I am not awake this morning. Replied to a CBC message. Sorry about that.
Barb
Barb Beck wrote:
>Sunday Jan 2
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>Keep track of what you see and we will either stop by or if we are
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>Barb
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>Walter Knapp wrote:
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>>>Hi Walt--
>>>AllOrings suggested the Buna product line because
>>>the rings are more elastic. Do you happen to know
>>>the sizes that worked for you? I can see if this
>>>size range is well represented in the $10 sample
>>>kit. Thanks! Rob D.
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>>The Buna are more elastic, but not as durable, note this from their
>>material page: "Poor resistance to sunlight, weathering and ozone." You
>>would need to watch them more for cracking. These are the standard
>>hardware store o-rings. The silicon are stretchy enough, remember that's=
>>what Rycote uses. Buna is also one of those that would stick to the mics=
>>over time in my SASS, where the o-ring is continually pressed against
>>the mic. The only disadvantage of the silicon I've found is that they
>>are fairly easily cut or torn when setting them up. I have used the buna=
>>o-rings in the past because of easy availability.
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>>Anyway try some of various ones. The smallest width of o-ring they have
>>in lots of sizes is 1/16, which is what I use. The SASS/MKH-20 takes a
>>fatter o-ring but that's special to it, 1"x 1 3/16"x 3/32". On the size
>>chart the ID & OD will give you the diameter of the circle of the
>>o-ring. You would size them so that there was a little stretch. Rycote
>>ones are stretched about 10-30%. The diameters you would need would have=
>>to come from your suspension. It's like sizing rubber bands, but less
>>stretch.
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>>As far as what sizes I have, I've got 1/16 silicon in a variety of sizes=
>>all the way up to several inches in diameter. As I noted I've been
>>accumulating the various sizes for future use. Rycote suspensions don't
>>take near that large a o-ring. Somewhere around 1" diameter or less.
>>When you compare their prices on replacement o-rings to Alloring's
>>retail prices you will see just how much they are engaged in highway
>>robbery.
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>>Walt
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>>"Microphones are not ears,
>>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>>A listening room is not nature."
>>Klas Strandberg
>>Yahoo! Groups Links
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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
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