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Title: Was there a "AKG 414 stereo mic"?
Post by: run_run_run on June 29, 2008, 03:30:28 PM

http://www.archive.org/details/gd80-06-21.akg.vernon.23531.sbeok.shnf

 AKG 414 stereo mic -> Sony TC-158 deck; MAC > [DAT?] > CDR (no intermediate cassette generations)

Title: Re: Was there a "AKG 414 stereo mic"?
Post by: datbrad on June 29, 2008, 05:22:50 PM

No. While there were a few LD stereo mics made by AKG, the 414s are not. You are looking at a source error, and may never know for sure. 

Title: Re: Was there a "AKG 414 stereo mic"?
Post by: rhinowing on June 29, 2008, 05:44:45 PM

maybe it was two 414s?

Title: Re: Was there a "AKG 414 stereo mic"?
Post by: Lil Kim Jong-Il on June 29, 2008, 05:55:12 PM

Quote from: rhinowing on June 29, 2008, 05:44:45 PM

maybe it was two 414s?

This is my bet too.  AKG sells individual mics and they also sell a matched stereo pair.  I would infer the lineage info to mean the latter - that a matched pair was used.  Either that or a stereo mic was used and the lineage is just written wrong.

Title: Re: Was there a "AKG 414 stereo mic"?
Post by: run_run_run on June 29, 2008, 06:41:25 PM

 

Quote from: DATBRAD on June 29, 2008, 05:22:50 PM

No. While there were a few LD stereo mics made by AKG, the 414s are not. You are looking at a source error, and may never know for sure. 

Thats what I figured thanks

Title: Re: Was there a "AKG 414 stereo mic"?
Post by: ghellquist on June 30, 2008, 03:51:04 AM

It sort of depends on what exactly you mean by AKG414. There has been quite a few different microphones with that name.
http://www.saturn-sound.com/Curio's/story%20of%20the%20akg%20c414.htm

The original (first) 414 did use the CK12 brass capsule, same as used in the famous C12 mic. There was a stereo version of that called C24 (using valves though, the 414 is solid state).
http://www.saturn-sound.com/Curio's/akg's_ck12_capsule.htm

A later incarnation of  "stereo 414" was the 422. Even later is the 426.
http://www.gearslutz.com/board/high-end/65796-akg-c422.html

Gunnar

Title: Re: Was there a "AKG 414 stereo mic"?
Post by: F.O.Bean on June 30, 2008, 04:48:08 AM

im guessing they meant to write stereo mics, and maybe just left out the s at the end of mics ???

and fwiw, this show was on the day I was born ;D guess I should DL it just because of the history on that day. thanks for the link :)

Title: Re: Was there a "AKG 414 stereo mic"?
Post by: John Willett on June 30, 2008, 06:51:47 AM

No

But there was an AKG C 424 (http://www.coutant.org/akgc424/index.html) - this was a quadrophonoc mic.

(http://www.coutant.org/akgc424/c424fet.jpg)


Or

There was the C 422 - this was a stereo mic.

(http://www.gear4music.com/prodimg/c426b_200.jpg)

Title: Re: Was there a "AKG 414 stereo mic"?
Post by: digifish_music on June 30, 2008, 08:32:14 AM

Quote from: John Willett on June 30, 2008, 06:51:47 AM

No

But there was an AKG C 424 (http://www.coutant.org/akgc424/index.html) - this was a quadrophonoc mic.

(http://www.coutant.org/akgc424/c424fet.jpg)

Hey nice site,

http://www.coutant.org/contents.html

+T

Title: Re: Was there a "AKG 414 stereo mic"?
Post by: macdaddy on June 30, 2008, 09:24:46 AM

that 424 looks killer.

+t for the pics.

Title: Re: Was there a "AKG 414 stereo mic"?
Post by: run_run_run on June 30, 2008, 10:37:19 AM

Wow the 424 looks h0t. +T