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[Johnny B]

Oh boy...now we may need more switches for more transformers...

Maybe there will be the need for one really good switch...

You know, I'll bet such a Transformer Project Box could come in handy for other mic experiments...heh...heh....

Surely, there must be some Rocket Surgeons or brilliant and smart people here who could design such a box...and share the design layout and build details with others...

[Tidewater]

Easy, you just need an expensive multi-switch, and a pile of expensive transformers! 5 enough?

What color should it be painted? I am thinking.. blue..


M

[McAllister]

Color of the transformer box should match the color of the mic.

Duh.


M

[compasspnt]

McAllister wrote on Fri, 16 December 2005 22:53

Color of the transformer box should match the color of the mic. Duh.

'My mic is blue.

[Tidewater]

Trent Reznor probably already has this thing, and I'll bet it's not even in a case, or soldered.


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[Johnny B]

McAllister wrote on Sat, 17 December 2005 03:53

Color of the transformer box should match the color of the mic.

I painted my mic body primer grey...so that means the Transformer Project Box should also be painted primer grey in my case...heh heh

[maxdimario]

I've been playing around with the modded 57, and I think the loss of transformer has made the mic less of a general purpose mic.

to get the mic to be general-purpose again you'd have to put a passive filter in series with the output to tame the high end, and low-end proximity effect.

the cheap transformer cuts the bottom off, and distorts it so that you can still hear the harmonics.

it also has a natural roll-off because of the way it's wound which does a high-end cutoff kind of thing.

you can always place the transformer in a box, and put a switch in there to put it in and out of the signal path.

you could also do an H-type high frequency filter with a couple of resistors and a film cap... to tame the high end.

[Johnny B]

Oh boy, resistor networks...film caps...maybe inductors...or maybe ??? ... and more things to think about putting in the Transformer Project Box...

I think I may need some really brainy people to help a dumb guy like me who is in the slow class figure out what kinds of cool things we can do in the Transformer Project Box...

I wonder if this Transfomer Project Box could wind up being Soooo Good that it would justify a small run of some printed circuit boards...heh...heh








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[maxim]

terry wrote:

"I was not claiming that a de-trans'd 57 could replace an SM-7 in all respects."

i was actually thinking of the 545

i've always thought a sm7 would sound good on my voice

it sounds like your mod may be a suitable alternative (and, for now, at least, an unusual one)

[compasspnt]

What you're talking about is much more likely to just need switches and wire rather than PC boards.

[Fibes]

If Divide by zero wants I'll donate a 57 to the cause and put up some green to make the transformer switching box once we suss out the "top three" candidates. Terry's assistant already nailed one down (maybe two).

Hmmm.

[Tidewater]

How many transformers in an SM2?

(and what are all these wires for?)


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[Fibes]

DivideByZero wrote on Sun, 18 December 2005 14:58

How many transformers in an SM2? (and what are all these wires for?) M

That's it you're grounded.

NPI.

[Tidewater]

No voltage present, so it's all good.


M

[Johnny B]

Ok, has anyone found some good switches and good replacement transformers yet?

If so, would you share the part supplier, part number or model, and the estimated price?

A brief description of why a particular replacement transformer is a good choice would also be helpful.  

Thanks