Pronounced "Tu-(soft K + phlem)-el"


We pronounce "huge" ..."huge". The H has a sound like the H in "Haircut" or "Heaven"...because its an H.
 
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PhilGood said:
We pronounce "huge" ..."huge". The H has a sound like the H in "Haircut" or "Heaven"...because its an H.
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LoL

Say it out loud - the "h" in "huge" sounds different from the "h" in "haircut" or "heaven".

Anyway - only a minor thing and that is how the pronunciation was explained to me in a language book.

My wife has a PhD in languages and I tend to get hung up sometimes on pronouncing things properly (as well as spelling foreign names with the correct diacritics). :D

[pedant mode off] :D
 
What the chell is a language class doing in the microphone forum?

And welcome aboard HR John ~ You do realize that the new guy has to provide the drinks and chips, right?



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John Willett said:
LoL

Say it out loud - the "h" in "huge" sounds different from the "h" in "haircut" or "heaven".

Anyway - only a minor thing and that is how the pronunciation was explained to me in a language book.

My wife has a PhD in languages and I tend to get hung up sometimes on pronouncing things properly (as well as spelling foreign names with the correct diacritics). :D

[pedant mode off] :D
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OK, would that be like why most Brits say the T in "Tuesday" as "Chewsday". :D

I guess that would be like the H in huge?;)
 
moresound said:
What the chell is a language class doing in the microphone forum?

And welcome aboard HR John ~ You do realize that the new guy has to provide the drinks and chips, right?



:cool:
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Hey, we're working on the minutea here! Very important with all the fine detail involved in microphones!
 
PhilGood said:
Hey, we're working on the minutea here! Very important with all the fine detail involved in microphones!
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Well that's fine just don't take all day! I can't wait forever for those drinks and chips, John you might as well get some dip while your at it ~ and for gods sake don't say tomato, or bloody, or...........................



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You mean, I had to go all the way to London for a free pint of bitters?



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Thanks for the help with the adapter and the language lessons. :D

I wound up buying a premade to xlr one off ebay. Mouser was back ordered on the part and I couldn't figure out the right one at Allied.

Thanks for that link John. I may wind up getting another of these mics and could use it. I got lucky with this one. I bought it cheap because it had the classic "rattle" problem. But I fixed it!!
 
SteveM said:
Thanks for the help with the adapter and the language lessons. :D

I wound up buying a premade to xlr one off ebay. Mouser was back ordered on the part and I couldn't figure out the right one at Allied.

Thanks for that link John. I may wind up getting another of these mics and could use it. I got lucky with this one. I bought it cheap because it had the classic "rattle" problem. But I fixed it!!
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Classic rattle problem? Tell me more Steve. :)



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moresound said:
Classic rattle problem? Tell me more Steve. :)



:cool:
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I guess it's a pretty common problem with the d19's and some other mics. There's a little plastic disc that sits inside the capsule that is glued down to a metal piece. As they get older some of them become unglued so whenever you move the mic you can hear it crashing around. You actually have to peel back the capsule and re glue the disc back down in the dead center. You have to be real careful because the wires that are connected to the capsule are as thin as a hair and break easily. And if one breaks then it's all over.
 
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