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Maybe other rules apply when you are upside down?

Oh cool to see you here love your music!

@Robert Slackware Maybe you should open an interface and look how they generate Phantom power. I don't thing it's really about the preamp at all.

@Robert Slackware Not sure if I'll be answering your question but I can tell you that phantom power is to provide electrical current to the audio signal, but is just voltage, I mean it doesn't do anything with the audio signal itself though its purpose is to amplify the signal that the delicate and extremely sensitive mechanism of the condenser microphone produces which is a very low signal and because you are working with sound the need to preamp the signal as close of its source as possible is key to avoid noise contamination, also, and probably more important is the function is that condenser microphones require a voltage for polarizing the microphone’s transducer element. ...something like that, not sure if I'm covering it all or even being accurate enough at an engeenering level, but something like that is what it does. Many times you can use a simple phantom power device that even works with a 9dc battery or 12v dc power supply, it really doesn't affect the sound quality of the signal at all.For amplifiers to work with condenser microphones you should normally use a console that can provide phantom power to the mic lines, every single console mixer in the market does so. Regards!

That's the method I usually use. I have some very fine needle-nose pliers that work great for this.

@@Markus0021 When i had to open up my first AKG Perception 200 (similar construction), i only had one pair of beefy-ish "needle-nose" pliers, and the tips were just the right size. Good luck using that screwdriver-method if there's any threadlock in there... :P

Meanwhile, quite a few of us are wondering how Dave's workbench doesn't have a pair of snap ring pliers.

@@petersage5157 Because it's Dave's bench, not AvE's bench - easy mistake to make, just one letter difference :D

@@khronscave Sure, Dave doesn't have to remove Jeezless clips on a regular basis, but I don't either, and my snap ring pliers see a lot more use than my needle nose pliers. It's just a better engineered tool.

i use a q2u, good mic :)

Hey the Samson honestly is the ONLY mic that works best for my voice, I have tried hundreds of mics up to $2000 , I’m curious to what I can do to the mic To get the small hiss out of it, like is there a small mod I can change out on the board to achieve that?

@@rylandweet7750 that's because this is a fake mic it's electret not real condenser. The real makes revealed ur real voice that u disliked

@@W0rldViralDaily untrue. I know microphones , there are many electric mics , like a akg c214... there are many

@@rylandweet7750 ELECTRET*

HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA

Only a later revision had the headphone jack

Well spotted; the pop up version : )

Note the larger baffle around extending beyond the face of the capsule. And note the small holes in the back-side of the plate and the back side of the capsule. Those are all very carefully designed to achieve the polar response. Even 82-cent jelly-bean commodity electret mic capsules use exactly the same method (side and back ports to reduce sensitivity to the side and back.) But most small jelly-bean electret capsules are omni-directional with no side or back vents.

On the ocean a wave may be 200 m from crest to crest. A boat 10 m long will still ride on the crests.

@@therealjammit I'm not sure the analogy matches perfectly with acoustics, but you have me interested now. Can you help me understand exactly what what you mean by riding the crest?

The capsule works beyond just its resonant frequencies

Lots of older cheap condenser mics are a bit noisy, actually, and USB ones tend to be even worse (ca. 30 dB(A) SPL vs. ca. 23 dB(A) SPL). A 10 meg bias resistor is on the low side (it is not unusual to find 1 GOhm parts, the reasons being explained in one of the Doug Ford videos), and most of all there's the very modest dynamic range provided by the AK5371 (a typical 84 dB(A) assuming an external preamp circuit is being used, and the 77 dB(A) dynamic range for the 20 dB fixed preamp or the 40 kOhm input impedance for the inverting PGA do not inspire too much confidence in the analog input noise floor either). There is invariably going to be a compromise between level handling and noise floor. I'd speculate that the IC was originally developed for the more modest needs of small (e.g. 1/4") electret capsules. Its limited dynamic range wouldn't be _nearly_ as much of a problem if there were a good low noise, variable gain preamp stage present in the mic, but there isn't one.

You got a meter in there? That must be a t h i c c frame

@@matiastripaldi406 oh aye, it was made for displaying rock samples or something like that

@@Zardox-The-Heretic-Slayer nice!

Definitely not, I've had one for about 7 or so years and I still prefer to use it over my $300 Audio-Technica AT4040 mic for ease of use, and the sound quality difference is pretty negligible. It is an excellent microphone for the cost, to be sure

Yep, for the price it's really hard to beat.

half a bee's dick

Nova Fawks Mod for a less durable cable and plug? Why? Remember, a USB 2 full size cable packs 4 wires in a 3 to 4mm thick cable, while a USB 3.1 C cable packs at least 16 wires into a thinner cable, making each individual signal wire much thinner and more easily broken by ordinary wear. A full digital microphone won't need to go beyond 2Mbit bandwidth, so no use for USB 3+ superspeed etc.

@@johnfrancisdoe1563 I understand that, I could change it easily again if I wanted to, the issue was the connector was already broken I only had an extra USB C female connector lying around and I needed the mic fixed asap. I would have preferred a USB B connector myself

19 mm is in the PRO version

@June@97 No, but I only record spoken word. I have found that a pre-amp plugin is your friend. I like Analog Obsession preBOX, CHANNEV or MPReq Pultec EQP-1A Equalizer. Also the Reaper reaFIR plugin in subtract mode can be used to remove the high noise floor.

@June@97 I'm using macOS 12.6 on an M1 iMac. I have the Input volume set in System Preferences Sound control panel at 50% and I get -18dB average no problem. As for preamp plugins, if you don't like the stock plugins that come with your DAW, I'd suggest Analog Obsession preBOX as it is free and has several popular preamps (SSL, Neve, Ampex tape, Fairchild) built in.

@June@97 YW. Hope this helps with your gain staging quest 👍😊

I'm SURE Neuman will get right on that "rubbish" they make. Instantly discrediting himself.

The data sheet at 3:50 says the lone chip does USB I/O and "audio class encoder/decoder" which I'm guessing is being used for ADC, and has the potential for DAC (some USB mics let you plug in headphones, which would use it that way).

"Good from far, but far from good", eh?

The cheapest crap one can find.

@@dorfschmidt4833 Seems like the Mic is still working perfectly fine after 10 Years, so it can't be that bad. And there are always Cheaper capacitors available as well. So could we stop with the claim that only Wannabe Japanese Caps are good, wich come out of the same factories as other caps because the way Chinese Industry works?? Because of the Import Tax, it has to be made in China. So only if the device is NOT made in China, the caps can be made elswhere... Where I got this Information? From a person that works for Corsair.

@Stefan Payne, I didn't think you can go crappier than Capxcon?

Nope, this Doug isn't a spoiled brat bully :) I really liked the multi-part microphone series of videos. It didn't get as many views as it should have.

Doug DeMuro*

He's very serious about his oscilloscopes! :D

Dave probably has more multimeters lol.

It is always good to have a spare one in case the first 17 fail.

There was already a hole for them.

Makes me feel bad, I only have 2.

Buck a beer!

Better put it back together also before the end of the video ... dont generate more rubbish

Everyone keeps asking this, and I've answered it a dozen times now. There was a MASSIVE hail storm that blocked the gutters and the building couldn't handle the volume of backed up water. Shit like this happens, you can't seal building against every eventuality like this. There is no fault, the building meets the code.

I’ve never had to install any drivers to make use of it, but I haven’t made anything more than just simple use of it so far

Yeah capacitor in Swedish is "kondensator" which means condenser. IMO it's sounds fucking dumb, if I speak about electronics and things alike I always use the English terms.

@@sablanex So condenser then? ;P Sorry but English is such a funny language... It's vocabulary is absolutely huge, it is chock full of contradictions and weirdness, and that's before you start to look beyond British English and start mixing US English, Aus English, SA English or any other localized variant...

@@blahorgaslisk7763 nah capacitor is the way to go. That just makes more sense IMO, a capacitor which has capacitance. Swedish or any other language besides english shouldn't be allowed when talking about electronic, computers etc basically anything technical lol

Soldering iron may be?

Data lines disconnected? USB transceiver chip (inside the mic) shot?

look up the datasheet on the USB IC in your mic and check the supply voltages going to it - always start with voltages

Yes, they are very consumer focused.

Lol. Well to be honest, everyone who knows a little bit of (high school) physics and charging yourself, also understands that ESD safety is HEAVILY overrated. As soon as you discharge yourself and sitting still at a desk, there is no way someone will get enough charge to damage anything. At my work we just hold the frame of our desk for a bit and continue (and that's with pretty sensitive electronics)

I dont see a capacitor on the standoff on the signal line. The red component is a 10 megaohm resistor.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4Lh4Re68Ox0.html is the sample if I am correct, was linked as he talked about the history of that mic and when he úsed it.

Nothing.

@@EEVblog Good for you.. Not a tear in sight as usual. Just got on with it. 😊👍

Interesting. I just assumed that Samson made it.

@@EEVblog Nah, very few mic manufacturers make everything in-house (especially on the lower end of the price range) :P Even that cast chassis and the grounding springs (in fact, the whole casing) look very similar to Behringer's C1.

If you take the capsule out of its phase correction frame, it has TS stamped on the side of it - bit of a clue there... And it's not a 19mm diaphragm - as near as dammit, it's 15mm. So basically a cheap half-inch electret. The capsule comes out quite easily if you pull the little black ring away, revealing the appalling truth about it. The best thing about these mics is the case.

@@stevegarnett6455 I kinda thought it resembled the TSB-165A, apart from the "specified" diameter. Pretty sure the slightly different hole pattern on the back (4 instead of 8 or however many might fit) is partly how they get the supercardioid pattern.

@@khronscave - could be; it does look very similar indeed to the TSB-165A but the dimensions fit the (non-available now) TSB 160A better. What's even more bizarre is the construction of the C03, which doubles up the whole arrangement so there are two of these assemblies back to back, with the separation between the diaphragms of about 25mm. They claim that by switching between them you can get figure-8, what looks like hypercardioid, and omni responses from it. One day when I want a good laugh, I'll plot the polar responses. I have no great expectations. I only got these to loan to people when they were desperate to borrow a mic - I don't want my good ones damaged and these Samsons really don't matter.