bonzo71 Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 (edited) Huge thank you to this forum! Here is a sample of a recording I made back in November-Brian Setzer Trio.. My whole setup cost about $50 including the recorder(used on ebay):WM-63(Linkwitz Mod)>Battery Box(Simple DIY with 9volt 1.1mfd cap)>Sony MZ-S1. I love my mz-s1. It is a tank and has that cool orange backlit display. briansetzertrionov302006.mp3 Edited January 3, 2007 by bonzo71 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiberiusbeekirk Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 That backlight must be nice. I like the cost of your setup. awesome.I see you're using hot glue. I just made another pair of mics using some CAT5 cables.I'd figure the light colors would blend in with light colored shirts in the summer.Huge thank you to this forum! Here is a sample of a recording I made back in November-Brian Setzer Trio.. My whole setup cost about $50 including the recorder(used on ebay):WM-63(Linkwitz Mod)>Battery Box(Simple DIY with 9volt 1.1mfd cap)>Sony MZ-S1. I love my mz-s1. It is a tank and has that cool orange backlit display. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzo71 Posted January 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 The backlit display on the mz-s1 is great. I can easily see it-even when the recorder is at pocket level. I picked up my first md unit(mz-r70) when my wm-d3 cassette recorder died. I was very disappointed to learn that it did not have a backlit display. Resold it on ebay. Used mz-s1's typically go cheap ($30 to $35 shipped). A great deal because it has atrac-r, backlit display, and is built to take a beating-even water resistant. I'm seeing many used old md and net-md units sell for double the price of an mz-s1. Is the mz-s1 the ugly duckling of md? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiberiusbeekirk Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 wow, you're right.I had a R500 and sold it, for some reason it was very noisy and took forever to advance tracks.and took a long time to start up.I'll look into these S2's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan P Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Looks and sounds great. Could you give me a link to the wm-63/linkwitz mod? I'm curious as to the difference between this and the wm-61 that seems to be the standard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzo71 Posted January 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Looks and sounds great. Could you give me a link to the wm-63/linkwitz mod? I'm curious as to the difference between this and the wm-61 that seems to be the standard.I had a hard time finding the wm-61-seem to be sold out. Digikey had tons of the wm-63. Digikey has the specs for both if you want to compare. Here are a couple links to the mod (which is used to increase the max spl limit of the capsule):http://www.vikash.info/audio/measurement_mic/http://www.linkwitzlab.com/images/graphics/microph2.gif (just use top two diagrams) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiberiusbeekirk Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 I finally got the chance to try out my linkwitz mod caps. I used a utility knife to cut the orig. groundand a nipper to cut some of the housing to make a level surface for the new ground.I think I ruined one because the output was very very low. So, I used my last WM-61a capsule.I don't notice much a difference between the mod and un-modded caps, I'll see when I make actual show recordings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzo71 Posted January 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 The mod is supposed to increase the spl capacity of the cap-I also believe that is will reduce the caps sensitivity(which it seems to have done in your case). I only moded mine because I wanted to do everything possible to avoid another overloaded recording. I recorded a Cheap Trick show in November(about 7 feet from stage) and the bass level was very high, but still the moded caps with a battery box held up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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