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Title: Can anyone help identify these mics?
Post by: NotoriousTIMP on March 23, 2013, 04:05:39 PM

I just picked up a used DAT (Denon D80) and these mics came with the rig. I have no idea what brand/type of microphones these are  :facepalm: so bare with me and my noobish questions!

Thanks!

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Title: Re: Can anyone help identify these mics?
Post by: adrianf74 on March 23, 2013, 04:28:49 PM

Definitely Audio Technica.  And definitely Sound Professionals.  I'm willing to go with an older version of the SP-CMC-4 (based on the AT853).  To know what capsule, you'll need to know the letter or graphic on it (which isn't shown).

I had the SP-CMC-8's (old AT933's) which had that rotating clip shrinkwrapped on the outside so after digging around, I can confirm these are the 4's.  Odds are they've never been 4.7k modded so you're gonna run into distortion if you're at a loud show with them.

Title: Re: Can anyone help identify these mics?
Post by: NotoriousTIMP on March 23, 2013, 04:48:27 PM

How can I tell if these are modded or not?

*EDIT* It also came with a pre-amp box, this would help to prevent distortion right?

Title: Re: Can anyone help identify these mics?
Post by: F.O.Bean on March 23, 2013, 04:57:30 PM

Quote from: NotoriousTIMP on March 23, 2013, 04:48:27 PM

How can I tell if these are modded or not?

*EDIT* It also came with a pre-amp box, this would help to prevent distortion right?

The preamp just brings the mics signal up to a line level. The mics will still distort!

Title: Re: Can anyone help identify these mics?
Post by: adrianf74 on March 23, 2013, 05:15:50 PM

Quote from: NotoriousTIMP on March 23, 2013, 04:48:27 PM

How can I tell if these are modded or not?

*EDIT* It also came with a pre-amp box, this would help to prevent distortion right?

Odds are there as never a mod performed to those (by the age/condition).   Preamp only helps give the mics juice but, as Bean's pointed out, they'll distort.

Title: Re: Can anyone help identify these mics?
Post by: LikeASong on March 23, 2013, 05:54:51 PM

They definitely look like a -well used, tbh- pair of Audio Technica 853's. Try recording a loud sound source (home stereo cracnked up), if they distort they're def. not modded. If they don'¡t distort you can try to bring them to a live concert and record with them; odds are that they might distort even there anyways if they're not modded. Good luck :)

Title: Re: Can anyone help identify these mics?
Post by: willndmb on March 23, 2013, 08:12:32 PM

maybe i have been lucky but the only time mine have distorted was being feet from the stack or not powered correctly