I have been looking for this mic for over a decade. I would have been happy with a not too beaten-up used one, but i found this new old stock! It is a Realistic 33-1085 back electret-condenser stereo mic. The capsules rotate so it can be run horizontal or vertical, powered by a single AA or two 6v r544 batteries for wider dynamic range and high SPL environments. My friend had one in college, and i was able to borrow it now and then. It sounded good with a D5, and could be stealthed with little effort. He made some listenable tapes of the 83 Hartford shows and a few Jerry Band. I can't wait to use it!
I had one of those I bought at a yard sale (not our yard sale... one along side the road) for about $10, in good shape. I thought it sounded OK at the time.
I used to record my friend's bar band. That mic > Technics living room cassette deck, and eventually I went digital.... that mic > same cassette deck > line in to a computer sound card.
nice.
Got one too!
I think I have every Realistic Stereo Mic.
I also have the coveted aluminum Realistic Stereo Mic Bar...I've only ever seen one of these...nice piece.
A lot of analog era tapers got started with the RS stuff...
Rat Shack had some good stuff back in the day...
Terry
Many of the old Radio shack mics were made by Audio Technica or Shure.