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Was Rode NT5 and Rode NT2 moisture problems...
A month ago i began a thread "complaining" about the unpredictable
behavior of "some" of these mics (Rode NT5 & NT2) in locations with high relative humidity. I think i must retract at least regarding the NT5s. I thought the problem was the capsule being extremely moisture sensitive. I was wrong. Nothing to do with the capsule itself but with the contact components between the capsule and the body. Cleaning with alcohol - as with most similar modular mics it seems - cured the problem. They have been working perfectly since then. Cant say the same of my C451E+CK1 which membrane is actually damaged...(no cleaning will bring my capsule back to life). NT2's construction is different from what i expected. The Capsule (including switches and grill) is actually plugged into a 3 pin socket. I dont know if this is common. I've taken a look inside other LD mics and usually wires coming from capsules are soldered to an input point in the boards. I was wondering if this contacts will suffer just as much as within a modular system. I've carefully "cleaned" NT2's membranes just with compressed air...well to some extent at least, and cleaned capsule's (3) pins with alcohol. Now its working a bit better... but still goes mad if humidity is too high. I was wondering if the Behringer B2 is constructed in the same way...they're very cheap and maybe i could use the complete capsule as a replacement for the NT2s one... i mean just if its constructed in the same way (no soldering should be required) and quality is similar. That's it. Regards Rocco Flores Oneto |
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Was Rode NT5 and Rode NT2 moisture problems...
"RoKKo" wrote in message m... A month ago i began a thread "complaining" about the unpredictable behavior of "some" of these mics (Rode NT5 & NT2) in locations with high relative humidity. I think i must retract at least regarding the NT5s. I thought the problem was the capsule being extremely moisture sensitive. I was wrong. Nothing to do with the capsule itself but with the contact components between the capsule and the body. Cleaning with alcohol - as with most similar modular mics it seems - cured the problem. They have been working perfectly since then. Cant say the same of my C451E+CK1 which membrane is actually damaged...(no cleaning will bring my capsule back to life). I am glad your Experiences have improved with the NT5. I have to admit that even though I was reasonably confident with the Mics your posting did cast a seed of doubt so that when I started having odd 2 kHz squeals at a gig a couple of weeks later on a very very Humid evening in Sydney my first suspicions fell onto the NT5s ( along with a muttered S*%t maybe rokko was right after all ! ) It actually turned out to be a Sabine EQ/Delay/Feedback exterminator going Psycho but of course I only discovered this after changing out the 4 * NT5s I had on stage ;-) NT2's construction is different from what i expected. The Capsule (including switches and grill) is actually plugged into a 3 pin socket. I dont know if this is common. I've taken a look inside other LD mics and usually wires coming from capsules are soldered to an input point in the boards. I was wondering if this contacts will suffer just as much as within a modular system. I've carefully "cleaned" NT2's membranes just with compressed air...well to some extent at least, and cleaned capsule's (3) pins with alcohol. Now its working a bit better... but still goes mad if humidity is too high. I was wondering if the Behringer B2 is constructed in the same way...they're very cheap and maybe i could use the complete capsule as a replacement for the NT2s one... i mean just if its constructed in the same way (no soldering should be required) and quality is similar. That's it. Regards Rocco Flores Oneto |
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Was Rode NT5 and Rode NT2 moisture problems...
RoKKo wrote:
A month ago i began a thread "complaining" about the unpredictable behavior of "some" of these mics (Rode NT5 & NT2) in locations with high relative humidity. I think i must retract at least regarding the NT5s. I thought the problem was the capsule being extremely moisture sensitive. I was wrong. Nothing to do with the capsule itself but with the contact components between the capsule and the body. Cleaning with alcohol - as with most similar modular mics it seems - cured the problem. Try Caig ProGold for a lasting (and enhancing ?) result. geoff |