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Gear / Technical Help => Microphones & Setup => Topic started by: slightlys on May 13, 2010, 06:20:26 PM
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I just got my CK-21 caps and it seems to me that they do not thread all the way down to the body of the mic when I put them. The card caps sit perfectly snug with the bodies, but the ck-21 there seems to be the smallest gap between the caps and bodies. Anyone experienced this before? I wouldn't say anything but the other night at a show one mic was about 10 db quieter than the other. I assumed I had left the pad on but when I checked it was still in the off position. The caps are a matched set so I'm not sure what the problem could be also they are brand new! Will post pics when I get home.
your help as always is apreciated!
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I just got my CK-21 caps and it seems to me that they do not thread all the way down to the body of the mic when I put them. The card caps sit perfectly snug with the bodies, but the ck-21 there seems to be the smallest gap between the caps and bodies. Anyone experienced this before? I wouldn't say anything but the other night at a show one mic was about 10 db quieter than the other. I assumed I had left the pad on but when I checked it was still in the off position. The caps are a matched set so I'm not sure what the problem could be also they are brand new! Will post pics when I get home.
your help as always is apreciated!
That sounds wrong to me. I would contact John Peluso, this is something he'll want to get taken care of I'm sure. The fact that they are 10db off is a huge problem. I'm assuming you've tested with other caps to absolutely rule out the bodies. How was the sound quality? (other than the db difference)
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I just got my CK-21 caps and it seems to me that they do not thread all the way down to the body of the mic when I put them. The card caps sit perfectly snug with the bodies, but the ck-21 there seems to be the smallest gap between the caps and bodies. Anyone experienced this before? I wouldn't say anything but the other night at a show one mic was about 10 db quieter than the other. I assumed I had left the pad on but when I checked it was still in the off position. The caps are a matched set so I'm not sure what the problem could be also they are brand new! Will post pics when I get home.
your help as always is apreciated!
That sounds wrong to me. I would contact John Peluso, this is something he'll want to get taken care of I'm sure. The fact that they are 10db off is a huge problem. I'm assuming you've tested with other caps to absolutely rule out the bodies. How was the sound quality? (other than the db difference)
When I normalized in post the lower track had distortion on the peaks of the kick as if it had been running too hot during the show. which was not the case as I had checked the levels and they were well bellow peaking. It was very slight but noticable. I'm going to run some test right now with my stereo and see if I can pin point the trouble.
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I guess I figured it out I took the caps off and put them back on a little tighter then I initially had when I first got them out of fear of damaging them because they don't fit like my card caps do. Ran some home stereo tests and the levels were matched and the distortion was gone. I assume the wide cards must have to rest on the bodies sightly differently than the cards. That's the only explanation I can come up with. Next time I will test my new toys at home first to hammer out all the kinks! On a positive note they sound great! Big thanks to John Peluso!
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I expect John takes create care in the creation of diaphragms and electronics... but the metal work goes out to the lowest bidder. Probably when you screw it on and off a few times it will work better.