| Ok, I found some foam...duh...
One mic is done. I did the tranny first, before the acoustic/mechanical mods because I have read other posts ho-humming the difference with the tranny swap after the other mods were already done. I noticed an immediate difference with the Lundahl. The mic cleared up and sounded smoother overall. Slightly less output maybe but sonically definitely improved. Next I pulled the two waffle plates with the silk covers, the inner grill, stuffed the bottom cavity and added a bit of dense foam between the ribbon motor and the mount. Put it up on a little acoustic. Very nice. Excellent low end, very smooth. Highs were great, has a nice silkiness to it now, very open sounding. I could tell the bit of spikey resonance was gone. The stock mic sounded good no doubt but I think there was some masking going with some exageration in the high end that hid the lack of clarity, IMO. Overall much improved afterwards.
Bottom line, I think all the mods are worth it for these. Next time though I'll probably send them to OktavaMod, It just takes me too long to do them right. The end result is excellent though, I feel like I just got a steal on a couple of really great mics I probably would otherwise have had to put off buying for another few years. Thank you to Michael and the others who have posted in these threads.
BTW the ribbon was fine in this one, no sag and no visible defects. I expect the other will be too as they sounded very close stock. |