laserdanger Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Firstly, I hope this is in the right section. I know a lot of green individuals to the field have asked about vintage gear and its suitability to use in the field. I notice that a lot of the users have anecdotal evidence of their trusty 416T still working for example. Something that I have never seen discussed is the fact that some of these old mics have been kept in rotation for their whole lifespan which to my knowledge is part of why they are still ticking. This is just a theory on my part, I'm pulling from my experience with vintage 60s/70s Fender guitar amps. I've seen 50s amps playing great with minimal to no service because they've been continuously played and used for their lifespan. Also, to my knowledge by using them and have current go through caps it helps slow their deterioration to my understanding. Just my observation. If someone has a more technical understanding I'm all ears. But as I see it it's just another reason to plug in those old mics once in a while. -Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Spaeth Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Interesting thought. Speaking of gear voodoo, I also believe in the self healing powers of certain high quality equipment. My old Lectro VHF kit for example which had some noise/hiss issues was lying around unsused for years until I pulled it out recently to find it works and sounds perfectly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 I observe the opposite: a piece of gear that has been sitting unpowered for a long time gets less likely to work right when finally powered up the longer it sits. This is an unscientific observation, I will admit, but I'm old enoung that I have a lot of what might be termed "vintage" gear and that's what I see. philp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire soundie Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 I regularly use a 415T, it must be 40 years old. It still sounds fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 I except that series of mics, although I actually use my 416 pretty often so it's not sitting on a shelf ever. philp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeeKai Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 I love the sound of the 415T - pretty sure a pair of them were used by two boom ops on one of the seasons of 24 a few years back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 Using my 416T stil. Still sounds nice. It's from 2001. "Only" 13 yrs old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codyman Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 I should probably just pick up a 416T as a backup mic since they can be had so affordably. The good news is that Sound Devices kept T-Power on the MM-1! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old school Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 And on the 633 it says in their brochure. CrewC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Toline Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 Speaking of vintage gear, does any one know why this meter from a Nagra has a "Groove Depth" marking on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al mcguire Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 >And on the 633 it says in their brochure. >CrewC It's got 12 volts but is a 12 volt phantom not T-Power Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old school Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Ah ha. Thanks. CrewC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rstl99 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Speaking of vintage gear, does any one know why this meter from a Nagra has a "Groove Depth" marking on it? I had never noticed this on my IV-S modulometer before. From online search: http://www.colorlab.com/filmskool/pilotonsk.html To record on the FM center track, the time code is fed into pin 4(hot)and 1(ground)of the PILOT connector. Pins 4 and 5 of the CUE connector must be jumpered together to enable the FM record circuit in absence of pilot. Set the generator output level for 40% on the GROOVE DEPTH scale of the modulometer with the meter switch in PILOT PLAYBACK. This may be just using the groove depth scale for another purpose... Another search yields a better answer: http://www.audio-ideas.com/reviews/analog-sources/analog-recorders.html The meter itself, called a Modulometer, is a brilliant piece of intuitive ergonomics engineering, with two needles, mounted front-to-back, for right and left channels, respectively. (...) The purpose of this orientation is to allow the simultaneous display of channel balance (the meters move as one) or stereo information (moving individually), and there is a front-panel selectable setting for the Modulometer to show channel difference information to aid in LP mastering to gauge potential groove depth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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