From: Ron on 9 Jun 2010 04:09 On 09/06/2010 01:57, Phil Allison wrote: > "Ron" > >>>>> A nice mike in its day, sweet sounding tho easily overloaded and the >>>>> sintered grill was fragile. >>> >>>> ** Must be some other mic - cos the D1200 has a steel mesh grille and >>>> is hard to overload. >>> >>>> http://oldmics.cz/img/v/407_1.jpg >>> >>> >>>>> The capsules didn't take kindly to being dropped. >>> >>>> ** Bollocks. >>> >> >> Phil is correct, my mistake, the grill is a mesh surrounded by a metal >> castellated part. > > > ** The D1000 is similar to the D1200 but with the sintered bronze top. > > http://www.oaktreevintage.com/web_photos/microphones/AKG_D-1000-E_Microphone_web.jpg > > The body is made from diecast zinc with a nickel plating and sand blast > finish. > > Ah yes, that's where my confusion arose, I used to have both. Ron |