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Randall · 13th August 2003, 10:23 PM

bought this at a yard sale today price 1 dollar!!! almost felt guilty and offered 2 but Naw,it's an AKG D330-BT it has 2 roll off switches that move to 6 positions,I've never used or even seen one like it before,anybody here ever seen?,used one? I'm thinking I'll try it on somr amps first

De chromium cob · 13th August 2003, 10:51 PM

I have one- bought it at a music store used years ago for $20 or $30 dollars. It was used mostly as a kind of deluxe 58 type vocal mic....and to tell you the truth, (with over 70 mics and climbing) I cant remember the last time I used it... sorry I cant be more help. Guitar and bass cabinets would be my guess as well though...

AudioGaff · 14th August 2003, 01:13 AM

The AKG D330BT was the first AKG I ever owned. I still have two of four that I bought. It was used mostly in PA/Live sound as it has a hypercardiod pattern and works well when a SM58 doesn't. Careful with the male XLR on the bottom, the plastic mount that holds it in place often breaks with heavy use or when your remove it from a tight mic cable.

Gone Fission · 14th August 2003, 05:30 PM

Their close relatives (320 and 310) can be pretty good on snare, maybe a bit more brightness than a 57 if I remember. I need to get my 320 back from an unintentional permanent loan . . .

Bear

AudioGaff · 14th August 2003, 05:43 PM

Watch out for those things on drums! I got brave and used a pair for toms once when they were still new and blew them both out. I got them swapped for new ones, but I learned the hard way.

Richie Monroe · 24th August 2003, 06:38 PM

Hell, I use the D320B as a main vocal mic. I've always sounded better through AKG dynamics than Shure's in general, especially those intended for instruments, such as D690, D770, and lately 320B. I think the 320 was intended to be used as an SM57, and the 330 more of a 58, intended for vocals. Like a 57 or a 58, they shine when run through a kickass pre. I wouldn't call them brighter than a 57 or 58, more like a mild midrange hype, which is not as smooth as the Shures, but produces increased intelligibility.
I think that's why I like these mics, and the C2000B for that matter- I'm a story teller, and I don't really care how good it sounded if the story got lost in the music. AKG dynamics simply get the words across, like old Beatles recordings.-Richie

AudioGaff · 24th August 2003, 07:15 PM

All three AKG 310,320B,330BT were all the same mic. The 310 had no features, the 310B had a 3-position bass rolloff and the 330BT had the bass rolloff and 3-position treble boost.

Richie Monroe · 25th August 2003, 11:30 AM

Thanks for the info Audiogaff! Info on old AKG dynamics can be hard to come by. Well I can definitely verify that it is a very usable vocal dynamic. -Richie

This link may help provide you with some technical data.-

http://www.akg.com/mediendatenbank/p...b72aa3d019.gif

AudioGaff · 25th August 2003, 02:10 PM

Hey Richie, Your welcome. Thanks for the link. I never knew about the D321?

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Randall Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Muscle Shoals Posts: 3,588	Score!!!!!! bought this at a yard sale today price 1 dollar!!! almost felt guilty and offered 2 but Naw,it's an AKG D330-BT it has 2 roll off switches that move to 6 positions,I've never used or even seen one like it before,anybody here ever seen?,used one? I'm thinking I'll try it on somr amps first __________________ www.mytrailerpark.com

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De chromium cob Lives for gear Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Western North Carolina Posts: 3,360	I have one- bought it at a music store used years ago for $20 or $30 dollars. It was used mostly as a kind of deluxe 58 type vocal mic....and to tell you the truth, (with over 70 mics and climbing) I cant remember the last time I used it... sorry I cant be more help. Guitar and bass cabinets would be my guess as well though... __________________ "I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabric of their lives." Tolstoy Scott Benson www.syborgstudios.com

14th August 2003, 01:13 AM	#3
AudioGaff Gear addict Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 345	The AKG D330BT was the first AKG I ever owned. I still have two of four that I bought. It was used mostly in PA/Live sound as it has a hypercardiod pattern and works well when a SM58 doesn't. Careful with the male XLR on the bottom, the plastic mount that holds it in place often breaks with heavy use or when your remove it from a tight mic cable. __________________ - AudioGaff -

14th August 2003, 05:30 PM	#4
Gone Fission Gear addict Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Terra Incognita Posts: 490	Their close relatives (320 and 310) can be pretty good on snare, maybe a bit more brightness than a 57 if I remember. I need to get my 320 back from an unintentional permanent loan . . . Bear __________________ Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

14th August 2003, 05:43 PM	#5
AudioGaff Gear addict Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 345	Watch out for those things on drums! I got brave and used a pair for toms once when they were still new and blew them both out. I got them swapped for new ones, but I learned the hard way. __________________ - AudioGaff -

24th August 2003, 06:38 PM	#6
Richie Monroe Gear Head Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Framingham, MA Posts: 50	Hell, I use the D320B as a main vocal mic. I've always sounded better through AKG dynamics than Shure's in general, especially those intended for instruments, such as D690, D770, and lately 320B. I think the 320 was intended to be used as an SM57, and the 330 more of a 58, intended for vocals. Like a 57 or a 58, they shine when run through a kickass pre. I wouldn't call them brighter than a 57 or 58, more like a mild midrange hype, which is not as smooth as the Shures, but produces increased intelligibility. I think that's why I like these mics, and the C2000B for that matter- I'm a story teller, and I don't really care how good it sounded if the story got lost in the music. AKG dynamics simply get the words across, like old Beatles recordings.-Richie

24th August 2003, 07:15 PM	#7
AudioGaff Gear addict Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 345	All three AKG 310,320B,330BT were all the same mic. The 310 had no features, the 310B had a 3-position bass rolloff and the 330BT had the bass rolloff and 3-position treble boost. __________________ - AudioGaff -

25th August 2003, 11:30 AM	#8
Richie Monroe Gear Head Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Framingham, MA Posts: 50	Thanks for the info Audiogaff! Info on old AKG dynamics can be hard to come by. Well I can definitely verify that it is a very usable vocal dynamic. -Richie This link may help provide you with some technical data.- http://www.akg.com/mediendatenbank/p...b72aa3d019.gif

25th August 2003, 02:10 PM	#9
AudioGaff Gear addict Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 345	Hey Richie, Your welcome. Thanks for the link. I never knew about the D321? __________________ - AudioGaff -

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