Topic: vintage microphone lineup

[junonato]

hey all, just was doing some spring cleaning at a buddies house when he came across some old audio gear from his club in Boston across the street from the garden that was open in the late seventies/early eighties.  found a whole bunch of microphones and was wondering if anybody knew anything about them.  my buddy told me there is three matched pairs for recording.  anybody know any info? 

shure brothers inc, unidymeIII dynamic model 45sd  (kinda wearing off)2 matched stereo pair

beyer dynamic M69N(C) West Germany 2 matched stereo pair

shureSM82 unidirectional microphone 600

beyer dynamicM300N(C) West Germany

electrovoice Buchanan, MI

electrovoice SRO-DS35 dynamic cardiod 2 matched stereo pair

a few others with no markings/worn out markings

audio technica unidirectional electret condenser ATM91  Japan
thanks!

pics below

[TNJazz]

beyer dynamic M69N(C) West Germany 2 matched stereo pair

We have a pair of these.  Very smooth and sound great on vocals and guitar cabinets.  We also used one a couple of weeks ago on sax with good results.  It's very much like a 57.  I used one on a guitar cabinet last month along with a 57 and I literally can't tell the difference between the two mics.

I imagine you could use it on just about anything with decent results, just like a 57.

[junonato]

pics

[cleantone]

Oh man. That is awesome. What is he gonna do with them? Ebay?

[anodyne33]

Judging from the looks of that 58 I'm guessing it's got a few stories to tell. 

[rokpunk]

i've got a pair of m69's too. great sounding mics...although, the ones in the pic above look they have seen better days.
the rest of them are pretty much standard issue crappy '70's mics.
sm82 was a broadcast mic, the 545sd was an instrument mic (low end 57), the m300 and the ATM91 are handheld dynamic vocal mics.
none are really suitable for taping and each would fetch you roughly $50 (if you are lucky) on ebay...maybe a tad more for the m69's.

[junonato]

yeah they came from a punk rock club and have been used for quite a few things probably even bar fights, might use a couple to mic instruments in the studio, maybe a sweet wash tub bass!