Thanks Peter(and the rest of you who have weighed in on this thread!). =A0A=
ll of this is helping, and giving me a considerably clearer idea of the dir=
ection I need to go. =A0I've tallied up my parts costs so far, and I can it=
appears build a nice set of pretty weather resistant stereo mic's using th=
e Primo capsules, for right around $40. =A0 That's including building a wea=
ther resistant housing for the capsules, and not just heat shrinking them(i=
ndeed, no heat shrink shall get near them!). =A0 The main hang up I had was=
=A0committing=A0to either making them detachable from the cables(using RCA'=
s) or direct wiring. =A0 At this point...I'm going to build one set of each=
and see if there is any difference in sound quality. =A0 I figure I can al=
ways use the=A0permanent=A0one regardless, and if the RCS connected one is =
of lower sound quality...I simply remove the RCA plug from the mix and use =
the capsules over in a=A0permanent=A0rig. =A0The soldering information and
opinions, as well as those on the wiring, were most=A0helpful! =A0Anyway..=
thanks again guys!
From: Peter Shute <>
To: "" <>=
Sent: Sunday, May 6, 2012 6:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Best way to build simply DIY stereo mics.
=A0
Definitely don't apply the solder to the iron, you should apply it to the p=
arts being soldered. A tiny bit on the iron helps transfer the heat faster =
and get the parts hot enough to melt the solder. I did it the wrong way for=
decades and never understood why it was so hard.
Do you have a flux pen? Smearing that on the parts first really helps a lot=
.
There are lots of soldering instruction videos on Youtube, so you can see h=
ow it's done.
Peter Shute
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