shipping microphones

[Harlequin Man]

i recently got a SM57 microphone in the mail..

i live in buffalo so it was feeeeeeezing here...

ups truck not heated..

mic was cold.. seems to work fune but..

can this damage mics?

what about tubes breaking from coldness?

 

[mshilarious]

Solution: move somewhere warmer

Let the mic come up to room temperature while still wrapped in its box. That will minimize condensation. Even so, I don't think a 57 can be so easily damaged.

 

[Harlequin Man]

just wondering, for more expencive mics..

 

[soundchaser59]

That's sound advice for any gear.......if it's cold, let it warm up in the room before you opent he case or remove the cover, etc.......true for amps, guitars, mics, and especailly digital keyboards. Never turn on a piece of gear while it is still freezing cold. And, as much as possible, never allow anything with a digital screen or display to get below freezing.

 

[Harlequin Man]

so somebody gave me a negative rep point for this saying "ask youre therapist"

wow..

some people are just plain old... cool..

 

[jaykeMURD]

Extreme temperature gradiants are damaging too most all electroinic equipment. A 57 would probably be fairly safe, but something like a condenser could easily become damaged. Good idea to let the equipment "warm up" to room temperature. As for digital screens, watch out for your cell phones! I work nights at UPS and workers aren't alowed to bring cell phones in, so I leave mine in my car. It get to 14-20 degrees often, and my cell phone screen gets really whacked-out, like it half frozen. Now it has "burns" or discoloration, and letters/symbols frozen on the screen. Oh well, time for a new cell anyhow!

 

[SRR]

Think of all those 57's and 58's on road tours for live sound, they all get packed in the truck, in the cold, and they come out working fine each and every night. And I don't think shipping a condenser is going to damage it because of the cold, other wise, people would just stop selling them during the winter casue they would have to deal with all those insurance claims from damaged goods. Ok if it is -25 out, maybe you don't want to leave your mics in the car, but at the same time, one would think that it is done all the time for live sound situations.