Topic: How old are your mics???Im curious.

[Ray76]

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

[grayp]

i've had my 480s since halloween 98.   

[Kyle]

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...

[F.O.Bean]

summer 99, so theres 6 years!

[Ray76]

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.

[F.O.Bean]

maybe get them checked over if theyre that old(berlin wall came crashing down in 89 right?)

[Ray76]

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.

[F.O.Bean]

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

[Ray76]

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

[F.O.Bean]

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

[JasonSobel]

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

[Ray76]

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

damn. are they broke in yet?

[John R]

late 70's/early 80's maybe?  i wrote neumann with my serial numbers.

[Ray76]

late 70's/early 80's maybe?  i wrote neumann with my serial numbers.

what mics are they?
you havent heard back from em?

[John R]

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