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Re: AKGefell Active Project v5
« Reply #135 on: July 19, 2012, 02:01:49 PM »

Awesome-ness Bri! I can't wait! Now, who wants to buy my Portico?   ;D

i sold mine via e-bay

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Re: AKGefell Active Project v5
« Reply #136 on: July 19, 2012, 02:28:16 PM »

Awesome-ness Bri! I can't wait! Now, who wants to buy my Portico?   ;D

i sold mine via e-bay

How'd it go Trey? Were you happy with what you got?
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Re: AKGefell Active Project v5
« Reply #137 on: July 20, 2012, 10:28:15 PM »
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Re: AKGefell Active Project v5
« Reply #138 on: July 25, 2012, 10:47:17 PM »
what is the anticpated cost to get in on this and will they run into a marantz pmd661 oade mod recorder direct?

how will stack up against the milabs links or the beyers ck930s which i have now? cost wise and sound wise (dark, light, bright, mid)? i guess i need to read more and will do that but didn't want to miss this once they hit, there is probably so much interest i might miss the boat anyway i guess....thanks.
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Re: AKGefell Active Project v5
« Reply #139 on: July 26, 2012, 12:09:36 AM »
The quest for AKG actives has been 6 years in the making. Maybe they really are just around the corner at this point. Even so, there is no cost info out on them, and nobody really knows what they will sound like.

As a starting point, they will probably sound somewhat like AKG 460/480's with ck6x caps.  I tend to think they will sound similar to the jklabs ECMS active setup, or like the jwilliams mod460s. You could spend some time on archive.org and listen to sample recordings of all of the above mics and form your own opinion. Personally, I find the above akg incarnations to sound on the brighter side of the scale, with slightly scooped mids. But I'm sure others will hear them differently.
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Re: AKGefell Active Project v5
« Reply #140 on: July 26, 2012, 04:55:39 AM »
Nija...for price nothing has ever been stated as the final cost...Naiant made noise in some old threads that the cost would run in the $250 range...for a PFA...and install of electronics in a supplied Colette...you still have to pay for the Colette and Cable between the two...there is also the TinyBox route which involves the cost of a Preamp so it would be more.

itgoestoeleven's version we have no idea what his solution will cost...thru the grapevine I've heard it is a bit different electronically than the Naiant offering...I'll let him speak for himself
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Re: AKGefell Active Project v5
« Reply #141 on: July 26, 2012, 10:23:43 AM »
what is the anticpated cost to get in on this and will they run into a marantz pmd661 oade mod recorder direct?

how will stack up against the milabs links or the beyers ck930s which i have now? cost wise and sound wise (dark, light, bright, mid)? i guess i need to read more and will do that but didn't want to miss this once they hit, there is probably so much interest i might miss the boat anyway i guess....thanks.

The cost is years and years of your time ....  8)

If you're trying to get in the new mics game now and want something of this form factor and approx price, look at MBHOs and Milabs.
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Re: AKGefell Active Project v5
« Reply #142 on: July 26, 2012, 02:18:40 PM »
The quest for AKG actives has been 6 years in the making
thats it
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Re: AKGefell Active Project v5
« Reply #143 on: September 03, 2012, 02:54:13 PM »
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Re: AKGefell Active Project v5
« Reply #144 on: October 04, 2012, 08:44:42 PM »
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Re: AKGefell Active Project v5
« Reply #145 on: October 05, 2012, 03:34:57 PM »
i am in the process right now of making standard active cables like the schoeps active cables for the akg mics. will also be making them for schoeps and other mics. stay tuned.
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Re: AKGefell Active Project v5
« Reply #146 on: October 05, 2012, 09:53:46 PM »
i am in the process right now of making standard active cables like the schoeps active cables for the akg mics. will also be making them for schoeps and other mics. stay tuned.

Yeah and I ride a unicorn to work everyday.  There are about 2500 posts and years worth of info deadicated to this topic and still nothing has materialized.  I will believe when I see it! 

But hey people can dream....if they want too.
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Re: AKGefell Active Project v5
« Reply #147 on: October 05, 2012, 10:37:54 PM »
Yeah and I ride a unicorn to work everyday.

Sure hope ya don't ride on its head.  ;)

As for followinbob's course, I think it's valid, and I most certainly encourage the efforts, yet I'm basing that upon a few assumptions.  FB's been a member here since 2004.  Granted, he/she may not have kept up with all the TS gossip, but my guess is he/she has perused these AKtive threads.  Yes, there is a serious market amongst us for these types of products. Just look at what Jon Stoppable (@ Naiant) has done for us. I'd pony up for a Gefell rig in seconds depending on current funds.  The problem (to me) doesn't appear to be the physical "collettes", but the active circuitry, which varies amongst mic brands.

Are you going to customize each and every pair of machined "collettes" with the respective electronics?  Will you continue to supply product support down the line (again, assuming 'yes')? I'm certainly not asking you to delve into all your business "details" but you haven't shared much about the electronics. As one member mentioned in the other thread, "not trying to bust balls", just more curious than anything.

We're an excitable bunch is all.  :)
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Re: AKGefell Active Project v5
« Reply #148 on: October 05, 2012, 10:42:06 PM »
Yeah and I ride a unicorn to work everyday.

Sure hope ya don't ride on its head.  ;)

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Re: AKGefell Active Project v5
« Reply #149 on: October 05, 2012, 10:49:21 PM »
Yeah and I ride a unicorn to work everyday.  There are about 2500 posts and years worth of info deadicated to this topic and still nothing has materialized.  I will believe when I see it! 

I have a work bench covered with shit that suggests otherwise ;)

Developing a quality product takes time.  And then transitioning those prototypes to production with a process that takes a reasonable amount of labor per unit also takes time.  Those hours and hours, and the cost to bootstrap it, all must be put in and paid by someone.   I don't like to think about the time I've spent sourcing components and putting together order on Mouser and the like.  And then someone needs to front the money for manufacturing.  Hopefully you don't screw up - or have a supplier issue - and get stuck with a bunch of hardware you can't use.  In the meantime, life goes on and you work on it when you can; hopefully finding large blocks of time.

 

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