Re: Creating my own OPA Alice
Thanks, Jules.
None of this stuff gets done by one person, of course - Dave Latchaw was the first to build one with the TSB-165A capsules that we were just then able to get via a group buy, back when
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Scott Helmke
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Re: Starting out with EM172
You don't need to be super picky on that or most of the other parts.? Go ahead and build your first mic before you worry too much - I'm pretty confident you'll be very happy with the
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Scott Helmke
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Re: Starting out with EM172
hi all -- sorry to bump a very old thread.? i am trying to do the build mentioned in the OP, but the capacitor listed is no longer manufactured.? does anyone know if any old `4.7uF 25v aluminum
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@dogman
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Re: Creating my own OPA Alice
Great question: One of our members, Scott Helmke, designed a simple (but
excellent) version of the Schoeps circuit for use in microphones using this
capsule
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Jules Ryckebusch
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Re: Creating my own OPA Alice
This is such a basic question, but please...
One name that is repeatedly repeated in all mic forums is 'Alice'.
What is the original source for this?
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Glenn Wardle
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Re: Creating my own OPA Alice
A bit of perspective on component selection: as far as audible performance goes, the only parts that matter are the capsule and op-amps. If this were food, the capsule is the cut of meat and
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Henry Spragens
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Re: Creating my own OPA Alice
Indeed they are! That is a very insightful thing to say and I'm glad you're posting such high quality responses.? ;)
-Scott
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Scott Helmke
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#36470
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Re: Creating my own OPA Alice
Yea, 40 years ago when I was a younger engineer, metal film resistors were an improvement over carbon composition ones of the day. Same with capacitors etc. I¡¯m certain we will have some golden
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Jules Ryckebusch
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#36469
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Re: Creating my own OPA Alice
Components not compliments
wrote:
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Paul E Marchman
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#36468
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Re: Creating my own OPA Alice
I have built quite a few of these with absolutely normal 1/4 w resistors
from Amazon and they perform amazing. Compliments are really made to a high
standard these days and most things will be just
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Paul E Marchman
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Re: Creating my own OPA Alice
Thanks for the positive feedback on my OPA mic instructable. I will look at
the ".22nF" on the instructable schematic. I use metal film resistors and
1% for all of it except for the 1Gig, which is 5%
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Jules Ryckebusch
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Re: Creating my own OPA Alice
The importance of matching these resistors is quite exaggerated.
For a strat, the legs going to pin 2 and pin 3 are different. One takes its source from the source of the FET, and the other from the
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Jerry Lee Marcel
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Creating my own OPA Alice
Hi everyone.
I'm currently in the process of building an OPA Alice based microphone using a NW-700 body and TSB2555B capsule.
Jules instructable is an amazing guide that makes it trivial for anyone
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Lode Willems
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Re: What is with this trace? (Lavalier Teardown: Shure WL185 with RF CommShield)
So yeah, I forgot to actually make my real point - what's the current flow for the DC bias? ?What's the best resistor for that Sony wireless, in other words?
It might be a little while before any
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Scott Helmke
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Re: Why do you like binaural recordings?
There can actually be interesting coincidences in life. Ferrari are not very common. But because of the weak yen, Japan is very attractive to international tourists from all over the world since a
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Heinz
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Re: Why do you like binaural recordings?
Heinz - great catch! And nice feel of the space.
This recording is special in several ways - you managed to record not only a Ferrari but also passers by speaking in Polish.
In Japan.
Sure, there are
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pmfalcman
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Re: What is with this trace? (Lavalier Teardown: Shure WL185 with RF CommShield)
Thanks, Scott. The only reasonable images of the DPA CORE "preamp" (their word) is from a DPA promo video ( https://youtu.be/NMLvT8cYbwE?t=138 ) , where they also say each one is "tuned to match its
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sergio_logic
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#36460
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Photo Notifications
#photo-notice
Scott Helmke <scott@...> added the photo album DPA 4066 capsule FET ( /g/MicBuilders/album?id=295709 ) : Closeups of the FET and other components found on a DPA 4066
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Group Notification <noreply@...>
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Re: What is with this trace? (Lavalier Teardown: Shure WL185 with RF CommShield)
As somewhat expected, the photos disappeared.
The album can be found here:
/g/MicBuilders/album?id=295709
-Scott
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Scott Helmke
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#36458
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Re: What is with this trace? (Lavalier Teardown: Shure WL185 with RF CommShield)
OK, so I happened to have a DPA 4066 headset capsule on my bench - I work for a company that rents out audio gear, including a lot of wireless with DPA mics. So this one showed up as unrepairable due
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Scott Helmke
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