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Gear / Technical Help => Microphones & Setup => Topic started by: esteyes on April 05, 2008, 05:55:45 PM
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looking to see how many folks still use these venerable old mics. i have the parts here to eliminate the K3U and allow you to run caps directly into a deck or pre...
i have stealthed ME80 caps in a hat > M1 as well as all the other caps > M1.
neil in san marcos
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The K3U is still a good mic.. Discontinued in the late '80's/ early 90's (I forget which) when mercury batteries became illegal and replaced with the K6.
But - the K3 *can* be phantom powered without putting batteries in the K3 and newer non-mercury batteries are now available that fit the K3.
A good mic. and still good for a few years yet.
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yup, i have made _many_ excellent recordings with mine. in fact i purchased the last K3U circuit board in SennUSA inventory. Dwight then told me that senn no longer will support the K3U series. but i am sure you can get caps built as they still have parts...
but to be more clear, what i am offering is the ability to run the ME20-ME88's w/o the body (K3U or N or K2U or N)
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Interesting.
Would similar techniques apply to K6?
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looking to see how many folks still use these venerable old mics. i have the parts here to eliminate the K3U and allow you to run caps directly into a deck or pre...
i have stealthed ME80 caps in a hat > M1 as well as all the other caps > M1.
neil in san marcos
I have samples of these recordings readily available if needed :)
cm
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I am here!!
Just picked up a pair of K3U/ME-40s for $99.98 on ebay. I only needed the capsules but at that price I'll take it all >:D
Can't wait to try them out.
Rarely run the ME-80s anymore - about three years since the last time - sweet midrange on them if I remember correctly....
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yup, i have made _many_ excellent recordings with mine. in fact i purchased the last K3U circuit board in SennUSA inventory. Dwight then told me that senn no longer will support the K3U series. but i am sure you can get caps built as they still have parts...
but to be more clear, what i am offering is the ability to run the ME20-ME88's w/o the body (K3U or N or K2U or N)
I like the sound of this.....
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The K3 bsides of being a powering module it also has a preamp,
I can run any sennh. capsule without the K3 but it will not sound as good as with it.
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^ I've heard some excellent sounding sources from a set Neil made up for a mutual friend who runs them for audio with a video rig.
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i have stealthed ME80 caps in a hat > M1 as well as all the other caps > M1.
Wow, that must've been a big hat!! Sold off my ME-80's years ago, but I can't even begin to imagine how I would get those in a hat, the ME-40's, I can see....
I loved my ME-80's back in the ole GD taper section. leaps and bounds beyond the sound of the NAK's
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I found an old K3-U in my office, not sure if it is functional or not. Anyone want it for parts?
Looks like this is going to Larrysellers
cb
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if larry did not take it, i am interested
neil
anybody want to do this bodyless setup? i have a set made up that can be loaned out for stealthing i suppose if one of the senn folks wants to try it...
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if you really must have the K3U bodies, i can remote the capsules as well.
neil
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i have stealthed ME80 caps in a hat > M1 as well as all the other caps > M1.
Wow, that must've been a big hat!! Sold off my ME-80's years ago, but I can't even begin to imagine how I would get those in a hat, the ME-40's, I can see....
I loved my ME-80's back in the ole GD taper section. leaps and bounds beyond the sound of the NAK's
And you upped just this past week a bunch of those ME80 recordings in the Kickdown. Those 90 GD shows sound sweet! Nice job. :coolguy:
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i appreciate the kudos, but i cannot take credit for someone else's work.
neil
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if you really must have the K3U bodies, i can remote the capsules as well.
neil
I would def be interested in this. Is there any signal depredation via the remote cable? Thanks!
Was looking at my local paper (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) today and they had a pic of Provost Gerald Lang discussing the Heather Bresch issue. There is a handhold recorder that I can not identify but the other individual is capturing via a silver Sennheiser ME-40. I am suddenly running into these mics everywhere...
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drop me a PM
esteyesATcoxDOTnet
neil