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Title: Identify these mics, AT 853 and like mic users please look
Post by: stirinthesauce on September 10, 2006, 02:49:00 PM

Need some ts help.  I bought these mics from a friend on this board.  They were sold billed as AT 853's terminated into a 1/8" mini w/ batt box (sp bat box I believe).  So the seller calls me few days later saying that now he believes they are not AT 853's as he just picked up some 853's terminated into xlr and they look completely different.  He said he bought them off of the oade board quite a few years ago and they were billed as 853's.  I am not worried that I was sold something that they aren't, no issues on that front as I have full confidence in the seller and have done transactions with this person in the past and I consider a friend.  What I need though is help identifying these mics.  I think they could be the knock off 853's, the sp cm4's(?).  Here are some pics.  Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.  More photos of different angles can be made available if needed.  Thanks!   -Jon

Title: Re: Identify these mics, AT 853 and like mic users please look
Post by: rdflash on September 10, 2006, 02:56:13 PM

My Sound Professional AT 831's aka SP CM 2 look just like this, I would say you gotta look inside to figure it out.

Title: Re: Identify these mics, AT 853 and like mic users please look
Post by: macacopowa on September 10, 2006, 03:13:33 PM

Yes, those seem a  cmc-2, good mic for start in other hand, but in other price range that at853

Title: Re: Identify these mics, AT 853 and like mic users please look
Post by: stirinthesauce on September 10, 2006, 06:54:51 PM

solved, after researching, these appear to be the AT 831 sp-cmc-2 >spsb-1(not pictured)

Thanks for the help and +t's  :)

Title: Re: Identify these mics, AT 853 and like mic users please look
Post by: rdflash on September 10, 2006, 07:40:10 PM

Quote from: stirinthesauce on September 10, 2006, 06:54:51 PM

solved, after researching, these appear to be the AT 831 sp-cmc-2 >spsb-1(not pictured)

Thanks for the help and +t's  :)

I like the way they sound!

Mine are moded for phantom power, which makes them even sweeter.

great sound IMO, for the 220 i paid for all the stuff i got w/ them.

Title: Re: Identify these mics, AT 853 and like mic users please look
Post by: poorlyconditioned on September 11, 2006, 12:18:03 AM

Yep, AT831.

By the way, a little-known fact is that standard AT853 capsules will fit these!  I've done this several times.  The AT853 caps are a bit larger on the outside, but the threads fit fine.

  Richard

Title: Re: Identify these mics, AT 853 and like mic users please look
Post by: stirinthesauce on September 11, 2006, 12:23:14 AM

Quote from: poorlyconditioned on September 11, 2006, 12:18:03 AM

By the way, a little-known fact is that standard AT853 capsules will fit these!  I've done this several times.  The AT853 caps are a bit larger on the outside, but the threads fit fine.

Thanks for the tip, Richard  :)
+t