Patchouli Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 In one stupid move, I severed my 61As from the shells. It was that thin, braided meshy stuff from a set of cheap Sony earbuds. Taking some generic 24 gauge 2-conductor microphone cable, I replaced both leads and stuck a tip on it and thought I was back in business... wrong. There were no highs anymore. Severely attenuated treble. I thought at first it was a bad soldering job. (even though both channels sounded the same.) Going back to the ripped earbud cable fixed it. Albeit they are a bit shorter, the wires tore exactly in the middle... thanks Murphy. So take note: When you build that mic that everyone else is raving about, and you think it's not so hot - it could just be the wire you used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulBennett Posted April 29, 2004 Report Share Posted April 29, 2004 I don't have a mental picture of the mic or operation you just performed. But it is more likely that in your soldering process, something got overheated as opposed to the replacement wire having different properties than the original. Perhaps internal plastic became distorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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