20th July 2012
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#1 | | Lives for gear
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Thread Starter | Non-matched pair of Oktava MK012?
Hey all, just a quick question. I'm looking to pick up a pair of used Oktava MK012's for around $300-400 (or cheaper if I can find them, but its not looking likely). It seems that every matched pair I find is already sold or selling for significantly higher than this. There are a couple people on Ebay selling non matched pairs, however, and I'm not sure how much of a difference this makes. The two microphones are the same model (both silver bodied MK012s, in separate cases, both with cardioid caps). Will these be usable as a stereo pair, would you imagine, or should I wait and try and snag a matched pair? I'm hoping to use them for a recording project in mid-August, so it would be good to get them ordered as soon as possible.
Thanks,
Alex
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21st July 2012
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#2 | | Jai guru deva om
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More than likely they are fine, I've had a non-matched pair of MK-012 for years now with no discernable difference in sound between them.
Enjoy! It's a wonderful mic.
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21st July 2012
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#3 | | Lives for gear
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Thread Starter | Quote:
Originally Posted by warhead  More than likely they are fine, I've had a non-matched pair of MK-012 for years now with no discernable difference in sound between them.
Enjoy! It's a wonderful mic.
War | War- thanks so much. This is exactly the response I needed. Oktava here I come!
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#5 | | Lives for gear
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The pair I bought from MF back in '01 was $90 and not a matched pair. Yes I could hear a difference between the two. One had a higher output than the other and the weaker of the two also had a little more distortion in its circuit. That certainly didn't keep them from being useful though, I compensated for their difference in output level at the preamp stage. No problem.
When Joly started offering his 012 PE mod I sent the weaker of the pair to him to upgrade the components on the mics pcb. Now it more closely matches the other 012 and its distortion issues have been smoothed out of course.
Don't worry about the mics not being a matched pair, you can compensate for that. And if you can spare the coin somewhere along the way, it's very beneficial IMO to have the PE upgrade done by Joly.
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21st July 2012
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#6 | | Gear addict
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Why not order a new pair from Thomann in Germany? I just checked and ~$344 including shipping to the US.
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21st July 2012
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#7 | | Lives for gear
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I can only speak for the matched pair as I have 'em
with all the capsules plus the fig8 adapter as well,
matched pair come with nice hand written papers with all the tests
and results, curves etc.. I don't know if the difference between
un-matched is audible but the matched pair are pretty awesome.
PS: get the omni capsules, they're super sweet
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21st July 2012
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#8 | | Gear maniac
Joined: Aug 2006 Location: NorCal
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Originally Posted by warhead More than likely they are fine, I've had a non-matched pair of MK-012 for years now with no discernable difference in sound between them.
Enjoy! It's a wonderful mic.
War | + 1. No differences with my unmatched pair. Have a buddy with an unmatched pair and same story. Excellent mics.
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21st July 2012
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#9 | | Lives for gear
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Thread Starter | Quote:
Originally Posted by Sanchez Why not order a new pair from Thomann in Germany? I just checked and ~$344 including shipping to the US. | Woah. That's excellent. I'll have to look into that. How long did they take to ship??
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21st July 2012
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#10 | | Gear addict
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IIRC not long, think they were here at my door here in Japan in a few days. Thomann is probably the biggest supplier in Europe, super-efficient and reliable. Also they def. only stock genuine Oktava. If you can find the extra $$ get the 6 capsule set, I did and had them Joly-fied at a later date too, money very well-spent.
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21st July 2012
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#11 | | Lives for gear
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Thread Starter | Quote:
Originally Posted by Sanchez IIRC not long, think they were here at my door here in Japan in a few days. Thomann is probably the biggest supplier in Europe, super-efficient and reliable. Also they def. only stock genuine Oktava. If you can find the extra $$ get the 6 capsule set, I did and had them Joly-fied at a later date too, money very well-spent. | That's absolutely awesome. Definitely seems like the way to go! Thanks for the tip!!
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21st July 2012
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#12 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by Sanchez IIRC not long, think they were here at my door here in Japan in a few days. Thomann is probably the biggest supplier in Europe, super-efficient and reliable. Also they def. only stock genuine Oktava. If you can find the extra $$ get the 6 capsule set, I did and had them Joly-fied at a later date too, money very well-spent. | I can vouch for Thomann too, got mine from them
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#13 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by Retinal I can vouch for Thomann too, got mine from them | Sweet! This seems to be the secret to getting Oktavas affordably!
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21st July 2012
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#14 | | Lives for gear
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But do consider the Joly mod at some point, it's not a subtle difference!
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