From: Ron on
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