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Title: Mic repair?
Post by: Taper Chris on March 02, 2015, 02:52:28 PM

I have an AKG C-1000s that got too wet a few Mountain Jams ago. Now the frequency is the same as the other. Anyone on here do these type of repairs?  Or can you point me in the right direction? Also, any thoughts of converting these to active (for the hyper option)? Thanks!
I also have an M Audio Pulsar II that crackles when its not set on bass roll off and would like to have this repaired too. Thanks again!

Title: Re: Mic repair?
Post by: Taper Chris on March 05, 2015, 10:08:54 AM

I guess that from lack of replies it would've easier and cost effective to replace instead of repair?

Title: Re: Mic repair?
Post by: H₂O on March 05, 2015, 10:26:34 AM

bench, shipping and parts costs for this mic make it pretty much disposable - you can buy a used one off ebay for less than $100

Title: Re: Mic repair?
Post by: Chuck on March 05, 2015, 10:39:29 AM

I've sent AKG mics to this guy:

http://www.akgmicrepair.com/

Title: Re: Mic repair?
Post by: DSatz on March 07, 2015, 10:12:39 AM

I had some AKG microphones (including capsules) repaired by that guy when he was still at AKG, and his work seemed very good to me.

(I sympathize with wanting to repair something instead of replacing it, if there's any possible excuse for doing so.)

Title: Re: Mic repair?
Post by: hi and lo on March 07, 2015, 11:56:09 AM

Quote from: H₂O on March 05, 2015, 10:26:34 AM

bench, shipping and parts costs for this mic make it pretty much disposable - you can buy a used one off ebay for less than $100

Practically speaking, this is true even for CK capsules. At $300, I don't know why you would ever want to take a gamble on a used set or bother with repairs when you can simply buy a shiny new set guaranteed to work as intended.