A Comment on your E mail...The Behringer is a great little box especially for the money. But if you want A really great sounding D-104 go to the K7DYY site and check out his board. Guys let me tell you I have a D104 And a 10DA with Bruces board on board and guys say that it sounds like WBAP AM. I have a lot of high doller gear And love what Bruce has done. Check with Brian WA5AM on how he thinks the quality is. Bruce has a number of options On it...I sent my mic to him and let him do his thing...His Web site is www.k7dyy.com
All the best... Bob W1PE -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 6:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Crystal Mic Elements So far I've not found the crystal mic elements from Mouser, "Kobetone" etc., to be really good enough to replace the D104 element, or even the elements in crystal mobile mics. I don't think their diaphragms are big enough. The original D104 is prized because it has good low-end response, and a preemphasis rise in the upper-midrange. You can use it with an otherwise flat transmitter and get decent results without any extra EQ gadgets. Rather than use a sub-optimum crystal element to replace a bad D104, I'd consider using one of the $1 consenser elements in the head and use external EQ, or maybe a circuit in the base of the G-stand, to get the rising response characteristic. A side note: For a real bargain in a pro-quality mic look at the Behringer C-1 as shown at http://www.bswusa.com/proditem.asp?item=C-1 $40 is *very* cheap for such a good-sounding mic. But keep in mind its response is essentially flat, not like a D104, and it needs phantom-power. Steve WD8DAS ************************************** See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
