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Michael_Joly · 2nd February 2010

Thanks for listening and voting. I still want to run up the number of votes before revealing the mics. But...

...bear in mind - In the case of the NT1a, you're hearing a single layer headbasket surrounding an MJE-K47 capsule that drives a flat response surface-mount, transformerless circuit. The U 87 has the classic multilayer headbasket, K67 capsule driving a discrete component transformer-coupled circuit with negative feedback and low-pass filtering. My goal with this mod was not to make a "U 87 tribute mic", but just use some of my preferred modification techniques and hear how they sound against a true classic, stock reference mic that I happen to own.

2nd February 2010	#12
Michael_Joly 3 + infractions, forum membership suspended. Joined: Nov 2005 Location: Cape Cod Posts: 2,735 Thread Starter	Thanks for listening and voting. I still want to run up the number of votes before revealing the mics. But... ...bear in mind - In the case of the NT1a, you're hearing a single layer headbasket surrounding an MJE-K47 capsule that drives a flat response surface-mount, transformerless circuit. The U 87 has the classic multilayer headbasket, K67 capsule driving a discrete component transformer-coupled circuit with negative feedback and low-pass filtering. My goal with this mod was not to make a "U 87 tribute mic", but just use some of my preferred modification techniques and hear how they sound against a true classic, stock reference mic that I happen to own.