Topic: Pseudo A20 Shockmounts

[OFOTD]

After a little research on these two shockmounts it looks like the Nady version is for mics that have a 20mm diameter.  The JoeMeek shockmounts are for 22mm mics.  Same factory line different cups maybe?

Go figure the AKG's are 21mm.   

[Chuck]

After a little research on these two shockmounts it looks like the Nady version is for mics that have a 20mm diameter.  The JoeMeek shockmounts are for 22mm mics.  Same factory line different cups maybe?

Go figure the AKG's are 21mm.   

I have found that the AKGs fit in the "old style" bigger SP C-4 cradles.
The A-20 cradle is too small and the newer Joe Meeks/ SP C-4 cradles are too small... for C-480's
I haven't tried the Nady's yet 

edit...
I haven't actually tried the Joe Meeks, but I'd heard they were the same as the newer Studio Projects mounts.

[johnw]

The Nady is about 2.5" wide at the external diameter of the ring. No idea of how wide the schoeps one is.

[audBall]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Nady-SSM-5-Spider-Shockmount-for-CM-90-95-100_W0QQitemZ7342709786QQcategoryZ29950QQcmdZViewItem

Anyone tried a lower offer then $14.95?

I bought a pair once and only offered $10.95/ea.

[0vu]

The Nady is about 2.5" wide at the external diameter of the ring. No idea of how wide the schoeps one is.

All the Schoeps A20s I have here are exactly 2" external diameter, 1.5" internal diameter.

The mic holders are designed to hold mics which are 20mm in diameter. At a push, they will stretch to 21mm but the plastic is fairly brittle and I've snapped several by fitting my newer KM100 (21mm) bodies into them (my older KM100s are 20mm - no idea why Neumann changed this!).

They'll also take full size DPA 4000 series mics (though not the 4041) if I wrap a few turns of gaffer (duck) tape around the mics where they sit in the mount. You do however have to use the "S"version of the A20, as the extra length/weight of the DPAs needs stiffer elastic to support them without them sagging. In the standard elastics they flop about, making them difficult to point and at some angles the inside mount can touch the outer ring making the whole exercise a little pointless.