RCA, Beyer, B&O & Shure Ribbon Mic Service, Enhancement, Restoration
Stephen Sank
Beyer, B&O & Shure ribbon microphones as well. Many of you may have seen
the discourse in recent weeks regarding my RCA ribbon installations on the
Beyer & B&O mics, which have been dubbed the "DX" & "BX" mods, and have
produced results ranging from pleasing to astonishing. I can also do "as
stock" repairs on these mics, although the mod results have made that
somewhat of a moot point. For RCA ribbon & dynamic mics, I do not only
functional repairs, but also fanatically detailed cosmetic restoration, with
a totally obsessive & passionate perfectionism. If you want your RCA 44,
77, etc. to look & sound as good or better than new out of the box, then you
should contact me. Price range examples:
44-A/B/BX & 77-B/C/D/DX - Functional- $150, Complete Restoration: $350-400
74-B Jr. Velocity- Functional- $125, Complete- $275
Beyer M-260 & M-500- "DX" RCA 77 ribbon mod- $125, Beyer stock- (pending)
Beyer M-160 & M-130- (pending)
B&O 53(mono ribbon)- "BX" mod(44 ribbon)- $150 (sounds really damn close to
a 44-BX), as-stock ribbon replacement- $150
B&O Stereo- "BX" mod- $250, as-stock- $250
Shure 330- Ribbon replacement(identical to RCA KB-2C ribbon)- $150
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Stephen Sank, Owner & RCA Ribbon Mic Restorer
Champlain Valley Speaker Company
http://rjknet.net/bus/cvspeakerco/default.htm
1624-B Eubank Boulevard N.E.
Albuquerque, New Mexico [ 87112 ]
phone 505-296-8795 (down temp.)/ home 505-332-0336
Authorised McIntosh/Nakamichi Service
mc/visa accepted via payal.com
https://secure.paypal.x.com/refer/pal=stephen_sank%40rjknet.net
Gulf Joe
>
> I have now expanded my RCA microphone repair/restoration services ...
<snip>
Unsolicited testimonial.
I want to thank Mr. Sank for the fine work he did on my 77D. It looks almost
new and sounds great. Good for *another* 50 years.
Thank you Stephen.
I also want to thank RAP members for identifying the mic and getting me in
contact with Stephen. I had known that the mike needed restoration for a while,
but until I found this NG, had no idea where to send it.
As a 25 year amateur recordist (equivalent to taking snapshots instead of
photographs) I'm trying to rise to the next level. Reading RAP is the best tool
I've found to help in that endeavor.
Thank you RAP,
Gulf Joe.
jpste...@my-deja.com
330's have any potential for a better than stock mod? I have a
sick volunteer available for experimentation. If they're completely
insufferable, forget I said anything.
jp
In article <8nvo30$983$1...@reader.nmix.net>,
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Before you buy.
Stephen Sank
I don't mind working on more of them. Since the 330's ribbon is identical
to the RCA "paintbrush mic" KB-2C ribbon, except for thickness, I don't
think the result is materially different than stock. Once Rick R. has a
chance to try the first one out, he will be able to tell us if that is
accurate. His 330 arrived with a very stretched ribbon, so I was not able
to compare stock to RCA'd. Sounded very nice, very similar to the KB-2C, is
all I can say.
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Stephen Sank, Owner & RCA Ribbon Mic Restorer
Champlain Valley Speaker Company
http://rjknet.net/bus/cvspeakerco/default.htm
1624-B Eubank Boulevard N.E.
Albuquerque, New Mexico [ 87112 ]
phone 505-296-8795 (down temp.)/ home 505-332-0336
Authorised McIntosh/Nakamichi Service
mc/visa accepted via payal.com
https://secure.paypal.x.com/refer/pal=stephen_sank%40rjknet.net
jpste...@my-deja.com wrote in message <8o2bj3$gqp$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>...
Scott Dorsey
>Stephen, I know you aren't fond of working on them, but do the Shure
>330's have any potential for a better than stock mod? I have a
>sick volunteer available for experimentation. If they're completely
>insufferable, forget I said anything.
The problem with the 315s and 330s is mostly the transformer. If you
get a stock ribbon put in (and Dick Gardiner does nice work), you can
try replacing that transistor radio transformer with a Beyer and see
how that sounds. The Beyer is about half the size of the original.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
jpste...@my-deja.com
klu...@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
> The problem with the 315s and 330s is mostly the transformer. If you
> get a stock ribbon put in (and Dick Gardiner does nice work), you can
> try replacing that transistor radio transformer with a Beyer and see
> how that sounds. The Beyer is about half the size of the original.
> --scott
So where would one get the Beyer transformers? Their US service center
(in Long Island I think)? How would you characterize the difference?
I don't know how a good stock 330 sounds, so if anyone cares to fill me
in on that, too, it'd probably help me pick a course of action on the
mic.
(Old ribbon mics, their sounds and uses aren't really part of the
education people my age usually pick up along the way (maybe it's also
that I came up in live sound); it was a weird idea to be using them
much five years ago and still not an overwhelming trend in practice.
Glad to be able to pick up this stuff up from all those in the know
around here.)
jp
tonewoods
Stephen...have you seen the Bob Paquette book on microphones? Very
interesting information, especially early American models...
Anyway, Bob includes some correspondance between himself and your
father in the back of the book that you would enjoy checking out...
>
> --
> Stephen Sank, Owner & RCA Ribbon Mic Restorer
> Champlain Valley Speaker Company
> http://rjknet.net/bus/cvspeakerco/default.htm
> 1624-B Eubank Boulevard N.E.
> Albuquerque, New Mexico [ 87112 ]
> phone 505-296-8795 (down temp.)/ home 505-332-0336
> Authorised McIntosh/Nakamichi Service
> mc/visa accepted via payal.com
> https://secure.paypal.x.com/refer/pal=stephen_sank%40rjknet.net
>
>
Peter Larsen
Stephen Sank wrote:
> I have now expanded my RCA microphone repair/restoration services to include
> Beyer, B&O & Shure ribbon microphones as well.
Hmm ... I have one of those Bang & Olufsen stereo ones ... I haven't
dared open it, it is in pristine condition, wood box and all, but it
does have a bit of static (mains harmonics) on the top capsule, as if an
internal ground wiring is defective, is this a simple, known problem? -
not that it is urgent, but having found it I sure am going to try it one
day, static or no static .... btw. perhaps you are the one to name ALL
the microphones I use as web-site backgrounds in the fluff section? ...
they are ALL classics.
> Stephen Sank, Owner & RCA Ribbon Mic Restorer
Kind regards
Peter Larsen
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Scott Dorsey
>In article <8o36e1$r10$1...@panix3.panix.com>,
> klu...@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
>
>> The problem with the 315s and 330s is mostly the transformer. If you
>> get a stock ribbon put in (and Dick Gardiner does nice work), you can
>> try replacing that transistor radio transformer with a Beyer and see
>> how that sounds. The Beyer is about half the size of the original.
>
>(in Long Island I think)? How would you characterize the difference?
>I don't know how a good stock 330 sounds, so if anyone cares to fill me
>in on that, too, it'd probably help me pick a course of action on the
>mic.
I always ask for the parts back when they re-ribbon my Beyer mikes and
they usually replace the whole module inside and send me the transformer.
I bet they'll sell it to you as a replacement part too, though.
A stock 330 sounds very clean, with a better top end than most ribbon
mikes, but with about as much noise as Niagra Falls. Most of that is
thermal noise from the transformer so even the lowest noise preamp won't
help much.