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Gear / Technical Help => Microphones & Setup => Topic started by: Ray76 on July 22, 2005, 07:14:22 PM
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Im just askin, because the caps im getting(m20) are from the time that the Berlin Wall came down.
Itd be interesting to me. What are the oldest mics that someone in here uses I wander......
Ray
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i've had my 480s since halloween 98.
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I got my Schoeps in Jan 2001 - so that is about 4.5 yrs old
My Sennheiser ME-80s were purchased March 1993 - I don't really use them anymore tho
one of these days I will get around to running the ME-80s through the V2/AD2k combo - just curious how the shotguns would sound with a decent micpre behind them - once I got my Neumann's (and then on to the Schoeps) I just never ran the guns again...
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summer 99, so theres 6 years!
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so would I just get the serial numbers and call the manufacturer to get the age of mine??
it doesnt matter, just curious.
tryin to learn my weapons, so to speak.
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maybe get them checked over if theyre that old(berlin wall came crashing down in 89 right?)
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maybe get them checked over if theyre that old(berlin wall came crashing down in 89 right?)
its just the m20 caps that are that old, the 210s and bodies i just got arent that old i dont believe.
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if they were kept in smoke-free environments or a pelican case, i wouldnt worry about ti too much, but since your so close to MG, id have them look them over, why not ya know ???
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if they were kept in smoke-free environments or a pelican case, i wouldnt worry about ti too much, but since your so close to MG, id have them look them over, why not ya know ???
what i was wanderin is if the factory could tell me the age b the serial number
or if there is a database to look up such things
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if they were kept in smoke-free environments or a pelican case, i wouldnt worry about ti too much, but since your so close to MG, id have them look them over, why not ya know ???
what i was wanderin is if the factory could tell me the age b the serial number
or if there is a database to look up such things
call MG, theyre right by you and could prolly help you out, they ARE the manufacturer ;)
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my mics are definitely not the oldest ones here. in fact, they are probably in the running for the newest mics. I got them new in mid-May (as soon as they arrived in the US). The frequency test plots were done in Germany on April 29, 2005 :)
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my mics are definitely not the oldest ones here. in fact, they are probably in the running for the newest mics. I got them new in mid-May (as soon as they arrived in the US). The frequency test plots were done in Germany on April 29, 2005 :)
:o
damn. are they broke in yet?
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late 70's/early 80's maybe? i wrote neumann with my serial numbers.
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late 70's/early 80's maybe? i wrote neumann with my serial numbers.
what mics are they?
you havent heard back from em?
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late 70's/early 80's maybe? i wrote neumann with my serial numbers.
what mics are they?
you havent heard back from em?
km84i just wrote them last night because of this thread
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late 70's/early 80's maybe? i wrote neumann with my serial numbers.
what mics are they?
you havent heard back from em?
km84i just wrote them last night because of this thread
cool man!
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maybe get them checked over if theyre that old(berlin wall came crashing down in 89 right?)
11/10/89?
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maybe get them checked over if theyre that old(berlin wall came crashing down in 89 right?)
11/10/89?
the guy i got em from said they are from right around that time, yep.
Ray
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i wrote neumann with my serial numbers.
i did that about two months ago and still have not heard back.
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i wrote neumann with my serial numbers.
i did that about two months ago and still have not heard back.
phil and john r, give me the serials if you want to know how old they are. i have connections.
if you want me to do that, let me know via pm or here.
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thanks ray!
it's an skm-140 set with serial's of 27122+27129
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thanks ray!
it's an skm-140 set with serial's of 27122+27129
noted bud!
will look into it monday!
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OH YEAH!
+T btw.
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OH YEAH!
+T btw.
backatcha!
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my AKG C 568 EB i think are some where the late 80s
wish i could find out more, but i cant find any serials them :P
Raphael
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my AKG C 568 EB i think are some where the late 80s
wish i could find out more, but i cant find any serials them :P
Raphael
damn lil buddy, they are older than you! ;D
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my AKG C 568 EB i think are some where the late 80s
wish i could find out more, but i cant find any serials them :P
Raphael
damn lil buddy, they are older than you! ;D
lol
yeah, but it dont take much to be older than me ;)
Raphael
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I got my Nak CM100's in 1986. Only set of mic's I've ever run. I think it time for a change.
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I got my Nak CM100's in 1986. Only set of mic's I've ever run. I think it time for a change.
:o
loyal customer!
thats the year the challenger blew up! :o
and the year i had an appendectomy(as the doctor made the incision, the news flash came on and he almost slipped)
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i remember when the challeneger blew up, i was a year away from starting kindefgarten and was in my basement watching tv w/ my mom, and BAM, news flash :'(
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got mine is 00
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OH YEAH!
+T btw.
should know in a day or two. ;)
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Got my Neumann u89i's in early 2000.
If you want to here some old fantastic sounding mics try this 2002 Kimock show:
http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-details-db.php?id=1679
Vintage Neumann's onstage. Apparently they're from about 1959/1960. This is the way that Neumann's and IMHO all audience recordings should sound.
And some mic pics:
http://www.micshop.com/cmv-563_pic.htm
-BA
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Got my Neumann u89i's in early 2000.
If you want to here some old fantastic sounding mics try this 2002 Kimock show:
http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-details-db.php?id=1679
Vintage Neumann's onstage. Apparently they're from about 1959/1960. This is the way that Neumann's and IMHO all audience recordings should sound.
And some mic pics:
http://www.micshop.com/cmv-563_pic.htm
-BA
The um900 from gefell looks like it was modeled after that mic...
Also Doug Oade said he is taping with neumann u86i , i wander what those sound like..
Ray
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purchased my 460's in 1988
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got my 483's way back in '05. oh wait... ;D
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my 460's were bought used by a friend of mine in 1990
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i remember when the challeneger blew up, i was a year away from starting kindefgarten and was in my basement watching tv w/ my mom, and BAM, news flash :'(
Yeah I think I was in first grade. I still remember a rumor about one of the 2nd grade teachers being in the astronaut program and almost being on the challenger, but failing some test at the last minute. Damn, first and second graders are so stupid :P
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late 70's/early 80's maybe? i wrote neumann with my serial numbers.
what mics are they?
you havent heard back from em?
km84i just wrote them last night because of this thread
10/16/1985
thanks, ray.
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late 70's/early 80's maybe? i wrote neumann with my serial numbers.
what mics are they?
you havent heard back from em?
km84i just wrote them last night because of this thread
10/16/1985
thanks, ray.
no prob John.
mine were created in 1996(bodies) and 1998(caps)
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i remember when the challeneger blew up, i was a year away from starting kindefgarten and was in my basement watching tv w/ my mom, and BAM, news flash :'(
damn, when the challenger blew up i was skipping school doing bong hits at a friend's house.
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i remember when the challeneger blew up, i was a year away from starting kindefgarten and was in my basement watching tv w/ my mom, and BAM, news flash :'(
damn, when the challenger blew up i was skipping school doing bong hits at a friend's house.
I was skipping school too! 85-86 was the year I attended a french-speaking high school in Chicoutimi, Quebec. I had bailed after my 1st class to go hang out with some other americans I knew...
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i remember when the challeneger blew up, i was a year away from starting kindefgarten and was in my basement watching tv w/ my mom, and BAM, news flash :'(
Yeah I think I was in first grade. I still remember a rumor about one of the 2nd grade teachers being in the astronaut program and almost being on the challenger, but failing some test at the last minute. Damn, first and second graders are so stupid :P
I believe that was Christa McAuliffe and she was on the Challenger when it blew up. She was supposed to teach from space.
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My C34 is pretty old, I haven't been able to pin it down though. We think it's from the 70's or so.
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This is totally off topic but Carlbeck, I love your avatar! +T
I've seen it many times now, but each time I swear it's funnier. Rock on brotha!
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I feel the same exact way, I can't get myself to change it. I was thinking of using this instead but I don't know.
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I feel the same exact way, I can't get myself to change it. I was thinking of using this instead but I don't know.
Nope, don't do it. Not even close to as good as the Colin pic.
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dont do it carl!