Topic: Nakamichi CM-1000's

[audBall]

Just curious what a pair of these should go for??  I'm pretty sure the price I was quoted was WAY below what they would sell for around here. 

Just the card caps, mounts, preamps for each, orig. box. 

More details later 

PS - No, these aren't from the studio I mentioned before in another thread.  And, no I didn't accidentally add a third zero on the end of the model.  These are the 1000's.

Everyone who PM'd me regarding Nak stuff,
You have not been forgotten.  If I hear of extra equipment you guys will be notified.

[audBall]

Well, here they are folks.  They aren't in my hands yet but hopefully soon

    

[ts]

Well, here they are folks.  They aren't in my hands yet but hopefully soon

    

Cool! Are you buying these? If so, get them modded to 48V by Stephen Sank, so you don't have to use those batt boxes. Also, I run mine thru a V3 with the HPF always engaged. These 1000's can be very boomy. The batt boxes have hpf to help with that, but once you have them modded you lose the batt box and UA5's have no roll off.

Don't forget the pm I sent you about the omni caps.

Thanks, Tony

[audBall]

Cool! Are you buying these? If so, get them modded to 48V by Stephen Sank, so you don't have to use those batt boxes. Also, I run mine thru a V3 with the HPF always engaged. These 1000's can be very boomy. The batt boxes have hpf to help with that, but once you have them modded you lose the batt box and UA5's have no roll off.

Don't forget the pm I sent you about the omni caps.

I'm going back and forth with a guy right now about them.  Apparently, he only checks his email (or responds to me) about once a week so I'm trying to be patient.  He said an email should come later this week regarding the transaction. 

What are the specifics of the 48v mod?  Does it change the size of the body? I certainly have no plans of stealthing with these guys.  Do you have pictures?

Thanks for the input, ts.  I was hoping someone would chime in to shed some light on these pups.

[Patrick]

Cool! Are you buying these? If so, get them modded to 48V by Stephen Sank, so you don't have to use those batt boxes. Also, I run mine thru a V3 with the HPF always engaged. These 1000's can be very boomy. The batt boxes have hpf to help with that, but once you have them modded you lose the batt box and UA5's have no roll off.

Don't forget the pm I sent you about the omni caps.

I'm going back and forth with a guy right now about them.  Apparently, he only checks his email (or responds to me) about once a week so I'm trying to be patient.  He said an email should come later this week regarding the transaction. 

What are the specifics of the 48v mod?  Does it change the size of the body? I certainly have no plans of stealthing with these guys.  Do you have pictures?

Thanks for the input, ts.  I was hoping someone would chime in to shed some light on these pups.

Audball i rarely get jealous...but this is a glaring exception.

[turning green]

[audBall]

Audball i rarely get jealous...but this is a glaring exception.

[turning green]

   I'm floating on a cloud right now, man.  It's surreal...

btw, ts, I did not forget about your PM...I still have yours (and others) still saved in case I hear from the guy in IL.  It was weird, he replied to my email about his Nak300s saying he had a whole bunch of Nak stuff he didn't use anymore and that he would send me a list of it all.  Never happened...and I don't want to bombard this guy w/ emails.  I know that selling his Naks to me is the last of his worries.  He owns his own company so I'm sure he's extremely busy.

[ts]

Cool! Are you buying these? If so, get them modded to 48V by Stephen Sank, so you don't have to use those batt boxes. Also, I run mine thru a V3 with the HPF always engaged. These 1000's can be very boomy. The batt boxes have hpf to help with that, but once you have them modded you lose the batt box and UA5's have no roll off.

Don't forget the pm I sent you about the omni caps.

I'm going back and forth with a guy right now about them.  Apparently, he only checks his email (or responds to me) about once a week so I'm trying to be patient.  He said an email should come later this week regarding the transaction. 

What are the specifics of the 48v mod?  Does it change the size of the body? I certainly have no plans of stealthing with these guys.  Do you have pictures?

Thanks for the input, ts.  I was hoping someone would chime in to shed some light on these pups.

The 48V mod doesn't change anything external. All internal wiring. Cool thing about Sanks mod is that you can still use the power supply if you want or just use the 48V phantom on your pre. Very flexible. The mod costs 75 per mic, unless he had a price increase. http://www.thuntek.net/~bk11/home.htm. Best to just call him.

I'd bug the guy selling this stuff. Get his phone # and call him. Owning his own business doesn't mean he can't answer you more frequently.  
I really need one CP102 omni cap. Try and find out what this guy has. Prolly not too many peeps looking for these caps. If he has a pair and wants to sell them as a pair, I'll buy the pair. Unless your interested in these caps. You found the guy.

Tony

[larrysellers]

Damn nice find man. If they were mine I would keep them original but... +T

[audBall]

I'd bug the guy selling this stuff. Get his phone # and call him. Owning his own business doesn't mean he can't answer you more frequently.  
I really need one CP102 omni cap. Try and find out what this guy has. Prolly not too many peeps looking for these caps. If he has a pair and wants to sell them as a pair, I'll buy the pair. Unless your interested in these caps. You found the guy.

Well, Tony..I took your advice and gave the guy a call at his office.  Left him a voicemail, so hopefully that will get things rolling.  As far as the superomni's, I think I'd be more than happy with just a CP3(or two) so if he has CP-102s I'll def. let you know.  You'll hafta let me try them out though sometime, provided the 1000s come through. 

[audBall]

Damn nice find man. If they were mine I would keep them original but... +T

Thanks!  back at ya, man!  I wasn't even aware of a 1000 mod until TS brought it up.  I always thought there were just mods for the 300/700s.  I will definitely run them stock for a while and if the boxes bother me then I'll consider the p48 option.  So, were these designed to originally run cm1000s > Batt box for each mic > MX100 > ... ??  Or was there a separate preamp for these?

[ts]

Damn nice find man. If they were mine I would keep them original but... +T

Thanks!  back at ya, man!  I wasn't even aware of a 1000 mod until TS brought it up.  I always thought there were just mods for the 300/700s.  I will definitely run them stock for a while and if the boxes bother me then I'll consider the p48 option.  So, were these designed to originally run cm1000s > Batt box for each mic > MX100 > ... ??  Or was there a separate preamp for these?

Can't answer that question, other than the MX100 has been called a mix/pre and the batt box, since it controls the sound of the mic(has 2 control functions), besides providing it with power could also be called a pre, I guess. Do the mod. You can still use the batt box if you want to run them in front of an MX.

[ts]

Damn nice find man. If they were mine I would keep them original but... +T

Thanks!  back at ya, man!  I wasn't even aware of a 1000 mod until TS brought it up.  I always thought there were just mods for the 300/700s.  I will definitely run them stock for a while and if the boxes bother me then I'll consider the p48 option.  So, were these designed to originally run cm1000s > Batt box for each mic > MX100 > ... ??  Or was there a separate preamp for these?

Can't answer that question, other than the MX100 has been called a mix/pre and the batt box, since it controls the sound of the mic(has 2 control functions), besides providing it with power could also be called a pre, I guess. Do the mod. You can still use the batt box if you want to run them in front of an MX.

and the mod does improve the sound. 48V is better than 9V.

[larrysellers]

Damn nice find man. If they were mine I would keep them original but... +T

Thanks!  back at ya, man!  I wasn't even aware of a 1000 mod until TS brought it up.  I always thought there were just mods for the 300/700s.  I will definitely run them stock for a while and if the boxes bother me then I'll consider the p48 option.  So, were these designed to originally run cm1000s > Batt box for each mic > MX100 > ... ??  Or was there a separate preamp for these?

Can't answer that question, other than the MX100 has been called a mix/pre and the batt box, since it controls the sound of the mic(has 2 control functions), besides providing it with power could also be called a pre, I guess. Do the mod. You can still use the batt box if you want to run them in front of an MX.

and the mod does improve the sound. 48V is better than 9V.

It does improve the the sound (busman2 is currently repairing my Steven Sank mod cm300 pair) but these seem to be rare, so I would have to think about it before making a drastic mod like this.

[audBall]

It does improve the the sound (busman2 is currently repairing my Steven Sank mod cm300 pair) but these seem to be rare, so I would have to think about it before making a drastic mod like this.

Yeah, that's another reason why I'm gonna hold 'stock' for a while, if not permanently.  Especially since I've already got the modded 300s.  Not to mention, that this spending money nonsense has really gotten outta hand over that last couple months.  Thank god I'm good for it right now cuz I'd be up the creek.

[Patrick]

...and if you ever decide that these mics need to have a new home...


you know who to call!   

[audBall]

...and if you ever decide that these mics need to have a new home...


you know who to call!   

Amen brother!      

[audBall]

Here's some pics of the innards that I posted in the Team Nak thread...









Can anyone tell me what the adjustment knob is for?

[audBall]

Here's an old ad for the mics....figured here's a good place keep a copy.  I also included a spec sheet that has info for their entire line.

[spyder9]

Thanks for the scans.  Only mic I've seen this ruler flat are the Sennheiser MKH series.

[ts]

I wonder if that's some sort of attenuator, although very difficult to access. Like the ones in the CM100/300's. Even though spyder points out they are ruler flat, these mics need roll off. Either using the power boxes that came with them or a pre with roll off. And this is from Sanks mouth, not mine.

[Roving Sign]

Can anyone tell me what the adjustment knob is for?

Some sort of trimmer or variable something or other....- seems like every AM radio had a few of those in it...the name escapes me...probably something you dont want to touch..

But - the little silver and black thing in the right corner (last pic) - near the coppery looking part - resembles the attenuator part on the 300s...

[spyder9]

I wonder if that's some sort of attenuator, although very difficult to access. Like the ones in the CM100/300's. Even though spyder points out they are ruler flat, these mics need roll off. Either using the power boxes that came with them or a pre with roll off. And this is from Sanks mouth, not mine.

I haven't needed roll off so far.  I bet it depends on which preamp you use.  1K's + Aerco have been heaven.