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Re: Mic capsules question: rapid 35-0190 vs Panasonic WM-61A

Subject: Re: Mic capsules question: rapid 35-0190 vs Panasonic WM-61A
From: "Dan Dugan" dandugan_1999
Date: Sat Jul 20, 2013 10:46 am ((PDT))
> So, i finally made a decision and that was to go with the Primo EM172 cap=
sules - they arrived this morning and are now all soldered up!!!
> The soldering of the ground wire was a bit tricky as it is twice as thick=
 and the hot wire, i also made a massive school boy error by not double che=
cking everything first which resulted in me threading the metal housing i w=
as intending to sit the capsules in onto  the cable the wrong way round!(wh=
at an idiot!) i only noticed this after everything was soldered and i was u=
nable to slide it off due to a lip. Not wanting to face desoldering and res=
oldering i spent the next hour+ slowly nibbling away at the metal housing w=
ith some tin snips, four blisters later and the housings were cut free. New=
 housing was required, luckily the lid of a marker pen i had was exactly th=
e right size to snugly slip over the capsules, i then filled the hollow tub=
e with rubber silicon and slid a rubber stopper down the cable to plug the =
back side.
> Not the best quality picture but to give you a look at the end result:  h=
ttp://i.imgur.com/Y2xqsdQ.jpg

Beautiful job!

-Dan





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