Me too. I have U-87's and 414's and many others, but the unmodified but
restored BK-5's and Dx-77's I have are terrific all by themselves.  I admit,
it took a while to find the right person with original RCA parts down to the
wind screen liner material to keep them properly...  But some things are
just not replaceable with a look alike. There are retired guys out there
still that have the bits and knowledge you need.

If it is a music video they are to appear in, the original parts serve as
well as the look-alikes. If you want to record... Well, the right mic
regardless of vintage for the a source material is what is order. No one
needs to know what they look like.....

YMMV !

Scott

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Louis,
Why would you do that?  It seems to me that if someone wanted the sound of a
414, they'd just rent a 414.

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Louis Hone wrote:
> A crystal microphone that sounds good ???  I can't comment on this 
> actual broadcast, but I wouldn't go with looks alone:  I have several 
> vintage microphones that I rent out and some of them I have modified, so
that the
> guts are AKG 414s or Neumann U-87, or KM-84s.   So they may look like RCA
> 44s or RCA 77s or RCA BK5s  but they sound very different.
> 
> Louis
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Daniel Roth
> Sent: 2 février 2011 14:19
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] How would a band be setup for recording in the 
> late 1920s?
> 
> I seem to recall a Fresh Air broadcast in the mid-90's with the 
> Squirrel Nut Zippers in which the producers employed a vintage 
> Philmore Crystal Microphone from the 20's. The entire room was 
> captured by this one mic and it sounded tremendously authentic, despite
the FM broadcast.
> ------
> Dan Roth
> Audio Technician
> Walter J Brown Media Archives and
> Peabody Awards Collection
> University of Georgia
> Main Library
> Athens, GA
> 
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> [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Tom Fine 
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> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 12:53 PM
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> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] How would a band be setup for recording in the 
> late 1920s?
> 
> Start with engineer Raymond Sooey's journal:
> http://www.davidsarnoff.org/soo-maintext.html
> 
> He may have run the very sessions you are asking about.
> 
> -- Tom Fine
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kathryn Hobgood Ray" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 12:17 PM
> Subject: [ARSCLIST] How would a band be setup for recording in the 
> late 1920s?
> 
> 
>> Hi folks, I am wondering if anyone has a resource recommendation that
> would
>> discuss how a band would record in the late 1920s? (Specifically for
>> Victor.) My colleague here in New Orleans tells me that the
> instrumentalists
>> would arrange themselves around a microphone in a semicircle, the 
>> loudest instruments being staggered further away. The vocalist, 
>> meanwhile, would have his/her/their own mic some distance from the 
>> band, and the two lines would run straight to the machine. Does this 
>> sound accurate to you? I need to verify this setup and would love some
resource suggestions.
>>
>> Thank you!
>> --
>> Kathryn Hobgood Ray
>>
>> [log in to unmask]
>> 504.650.1238
>> http://www.snoozerquinn.com
>>
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