Topic: ADK 51 S LE matched pairs

[BCostigan]

JP..Is there a way to tell if the LEs have your circuitry by the serial numbers??   My serials are: 09143, 09144


thanks!

[JP Gerard]

Not really... I'll ask Larry though. Best way to do this is to check the sensitivity: my circuit is around 20mV/Pa, stock is around 15mV/Pa.

[zhianosatch]

JP, you awake at 5:50 AM EST?

[Nick in Edinboro]

I do believe JP is from Europe and as such doesn't pertain to our time zone

[JP Gerard]

BCostigan, your mics are stock LE's.
A bit noisy, and not as linear as could be, especially in the low end.

And yes, I'm right in the middle of Belgium.

JP

[Chuck]

<sound woodier? hmmm, what does wood sound like, stiff and hard? >

AH! I should've been more careful ;O)

I find that some mics, like the KM84, tend to have a very "organic" sound, while things like (modified) Oktava 012's have a sort of slightly "hard" edge to them. They're both good, but I prefer the 84; clients usually pick my modified Oktava's though! I really like the 012s on drums; the 84 sounds a bit "soft" here, by comparison of course.

When I say that a mic is "woodier" I mean that the mic will typically enhance the natural body of the source compared to a more neutral, revealing mic.

Yeah, I know it's all very subjective.

JP

Off subject a bit, but... JP:
When you speak of modified Oktava MC012's are you refering to the Scott Dorsey, Recording Magazine 09/2003, mod or another mod?
Would you mind comenting on your experience with 'modded" Oktava MC012's?

We have thread going:
http://www.taperssection.com/yabbse/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=6603

[JP Gerard]

Quickly... The ones I have here are "my" mod, but I found Scott's mod and it's the same; I use different capacitor types and overspec a bit more, but same stuff really, although I definitely prefer metal glazed 1G to polarise the capsule and at the FET gate. But yeah, we basically replace all the funky stuff with good components.

I find my 012s too clean, so I replaced them with a pair of Calrec/Bridge 1050s. The 012's are very nice, as quiet as my 84, have very good headroom and are very linear when modified.

JP

[iphone]

do you have any cost for the mod?

[junkbondking]

just wanted to chime in and say how happy i have been with my 51tl's this past year.  i got em about a year ago, have taped 24 shows with them, and feel they are the best mics out there for the variety of places i tape.  ive run em in small clubs, warehouse venues, traditional theares, hockey rinks, and red rocks.  

i would proudly wear a team adk shirt at any show.

[Chuck]

do you have any cost for the mod?

Todd on the thread:
http://www.taperssection.com/yabbse/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=6603

Has expressed some interest in doing the mod for others. Contact him.