Topic: akg 460/480 owners please read

[Myco]

Did someone say mudfight?!?   

[stevetoney]

Apparently I like the sound of mud. 

[StuStu]

Apparently I like the sound of mud. 

[NOLAfishwater]

Apparently I like the sound of mud. 

[followinbob]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/90095777@N03/8233419530/in/photostream

[F.O.Bean]

Apparently I like the sound of mud. 

[followinbob]

or it could be filled with gold.

[followinbob]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/90095777@N03/8245903592/in/photostream

[F.O.Bean]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/90095777@N03/8245903592/in/photostream

where exactly does that go

[vanark]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/90095777@N03/8245903592/in/photostream

where exactly does that go

It is labeled "nylon insulator with tiny .034 pin socket for akg's"

[larrysellers]

It looks like an insert for an akg ck6x colette. Capsule end of a 480 body (image on right side) is pictured below.

[Myco]

And there is a different style for the Gefell collette, it's a spring style with a tab that comes in contact with the connector.

[followinbob]

doing the spring contact on the gefells.  not making parts in my garage or basement.

[it-goes-to-eleven]

not making parts in my garage or basement.

I know a guy who's got a quarter million in machinery in his garage. And all his tooling is US made. His family works there, and it's just a few steps out his back door.  You'd never guess it standing in his yard.

But the great thing today is that you can upload an STL file to hundreds (thousands?) of shops to get a quote or order parts. Why own the machine when it is a commodity and you can buy time on it. Staples just announced that they are rolling out 3D printing services to their stores.  Times are a changin'.

[Todd R]

doing the spring contact on the gefells.  not making parts in my garage or basement.

Any more word on who is working on the electronics side of things, if they are using a stock circuit (like the published schoeps one) or developing their own circuits for each microphone brand/series, if prototypes are being made and tested, etc.?  It would be nice to know if that side is progressing along as quickly and with as much attention to detail as you are on the mechanical side.

It seems over the many years of efforts toward active cables (AKG in particular) that there has been someone very knowledgeable about the electronics side and not the mechanical side, or someone knowledgeable about the mechanical and not electronic, but getting a marriage between the two has been difficult.