David Morgan (MAMS) wrote:

"Mike Tulley" wrote in message ...


Anyone else have any experience of a microphone damaged
by tapping on it?



Never, with a dynamic.... But I'd be very careful as to where and
how I might 'tap' a condenser or ribbon of any sort.


Yes for the ribbon because of its high compliance and
relatively large element mass but I've a hard time seeing
how tapping a condenser would hurt it. The mass of a
diaphram is so small that impact on the body would hardly
displace it unless accompanied by large displacement. Even
if it did move in and hit the the back plate, so what.


Bob
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"Things should be described as simply as possible, but no
simpler."

A. Einstein