[Angus Kerr]

I thought I'd start a new thread since this has gone wildly off-course.

I've just completed the mod, and I must say, it not only looks fantastic, but sounds much better too! A lot of the things I didn't like are, I won't say gone, but significantly reduced.

One thing though, because the original grille was integrated and one with the body, it was earthed. In my attempt to make the mic look good, I inadvertently isolated the grille from the body of the mic with paint!. So I have a ground hum as the capsule is not faraday caged properly. I'll have to scrape off some paint and try to get a good earth on those grilles.

I'll trawl the mic modder forums regarding the resonator - baffle, but here I trust the guy who actually did the granddaddy of mods. The internet is full of weird strange people who say lots of things.

On Monday, September 28, 2015 at 10:38:10 PM UTC+2, Peter Larsen wrote:
On 28-09-2015 21:08, Scott Dorsey wrote:

Angus Kerr wrote:

@Scott: I wanted to ask you what you recommend. I see there are two grilles=
, inner and outer. Should I put both back, or is it better with just one? I=
see the Michael Joly mod uses single grille. What's your take?

I tend to leave both in because it's more rugged. It might sound better
with one, but it won't take a drumstick.

@Scott - I'm hoping the mods take some of that away. I'm also hearing over-=
hyped top end. Hard to believe from what I'm hearing that the U87 have a pr=
esence peak and the 219 does not. It sounds the other way round to me. Will=
taking the baffles out smooth it out? It's a lot more aggressive in the to=
p end than the U87, which brings out none of that sibilance.=20

Both the U87 and the 219 have exaggerated top end, but they are different
kinds of exaggerated top ends.

As I recall this from some mic-modder site the 219 has a hf resonator in
front of the membrane that causes its peak. Remove it and - still from
memory - it will roll off from 10 kHz instead with a much more benign
and easili compensated response. My recollection may be incomplete, do
not read as a how2 manual, but as a search4.

--scott

Kind regards

Peter Larsen