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Re: Chopped Sony PCM-A10
« Reply #45 on: July 16, 2022, 07:06:56 AM »
This is so cool. Definitely doing this to one of my A10s. Or maybe we can just chop it in the hotel room ahead of Rage :)

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Re: Chopped Sony PCM-A10
« Reply #46 on: July 16, 2022, 10:58:36 AM »
To my ears, the biggest downside of the M10 is the omnidirectional mics.  Closely spaced omnis do not produce something which could reasonably be called stereo.  I wonder whether a pair of amputated A10 mics could be implanted into an M10?c  Hmmm.

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Re: Chopped Sony PCM-A10
« Reply #47 on: July 16, 2022, 11:59:14 AM »
To my ears, the biggest downside of the M10 is the omnidirectional mics.  Closely spaced omnis do not produce something which could reasonably be called stereo.  I wonder whether a pair of amputated A10 mics could be implanted into an M10?c  Hmmm.

I think we all can agree these microphones were not intended for concert recordings. More for dictation and other applications of that sort. I guess to appease the average user?
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Re: Chopped Sony PCM-A10
« Reply #48 on: July 16, 2022, 12:29:04 PM »
Any news on the 3d printing?
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Re: Chopped Sony PCM-A10
« Reply #49 on: July 16, 2022, 12:43:11 PM »
To my ears, the biggest downside of the M10 is the omnidirectional mics.  Closely spaced omnis do not produce something which could reasonably be called stereo.  I wonder whether a pair of amputated A10 mics could be implanted into an M10?c  Hmmm.

I think we all can agree these microphones were not intended for concert recordings. More for dictation and other applications of that sort. I guess to appease the average user?

Not sure all would agree.  There are likely a few who will insist they are almost as good as Schoeps.   :yack:

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Re: Chopped Sony PCM-A10
« Reply #50 on: July 16, 2022, 01:19:28 PM »
I'm sure that all M-10 owners here on Taperssection, including me, agree with other TS members that the M-10's closely spaced omni mics are not suited to recording live concerts.   

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Re: Chopped Sony PCM-A10
« Reply #51 on: July 16, 2022, 03:21:57 PM »
Not sure all would agree.  There are likely a few who will insist they are almost as good as Schoeps.   :yack:

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Any news on the 3d printing?

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Re: Chopped Sony PCM-A10
« Reply #52 on: July 16, 2022, 04:09:29 PM »
I'm sure that all M-10 owners here on Taperssection, including me, agree with other TS members that the M-10's closely spaced omni mics are not suited to recording live concerts.

Agree, but in a pinch when you have nothing else, it can work. Not what I would prefer, but I'm happy with the one recording I made with the M10 internals.
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Re: Chopped Sony PCM-A10
« Reply #53 on: July 17, 2022, 06:35:24 PM »
Any news on the 3d printing?

Can it be printed in titanium ?      ;D
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Re: Chopped Sony PCM-A10
« Reply #54 on: July 19, 2022, 10:03:16 AM »
Those aren't the caps of the A10. I'll attach a decent pic of the caps. I just did this for someone else today.

Were you able to take pictures of the mic capsules? I'm talking about the ones you severed from the recorder.
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Re: Chopped Sony PCM-A10
« Reply #55 on: July 19, 2022, 10:04:06 AM »
Those aren't the caps of the A10. I'll attach a decent pic of the caps. I just did this for someone else today.

Were you able to take pictures of the mic capsules? I'm talking about the ones you severed from the recorder.

I did, just haven’t posted a pic yet.
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Re: Chopped Sony PCM-A10
« Reply #56 on: July 23, 2022, 01:09:58 PM »
Here is the sketch up of the case!
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Re: Chopped Sony PCM-A10
« Reply #57 on: July 23, 2022, 02:22:40 PM »
Here is the sketch up of the case!

Awesome! This is what I’m waiting for before I chop my internals off….so to speak.  ;D
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Re: Chopped Sony PCM-A10
« Reply #58 on: July 26, 2022, 11:23:55 AM »
Taking apart someone's A10 today, I took better pictures of the mics. Let me know if you need other pics of it.

Update on the cases. We are now on version 5 of the design. At each point in the print process there has been a fail point. Which then needs to be redesigned to ensure it completes. These are just test resins. The final resin will be something robust but able to withstand hotter temps, as stated earlier.

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Re: Chopped Sony PCM-A10
« Reply #59 on: July 26, 2022, 11:54:59 AM »
Those capsules sure do have the look of a Primo brand model. The part number (2400) doesn’t match anything in their catalog, so it would have had to be a custom run. Primos have been used in other Sony models in the past.

 

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