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group buy! : cinemag or lundahl ribbon mic xfmrs!

Post by themagicmanmdt » Sat Feb 09, 2008 3:05 pm

ok. here's the idea!

soup up our ribbon mics!

i'm open to either of two options:

1) the cinemag CM-9888 (ala RCA 44) : http://www.cinemag.biz/mic_output/mic_output.html

2) the lundahl LL 2912: http://www.kandkaudio.com/transformers.html


somewhere, somewhere (i lost the page!) someone did a shootout between the stock shinybox, a cinemag shiny and a lundahl shiny. on a blind test to my ears, i picked out the cinemag as the best sounding one, so my vote is for the cinemag. i'd get either one, though, because they both do nice things.

i think the lundahl makes the bass the nicest and does the most 'opening up' on the mic, but the cinemag wasn't so drastic, and for some reason, i thought it worked.

so, anyways!

i'm going to get 4: i think that in order for it to work and be worthwhile, we should have at least 25 or so. i'll get price break info.

if you want to join in, send me a PM with:

name
which transformer you prefer
how many you want

and after everyone's in, i'll group email everyone how much they'll be, and we'll see if we still want to do it. i'm going to say that the 15th i'll have some price info rounded up, and hoping to order by the 20th.

there was a tapeop ribbon mic buy - this'll be the tapeop ribbon transformer buy!

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Post by JWL » Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:05 am

I'd be interested in 2 LL-2912s.... these are the small ones that'll fit in the Nady RSM-4, right? Michael Joly says that will work.

I still have a Cinemag tranny for my Shinybox 23 that I have yet to install.... *rolls eyes*

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Post by mingus2112 » Sun Feb 10, 2008 11:55 am

i'm interested in the cinemags if you're getting them!
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Post by DryCounty » Sun Feb 10, 2008 12:20 pm

I'd be interested in two of the tiny Lundahls.
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Post by themagicmanmdt » Mon Feb 11, 2008 4:17 pm

JWL wrote:I'd be interested in 2 LL-2912s.... these are the small ones that'll fit in the Nady RSM-4, right? Michael Joly says that will work.

I still have a Cinemag tranny for my Shinybox 23 that I have yet to install.... *rolls eyes*
yes - i'm actually throwing two of the trans. into a pair of RSM-5's i've got.

is the cinemag bigger than the lundahl? you have a cinemag - would it fit in an RSM 4?
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Post by JWL » Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:29 pm

themagicmanmdt wrote: is the cinemag bigger than the lundahl? you have a cinemag - would it fit in an RSM 4?
I haven't seen the lundahls in person. The tranny I got is for the bigger chinese ribbons, I have the Shinybox 23, which is the same as the Nady RSM-2, Apex 210, etc. It fits that. I think it also fits the Shinybox 46/Nady RSM-1/Apex 205.

Just to be clear, there are 2 models each from Cinemag and Lundahl useful for the chinese ribbons:

Cinemag

CM-9888
http://cinemag.biz/mic_output/CM-9888.pdf
This is the one that goes in the larger body mics.

CM-9887
http://cinemag.biz/mic_output/CM-9887.pdf
This is the one that goes in the smaller body mics.


Lundahl

LL2913
This is the one that goes in the larger body mics.

LL2912
This is the one that goes in the smaller body mics.

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Post by 0-it-hz » Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:39 pm

Put me in for

2x Lundahl 2912

And I can pay!

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Post by micyourbrain » Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:50 pm

don't forget edcor!

http://www.edcorusa.com/products/transf ... index.html

I haven't tried these but I really like my 205 with the Lundahl

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Post by themagicmanmdt » Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:43 pm

it seems we've got more intrest in the lundahl's than the cinemag's, but anyways, total tally as of this post:

12-14 (had an opaque reply or two)

let's keep em coming! i think 10+ is price break level #1 already.

also, keep in mind that shipping outside of the US would be more, for the international 'oppers. it might just be feasable for the US and Canadians here on the board.
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Post by ubertar » Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:40 am

micyourbrain wrote:don't forget edcor!

http://www.edcorusa.com/products/transf ... index.html

I haven't tried these but I really like my 205 with the Lundahl
I've been curious about these... has anyone compared them to the lundahl or cinemag? There's no mu-metal casing, which could account for (at least some of) the price difference. If it fits in the mu-metal case of the Chinese transformer, then that's not an issue. I think these were modeled after the 77dx transformers.

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Post by bantam » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:48 am

ill take 1 for my shiny box 46

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Post by nlmd311 » Sat Feb 16, 2008 10:48 am

Is this still a go?
If so; is the Lundahl 2911 an option?
It might finally be time to drop one into my ML-52!

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Post by bgc » Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:55 pm

i'd be in for a couple. I'd prefer the small Lundahl.

Thanks for the idea!



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Post by themagicmanmdt » Mon Feb 18, 2008 7:57 pm

ok everyone!

it seems there's a much bigger demand for the lundahl over the cinemag.

so, this is officially for the lundahl 2912 only. (sorry, gotta stick to one model for a price break).

i still haven't heard word back about the actual prices and levels. hang tight, hopefully by the end of the week, specifics are out.

thanks for the replys everyone! i think we're up to over 20 so far.

for those that posted wanting cinemags - do you still want a lundahl? reply here or PM me?

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Post by lyle76 » Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:18 pm

I might be up for a Lundahl, if the price is right...
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