Topic: B & K 4022

[suites]

What does B & K stand for?

Sorry if this is redundant.

SUITES

[kskreider]

Brüel & Kjær

[suites]

so it is the same thing as plain DPA 4022 and b & K 4022

[page]

so it is the same thing as plain DPA 4022 and b & K 4022

In general terms yes, they are equivalents. I've seen some people will say that one production run with a given company/subsidiary is better (in some way) then the other, but I'm not up to date on that discussion or how much of a difference there is (if any).

[boojum]

DPA is a spin-off from B&K.  Check their website.  Manufacturer's websites are a gold mine of information on the manufacturer.   

[OFOTD]

1992
Brüel & Kjaer, Denmark's venerable measurement equipment manufacturer, took the decision to spin off its specialist pro audio division. Sales and service of the industry-standard Series 4000 Professional Recording Microphones were outsourced to two former employees, Morten Støve and Ole Brøsted Sørensen, designer of the microphones.

Morten and Ole formed the Danish Pro Audio (DPA), and rented tiny premises on the top floor of an old school, equipped with 2 phone lines and a computer. Arriving for service, the B&K4006 mics, for several years a stock item with top studios all over the world, were repaired at Ole's house, where a dedicated Service Department had been set up in his wife's sewing room!


1998 A New Name
In 1998, DPA bought out the rights and title to the Series 4000 from Brüel & Kjaer.. To coincide with this declaration of full independence, the company effected a subtle name change to DPA Microphones.

[jerryfreak]

thanks OFOTD

gives a new meaning to 'old school mics'

[Datfly]

So does anyone know when the DPA-4021 & 4022 mics first hit the market ?

Thanks,
Datfly