Yogi wrote on Sat, 30 April 2005 13:09 |
Some microphone gurus say...'it doesn't worth cleaning, it will be the same in a few months. If it's dirty have it reskinned.' ... the capsule is a K87. |
Yogi wrote on Sun, 01 May 2005 23:21 |
Forgive me, Klaus, I understand that your mic lab is not like other forums so here are the details: You wrote me on 08 Feb: Try Neumann, Berlin first. If they cannot do some of the mics, try Andreas Grosser, Berlin. Of course I tried Neumann first. This is what Marlies Stern (service department) replied: We are assured that it will be not possible to refurbish capsules which are older than 10 years. |
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I tried Andreas Grosser. He replied: i dont clean capsules after cleaning the K87 capsule you have a quarter year later the same problem |
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Siegfried Thiersch(s) ... reply: I don't clean K87 capsules. It isn't worthwhile. I only reskin capsules. |
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...I read your sticky and other articles on this before but these microphones are already dirty so I have to have them cleaned first. And yes, replacing the diaphragm instead of cleaning it doesn't make any sense to me but I'm not an expert - that's why I asked. |
John Monforte wrote on Tue, 03 May 2005 06:07 |
My only theories as to why that is are: 1- Neumann has figured out how ways to make them better than ever (after all they have been making this part continuously for fifty years, they must have learned something). 2- They save the best capsules for spares, so the old fossils get revived to premium quality and thus contribute to the legend of Neumann's quality. 3- I got lucky. Karl would know if #2 has any validity. |
John Monforte wrote on Mon, 02 May 2005 22:07 |
The capsule that Neumann/Sennheiser provided was the the finest example of a K87 that I have heard so far! Period. The front and back measured and sounded IDENTICAL - And both sounded superb. My only theories as to why that is are: 1- Neumann has figured out how ways to make them better than ever (after all they have been making this part continuously for fifty years, they must have learned something). |
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2- They save the best capsules for spares, so the old fossils get revived to premium quality and thus contribute to the legend of Neumann's quality. |
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3- I got lucky. |