[Carey Carlan]

wrote in news:1191425452.956809.170840@
57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com:

I designed them back in 1995. The NT-2 and 1 used the same circuits
and parts until Rode cut costs on them. They later went to surface
mount which IMO degraded the sound significantly by also lowering
manufacturing costs.

The NT-2A and NT-1A are different designs and the NT-2A capsule is
also now a made in Oz product rather than a 797 design.

Jim,

I have a pair of early NT-2's (so early that I paid nearly $700 each in my
more-cash-than-sense days). Can you confirm that they have Chinese
capsules and Aussie electronics? Or was the whole mic made in China?