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It says "KMS85i" so a KMS85i must be the hand held version.
The "S" must designate the handheld version.
If the mic I have IN MY HAND AT THIS VERY MOMENT has KMS85i stamped on the bottom ring of the body, I'd bet it was a KMS85i.
To clarify, it is a handheld mic with a larger body tube than a KM84 and has an approximately 3" long "head" with four sets of three round holes around it. The holes have a really fine wire mesh and the end of the head also has the same fine mesh. Inside the "head" behind the holes is a foam material like a pop filter.
The internal KM84 portion looks like a standard issue KM84 except the body tube is a littler longer and doesn't have the back ring that holds the XLR connector.
It also had rubber shockmount rings that held it in the body.
Those crumbled away and I removed the remnants with GoofOff.
Otherwise it is a KM84.
I used to have two '80s era, greenish, matched pair KM84s.
This mic is all brushed aluminum.
This is an early '70s era mic I believe.
The people at Gotham said that they never imported this particular model.
I have seen the mic in older Nuemann literature.
Because the KM84 poertion was housed in the larger body, it was like finding a N.O.S. mic! The diaphragm had no way to realy get contaminated.
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