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460,480 always matched?
« on: March 05, 2012, 07:49:04 PM »
I read somewhere that the AKG 460/480 craftsmanship is so strict that they are all built very close to matched?
Is this true?
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Re: 460,480 always matched?
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2012, 07:52:19 PM »
I haven't heard that before, but I'm not an AKG expert, just a fluffer.  My 480s are close, but I balance the levels L/R anyway so it would be hard to tell for sure unless they were off by 5 dB or so.
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Re: 460,480 always matched?
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2012, 08:15:40 PM »
Caps age and get out of balance....I had one CK61 that got about 5db hot...ended up replacing both caps for peace of mind and they are now very close....but I bet I could have gotten away with just one...

Since that time I had one body/Preamp board go bad...just fixed the one and there is virtually no difference between the new and old
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Re: 460,480 always matched?
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2012, 08:19:08 PM »
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Re: 460,480 always matched?
« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2012, 08:20:35 PM »
Way to go.  Good deal.
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Re: 460,480 always matched?
« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2012, 08:21:52 PM »
Quote from: Hypnocracy on March 05, 2012, 08:15:40 PM
Caps age and get out of balance....I had one CK61 that got about 5db hot...ended up replacing both caps for peace of mind and they are now very close....but I bet I could have gotten away with just one...

Since that time I had one body/Preamp board go bad...just fixed the one and there is virtually no difference between the new and old
So, It's the capsules that may go out of balance? Does it matter much about buying separate single 460 bodies?
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Re: 460,480 always matched?
« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2012, 08:27:46 PM »
I know there are Two Types of 460 bodies...one version has three switches...I have the version that looks like the current 480 one switch with three positions so I can't comment on the matching of the two types

 my two are identical
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Re: 460,480 always matched?
« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2012, 08:43:33 PM »
Ted would be one to ask, I swear he's had a bunch of caps tested to try and find sets that went well with each other throughout the frequency range. He would have a handle on how well that works out.
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Re: 460,480 always matched?
« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2012, 09:05:36 PM »
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Re: 460,480 always matched?
« Reply #9 on: March 05, 2012, 10:11:04 PM »
Quote from: page on March 05, 2012, 08:43:33 PM
Ted would be one to ask, I swear he's had a bunch of caps tested to try and find sets that went well with each other throughout the frequency range. He would have a handle on how well that works out.
Sorry man, I'm new here.. Ted? Can you help me out?
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Re: 460,480 always matched?
« Reply #10 on: March 05, 2012, 10:14:01 PM »
Quote from: flicflac on March 05, 2012, 10:11:04 PM
Quote from: page on March 05, 2012, 08:43:33 PM
Ted would be one to ask, I swear he's had a bunch of caps tested to try and find sets that went well with each other throughout the frequency range. He would have a handle on how well that works out.
Sorry man, I'm new here.. Ted? Can you help me out?

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Re: 460,480 always matched?
« Reply #11 on: March 08, 2012, 04:20:29 PM »
It came today. It looks good, damn near mint, but I won't be able to test it out until tomorrow.
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Re: 460,480 always matched?
« Reply #12 on: March 08, 2012, 04:35:24 PM »
Quote from: vanark on March 05, 2012, 10:14:01 PM
Quote from: flicflac on March 05, 2012, 10:11:04 PM
Quote from: page on March 05, 2012, 08:43:33 PM
Ted would be one to ask, I swear he's had a bunch of caps tested to try and find sets that went well with each other throughout the frequency range. He would have a handle on how well that works out.
Sorry man, I'm new here.. Ted? Can you help me out?

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sorry, my bad.
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Re: 460,480 always matched?
« Reply #13 on: March 08, 2012, 06:55:56 PM »
Quote from: flicflac on March 08, 2012, 04:20:29 PM
It came today. It looks good, damn near mint, but I won't be able to test it out until tomorrow.

Cool.  Just need to find another one just like it... 
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Re: 460,480 always matched?
« Reply #14 on: March 08, 2012, 07:21:59 PM »
Quote from: vanark on March 08, 2012, 06:55:56 PM
Quote from: flicflac on March 08, 2012, 04:20:29 PM
It came today. It looks good, damn near mint, but I won't be able to test it out until tomorrow.

Cool.  Just need to find another one just like it...
I might have a mint pair of 460's coming my way real soon to match up with the mint 61's I just picked up. In that case this one may go right back up on ebay, or perhaps right here on TS. Thanks for your help, bro. I appreciate it.
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