ok.. i modded one of my mc012's, so i could do a comparison with the other un-modded one. maybe a bad way to do it? but here is the results:
http://philzone.routeflap.net/audio/uploads/oktava-mod
txt file will have info on it. im thinking about offering to do them for people if the demand is there
i read your txt file, i see you modded the msp pair from the sound room. you noted it, but i want to reiterate that the fmsp's from taylor do not necessarily benefit from that mod. i would only do them on a "disposable" pair from guitar center or elsewhere that are not hand-picked and matched precisely already.
please don't take this personal, but i think that was a dumb move. not to take away from a successful mod and your efforts in creating a test, but i must admit it seems a little futile to me.
taylor gets his mics from the factories with the highest quality control and he himself has a high standard in picking which mics he sells, especially with the matched stereo pairs which go through rigorous testing both at the factory and again when he gets them. i posted a thread with some of his comments in it awhile ago, you may be able to find it if you search for it.
the cheapie gc oktavas most likely came from factories with lower quality control standards. in some cases the people on the assembly line would run out of certain parts and just grab whatever was around to complete the circuitry of the mic. now, this isn't so much the case anymore, as i have been told that quality control has been upped in many of the factories since the flood of the low cost oktavas.
anyways, the gc oktavas likely have inferior or incorrect components which will benefit from the mod.
check out calico's comments on this board, i think he is doing the comparison the right way. he has a fmsp, and picked up a pair from guitar centar as well to mod. he hand picked the gc mics and found 2 that he believed were sonically equivalent, by his ears. he's working on this mod now and will be able to provide a test comparing the sound room fmsp's, the un-modded gc oktavas, and then the modded ones. i think this test will yield the best results especially with 2 controls to compare the mod to.
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