Interesting Russian capsule

[Marik]

[quote author="zebra50"]Hi Marik,
Where are these coming from (apart from 'russia')?
Stewart[/quote]

Sorry Stewart,

Missed your question. These were used in ЦКБК 8А5 У1.1 head with УМ51 preamp. If you want I can take pics.

What are the majority of capsules you take apart typically made of? I would love to know!!

Rachel,

It is brass. Of course, it is much easier to machine and cheaper than Nickel.

 

[zebra50]

Hey Marik,

Some of those bits are showing up as question marks on my screen. Are they russian/cyrilic letters?

Pictures! We LIKE pictures.

Stewart :thumb:

 

[Guest]

I see the cyrilic characters. Can't tell you why but it is OK on my computer.

 

[zebra50]

Probabl 'cos I'm on a mac. Oh well.

 

[BYacey]

The letters are :
"Ts, K, B, K" This is phonetically how they sound in English. They probably signify the place of Manufacture.
Bill

 

[Marik]

[quote author="zebra50"]Hey Marik,


Pictures! We LIKE pictures.

Stewart :thumb:[/quote]

You want pictures? :shock:
OK, here we are, along with some more for your amusement. The mics we are talking about on the left. Pay attention, the PCB is silicon molded--keeps moisture out of circuit. The head assembly is above.

Here is the link for bigger pic:

http://home.comcast.net/~markfuksman/RussianMics.JPG

 

[zebra50]

Oh man!

Lomo in the middle, old oktava on the right, I don't know the rest.

How is that Lomo? I've been tempted a few times to get one from Michael Vladimirsky because I love the shape, but can never quite stomach the price.

Better pick my tongue back off the desk, stop drooling and start work - It's morning here don't you know. :razz:

Stewart

 

[Marik]

[quote author="zebra50"]
How is that Lomo? I've been tempted a few times to get one from Michael Vladimirsky because I love the shape, but can never quite stomach the price.
Stewart[/quote]

It is transformerless CF. I don't have a PSU, the trafo might be there. I have never heard this one.

The next to it is actually very interesting--it has two subminiature tubes and two trafos, but it is not stereo. Keef ones said (I did not post pics then) that it might be for noiseless pattern switch. I never seen this one before and don't know its model. No PSU, either. Very good pretendent for rebuilding as stereo. For some reason I don't feel like messing with those, though.
May be nostalgia...

 

[zebra50]

I have never heard this one

That's sad. We should try to get hold of a PSU so we can clone it.

I like the twin-tube/trafo idea. I might try something like that for my next DIY tube mic.

 

[mcs]

[quote author="zebra50"]Some of those bits are showing up as question marks on my screen. Are they russian/cyrilic letters?[/quote]
Here are the Cyrilic bits:

Probabl 'cos I'm on a mac. Oh well.

They are viewable in my browser running on an old version of a dead OS (OS/2), but not on a Mac? Sounds interesting... :green:

Best regards,

Mikkel C. Simonsen

 

[zebra50]

Thanks for that.
I think it all depends on what bits of plug-ins etc you have for your browser. I'm on IE 5 on macOS 9 and just get question marks in place of the cyrillics.
Odd.

 

[rodabod]

Here is another Russian capsule--edge terminated:

I've recently bought one of these capsules for a project. I believe they were also used in the later revision (nuvistor) version of the Lomo 19A19. I have an Oktava handheld mic which I may use it with... It has only three pins, but I think I may know a way of running a valve circuit out on just three pins. It does already have a three-pin PSU already.

 

[Jonte Knif]

The magic word for balls is "contact".

http://renegadejuggling.com/Web_store/rev3k/index.html

I bought mine from UK and they are 38mm in diameter.

-Jonte

 

[rodabod]

The magic word for balls is "contact".

That's what I've been trying to tell the girls, but they aren't listening. Wrong thread?

 

[Sredna]

Wrong thread?

Not at all!

Read the thread from the beginning! 

/Anders