where to buy tuchel->xlr cable or connector

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where to buy tuchel->xlr cable or connector

Post by dhaworth » Wed Feb 08, 2006 11:24 am

Hey guys. Does anyone have a bead on where to buy a tuchel->xlr connector or cable (like on an old white 421)? I know you can make em, but I'm no good with an iron (yet). I searched around the board as best I could but couldn't find an answer...sorry if I missed it and this is redundant...
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Post by Kyle » Wed Feb 08, 2006 12:26 pm

Hey

The price of these could jump start your need to get familiar with the iron. These are really easy to make and expensive to buy. There are some good resources in the DIY forum under a thread called "how do you open a senn 421."

Not exactly what you were after but I hope it helps.
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Post by dhaworth » Wed Feb 15, 2006 7:55 pm

Thanks. I checked out that thread already, it didn't really have any specifics on where to find these parts...I've been searching the internet the last few days only to have a bunch of folks call me crazy for asking for what I thought would be a pretty easy thing to find. Anyways, I found this guy in Germany:

http://www.pdrefahl.de/mic/1_cab.html

It's gonna run me like $60 for the cable, or $40 for just the tuchel jack, which I would have to get cable/xlr and solder together. Next one I get is gonna be WITH tuchel cable!
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Post by thebookofkevin » Thu Feb 16, 2006 12:18 am

i'm interested in knowing this as well. i have an MD21 with a 3pin tuchel connector. i have a cable that goes to xlr, but the thing is about 50 feet long and the connector looks pretty fucked on the tuchel end.

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Post by vsr600 » Thu Feb 16, 2006 5:00 am

www.mouser.com has the connectors
i ordered 3 last month
Tuchel is now Amphenol so search that for 3 pin Din connector...
ummm... part # 523-T3261-001
Pin 1 is positive signal
Pin 2 is Ground
and Pin 3 is signal negative.

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Post by dhaworth » Thu Feb 16, 2006 12:16 pm

Word. Thanks for the legwork! I had several converstations with people at Amphenol who assured me that they were not making these connectors anymore. They made fun of me for buying a 60s mic :(
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Post by Dave Nutz » Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:33 pm

you might be better off soldering a new XLR connector into the body of the mic itself. Vintage/obscure connectors are what really turns me off of buying oldschool mics.
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Post by vsr600 » Fri Feb 17, 2006 8:02 am

Amphenol may not realize it's used on mics also but they do make them. Like i said I bought several very recently for 6 dollars a piece. It is the same connector that is on many point of sale devices: 3 pin din.

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Post by vsr600 » Fri Feb 17, 2006 8:10 am

and if you want to go cheap you could just get a female midi connector and only use the 3 pins that you need

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Post by dhaworth » Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:54 am

Hmm...yeah, but mine is the 3 flat-pin...don't think midi would fit...here's a pic:

http://www.baddudes.net/misc/tuchel.gif
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Post by asylumdigital » Fri Feb 17, 2006 12:07 pm

try Redco....

http://www.redco.com/
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Post by vsr600 » Fri Feb 17, 2006 10:52 pm

oh man I'm sorry I thought you had the newer mini tuchel type...
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Post by jmiller » Sat Feb 18, 2006 11:10 am

I wouldn't worry about not being good with an iron. Wiring connectors is the best thing to do, because you can't really mess it up unless you wire it wrong or maybe get REALLY messy. When you buy the connector you need, buy a few male and female XLR connectors and some decent mic cable, and make a few mic cables first. Depending on what cable you get, the cables you make will probably end up being the best you have, and a better value than what you can buy, and you'll probably want to make your own in the future. In the meantime, you'll be ready to make the connector you need.

I've made a lot of cables, a crappy guitar pedal, modified my "TOMB" ribbons (putting the pigtail on that everyone didn't want :evil: ), and done the transformer mod on my octava ML52, and I'm still not very good with an iron. All my stuff still works great, though, and I have gotten better.

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Post by tonewoods » Sat Feb 18, 2006 2:03 pm

Is this the kind of plug we're talking about??
This is a pic of a Revox M3500...

Is this indeed a "Tuchel", or is it called something else??

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Post by rodabod » Sat Feb 18, 2006 8:09 pm

dhaworth wrote:Hmm...yeah, but mine is the 3 flat-pin...don't think midi would fit...here's a pic:

http://www.baddudes.net/misc/tuchel.gif
That is a Gross Tuchel connector. Get them on Ebay in Germany.

They cost hardly anything - just look carefully. There are many goosenecks available which means you don't need a clip....

The silver Revox M3500 above is a Klein Tuchel. These are very common and cheap too - same as DIN (MIDI).

Don't pay lots for cables - they're a bloody rip off!

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