Beyerdynamic M88 repair

CarneyAudio · 22nd January 2012

I'm working on an M88 that appears to have a bad element. Has anyone had any luck repairing the m88. Is there anywhere I can order a new element (or diaphragm assembly, whatever you call it)?

I'm new to the forum so let me know if this is the wrong place to post this question.

Bill@WelcomeHome · 22nd January 2012

If you're talking about an older model, prior to the TG line, it will probably need to be replaced. Was the grille all pushed in and sticking out from the ring because the mic had been dropped/abused? The plastic spider or fingers usually broke and pressed into the diaphragm. I'm not a repair tech, but i worked for the largest Beyer outlet in the country and I saw a lot of mics damaged in a similar way. I don't know what the shop guys did, but I'm pretty sure that it was replacement, not repair, of the head assembly. Contact your local Beyer distributor for parts, but he may send you to the local authorized repair shop. Nice mic, I still have one. Back in the day you'd find it on stage as the vocal mic for CS&N, Bowie, Phil Collins, Elton John, Pat Benatar, ....

CarneyAudio · 4th February 2012

Success! For the record, all of beyerdynamic's repair parts come from sound surgeons in the NYC area. They were very easy to work with. Their contact info is on beyerdynamics website.

Thanks for the help this mic sounds great.

22nd January 2012	#1
CarneyAudio Gear interested Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 2 Thread Starter	Beyerdynamic M88 repair I'm working on an M88 that appears to have a bad element. Has anyone had any luck repairing the m88. Is there anywhere I can order a new element (or diaphragm assembly, whatever you call it)? I'm new to the forum so let me know if this is the wrong place to post this question. Attached Thumbnails

22nd January 2012	#2
Bill@WelcomeHome Lives for gear Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 4,185	If you're talking about an older model, prior to the TG line, it will probably need to be replaced. Was the grille all pushed in and sticking out from the ring because the mic had been dropped/abused? The plastic spider or fingers usually broke and pressed into the diaphragm. I'm not a repair tech, but i worked for the largest Beyer outlet in the country and I saw a lot of mics damaged in a similar way. I don't know what the shop guys did, but I'm pretty sure that it was replacement, not repair, of the head assembly. Contact your local Beyer distributor for parts, but he may send you to the local authorized repair shop. Nice mic, I still have one. Back in the day you'd find it on stage as the vocal mic for CS&N, Bowie, Phil Collins, Elton John, Pat Benatar, .... __________________ "We have a situation where somebody has learned that 'tape' sounds good. Tape doesn't sound good. Tape sounds like crap. But sometimes good stuff gets put on tape." "Putting crap to tape...sounds like crap." Show business: we're all here because we're not all there. Resistance is not futile. It is voltage divided by current. "I do not think that the wireless waves I have discovered will have any practical application,..." Heinrich Rudolf Hertz

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4th February 2012	#3
CarneyAudio Gear interested Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 2 Thread Starter	Success! For the record, all of beyerdynamic's repair parts come from sound surgeons in the NYC area. They were very easy to work with. Their contact info is on beyerdynamics website. Thanks for the help this mic sounds great.