Comments on: DIY condensor microphone

By: will d.

will d. — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:21:00 +0000

if you’re interested in this kind of stuff i’d check out the micbuilders yahoo group http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/micbuilders/

By: wiesi

wiesi — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:13:13 +0000

Actually the purpose was not to make a studio grade microphone.
The purpose of this project was to try to make a decent one. With decent I mean: As good as a telephone connection or better, if possible and in this terms it was an absolute success as it nearly reaches FM boadcast quality.
It is absolutely clear, that you can’t make an excellent one with aluminium foil, because it’s too thick and heavy.

By: Hockeytree

Hockeytree — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 19:42:06 +0000

I would normally agree with doing it diy to save money. But thiers MXL's that sound better, and they do it at 60 bucks.

Sorry Ive spent the last year In a pretty nice studio. So I might be spoiled.

By: akrevolt

akrevolt — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 03:40:13 +0000

Not pointless, why shop for one and encourage them when you can scavenge for parts and do it DIY.

diyordie

By: Wolf

Wolf — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 02:19:04 +0000

I’ve never seen a microphone made from scratch with such good sound quality. pretty sweet, if somewhat pointless.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:04:37 +0000

A little noisy and you can tell that there is definately a lot of loss on the high end. Probably needs a lighter diaphram to overcome that.

Still, for home built, that's not bad at all.