dbock wrote on Fri, 22 February 2008 01:12 |
That Korby supply bears little resemblance to the stock psu, especially w/the silicon, which is left to your devices to determine the value of. Hell, people own Bradley psu's and thing their Neumanns sound right in this day and age! The mic photo also shows mods which are "value judgements". JJ- John's mics are mostly stock (!), including the brown leather bound psu. Yates- I understand what you are saying based on how many mics you and I have respectively been inside of. It is well built compared to some of the things out there, new and vintage. I just know all the flaws so I can't hold it in quite the esteem that I hold others. It's the curse of designing and thinking from a mfg/service viewpoint: if the performance is not beyond spectacular the flaws become more evident. regards, DB
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David...
That was stated very well, thank you.
Defining the flaws and correcting them is an interesting subject.
At some point you have to consider what course of action to take which leads me to these questions David...
In evaluating and passing a high grade onto a microphone, what gold standard is used?
Is it just ears? Reference measurements using test apparatus?
All of the above and more? If you could, describe a typical test and evaluation set up. For many...myself included, this is one of the most fascinating aspects of audio.
For the record, my studio is the microscope and the gold standard are several good sets of ears. Then trying to get 2 or more engineers to agree is another story.
Again, thanks for posting David.
By the way, please contribute on PSW when convenient, your participation is greatly appreciated.
Billy Yates