[Elecraft] D 104

[Grant Youngman]

I give :-/

Why use a D-104 if that's the only point?  A $3 electret from " the shack" will do just as well. 

Hopefully, someone will step in and kill this thread. 

To the original poster -  the simple solution is to use an Astatic stand with a preamp or something similar.  Or as Don suggested, try a couple of meg in series with the element and see if the K3 gain is high enough to give you decent audio.  If you have to EQ a D- 104, use some other mic. 

Been using D-104's since 1957, and while I may not be a certified audio engineer, there is nothing wrong with "common knowledge".  By the way, the ceramic version of this mike has lousy low freq response. You want the crystal element. 

Grant/NQ5T

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On Jun 4, 2011, at 5:55 PM, "Ron D'Eau Claire" <ron at cobi.biz> wrote:

> Changing the termination only modifies the frequency response in the input
> circuit. What does it matter whether the frequency response is established
> at the microphone input or later in the audio system? 
> 
> Ron AC7AC
> 
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