Fake D224Es ?
Geoff wrote:
Anybody heard of AKG D224E fakes ?
There is a dude in Bulgaria selling some on eBay, and has sold many more
over the past while.
So fakes, or has he scored an old stash of the real thing from somewhere
? Wondering if I should get a buddy for my one ....
Is there really a market for fake D224s? I don't think enough people know
what they are for there to be a demand for them.
It shouldn't be easy to tell a fake just by picking it up, since the D224
is pretty heavy and it's weirdly balanced. If someone made a fake tube and
stuck a Ningbo dynamic element in there, it might look perfect but sure
wouldn't feel the same way in your hand.
The problem with the D224, though, is that they are so delicate. I have
a bunch of them and most of them have one or the other element open. So I
would want a guarantee before buying a used one.
I wouldn't be surprised if the Bulgarian politburo used them as desk
microphones or something like that, and some guy has come across a stash
of a couple hundred ones that were recently pulled out of service and
replaced with junk from China. But I'd also be kind of wary of old ones.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
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