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Fake D224Es ?
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 .... geoff |
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Fake D224Es ?
Geoff wrote:
Anybody heard of AKG D224E fakes ? ** Would be exceptionally hard to fake the D224E plus demand is not sufficient to justify the effort. There is a dude in Bulgaria selling some on eBay, and has sold many more over the past while. ** I saw the listings. 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 .... ** They are likely genuine but old examples, lucky to be a still working. The hair fine wire on the diaphragms is prone to going open. ..... Phil |
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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 -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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