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Oktava MC012's asm meaning?
« on: October 22, 2003, 12:01:51 PM »
We have discovered tha some Oktavas have the initials A.S.M. on them. Does anyone what this means?
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Re:Oktava MC012's asm meaning?
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2003, 01:17:07 PM »
A google search on oktava asm yields an "ASM Test and Measurements" located in Moscow - maybe they're the company that does the matching or testing before they're imported to the US?

I think an Alexander Schreibman (spelling?) created the MC012 too; maybe that's the "AS" of "ASM"?

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« Last Edit: October 23, 2003, 08:52:02 AM by greenone »
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Re:Oktava MC012's asm meaning?
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2003, 02:01:36 PM »
The non-SoundRoom MC012's seem to have that A.S.M.marking. It could be the mark of the importer as well.
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Re:Oktava MC012's asm meaning?
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2003, 06:17:38 PM »
hmm my pair is definately a sound room pair and has the a.s.m.

« Last Edit: October 22, 2003, 06:22:49 PM by spoogles »
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Re:Oktava MC012's asm meaning?
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2003, 06:37:59 PM »
i got the FMSP in wooden box form sound-room also in july of 2000. and i have the A.S.M on the bodies too.
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Re:Oktava MC012's asm meaning?
« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2003, 07:01:53 PM »
My pair, bought from G.C. have the "A.S.M." label as well.
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Re:Oktava MC012's asm meaning?
« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2003, 07:21:33 PM »
Hmmm...
My GC pair have A.S.M.
The ones I bought from Russia have no A.S.M.
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Re:Oktava MC012's asm meaning?
« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2003, 07:35:15 PM »
I bought mine from the Sound Room in March 2003 and the don't
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Re:Oktava MC012's asm meaning?
« Reply #8 on: October 22, 2003, 07:36:53 PM »
Oh yea  are they MC012 or MK012.  mine are MK012A.  hmmm. I wonder
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Re:Oktava MC012's asm meaning?
« Reply #9 on: October 22, 2003, 09:56:26 PM »
Mine are Sound Room MC012 and have ASM.
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Re:Oktava MC012's asm meaning?
« Reply #10 on: October 22, 2003, 11:01:26 PM »
I have MK012 bought from Recording Services(ebay) about a month ago and they have ASM
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Re:Oktava MC012's asm meaning?
« Reply #11 on: October 22, 2003, 11:24:22 PM »
GC and they have the ASM.

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Re:Oktava MC012's asm meaning?
« Reply #12 on: October 23, 2003, 12:54:46 AM »
sound room, mc012, no asm
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Re:Oktava MC012's asm meaning?
« Reply #13 on: October 23, 2003, 09:08:32 AM »
ASM stands for Alan Stewart MaKay. Alan is the "A" in A & F MaKay audio limited in the UK that is the source of all white market Oktava microphones outside of Russia.

Occasionally some microphones take other routes out of the factory and therefore miss the ASM marking. A & F audio limited says (no surprise there) that the ASM marked ones are tested more thoroughly than the unmarked ones, but that's not really relevant if you get them from the Sound Room as they get thoroughly re-tested there in any case.

If I was buying of Ebay or Guitar Center, I would shy away from unmarked ones though, just to be sure.
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Re:Oktava MC012's asm meaning?
« Reply #14 on: October 23, 2003, 04:02:57 PM »
+T for the info Flarnet.

mine: GC , MC012 , ASM
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Re:Oktava MC012's asm meaning?
« Reply #15 on: October 27, 2003, 03:45:06 PM »
I have a gc pair and they say asm on them
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