Topic: smaller case for 480's?

[davepeck]

I sleep better having $1000+ worth of gear air/Moister tight while storing if nothing else
My pelican is Much bigger than the 1050 But its all together
- Batts,Shocks,screens,cables in another small bag..

momule - nice case.. what model is it?

[momule]

thanks dave.

It is the pelican 1300

[stober]

When I was running 480's, I purchased the MBHO cases from Sonic Sense.  I think they were like $30 - 40 for the pair, but were MUCH smaller than the cases AKG sends with the mics. 

This is what my friend did.They fit great

[habit]

That quote from Sherlock is great. I feel the same way. The other piece I may as well share here is to leave the caps on. Again, I never held a 480 but on my 451's, the threads are a bitch to keep from cross threading when you're lit. The AKG guy I deal with says that's the commonest repair. The kicker is, they cant be repaired. The threads are attached to the capsule inside the tube and the whole thing goes replace. I leave my caps attached all the time and just buy more mics for the different caps! Then you get to get more shockmounts and can run multi rigs all at once
AdamZ

So when storing your mics in a Pelican case with foam, it IS ok to keep the capsuls attached to the mic body?

Thanks

[F.O.Bean]

That quote from Sherlock is great. I feel the same way. The other piece I may as well share here is to leave the caps on. Again, I never held a 480 but on my 451's, the threads are a bitch to keep from cross threading when you're lit. The AKG guy I deal with says that's the commonest repair. The kicker is, they cant be repaired. The threads are attached to the capsule inside the tube and the whole thing goes replace. I leave my caps attached all the time and just buy more mics for the different caps! Then you get to get more shockmounts and can run multi rigs all at once
AdamZ

So when storing your mics in a Pelican case with foam, it IS ok to keep the capsuls attached to the mic body?

Thanks

i have ALWAYS stored my 480's with a set of caps on the bodies in the pelican 1060 FWIW the other 1-2 sets of caps have their own spaces.....

[habit]

I was hoping so.
Thanks for the info.

[dreyfuss]

I also use the 1060 with some high density foam, the mics are very snug in this case so it keeps them from moving around.  I use the wind screens that came with the mics (havn't upgraded them yet) as a spacer between the mics and the lid.

I also don't like removing the caps, as mentioned before it can be very easy to ruin the threads, when I get some new caps (63's) I'll most likely leave them on unless I feel the 61's would be better.

Here are some photo's, the case is large but I think it's ok, it still fits in my gear bag 

[habit]

Here's a couple of pictures with the Pelican 1060 holding my mics and capsules. The Pick A Pluck is pretty amazing stuff. Seems everything fits nice and tight and even stay in place when the box is turned upside down.