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Cheap mic body donors

 

The latest ZRAMO TH900 donor mics I bought from Amazon (BM-700 bodies and circuit boards with 1” CM-012 electret capsules) worked out of the box for once. Still “outa phase” with a Neumann, but otherwise wired correctly.?A bit noisy by pro standards. This time, came in a glossy printed box with die-cut foam. Included a $11 metal shock mount and foam wind screen. $18 today. Deal.
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The ZRAMO “104” style mics are sturdy metal handheld bodies. The 16mm capsule is OK. The circuit board is good for scavenging an FET or a 3-pin XLR insert, but garbage otherwise. A definite buy at $10, today they cost $16, still may be as good a deal on a handheld mic body as there is. Prices and included items from ZRAMO vary from time to time. (USA)
 

More bodies from Amazon.

USB "414-ish" style mic. This one works. Not easy to fit an XLR connector to. Probably would need to hang the XLR on a short pigtail. The works inside are USB only, but correctly implemented. The area for a circuit board is a different shape than tubular BM-800 or "U-87" bodies, and OPA Alice circuit boards don't fit. $17.99 today.



This is a weird one. A smallish "U-87" style body with 34mm cardioid-only capsule, Schoeps type circuit, a bit heavier than the average BM-700. The weird bit is the included stuff. It costs $49.99 with hard case, soft pouch, metal shock mount, and wind screen. Today the mic alone costs $99.99 without the extras, just the mic. Yesterday, the plain mic was $49.76 on sale. Pyle branded. I canna ken Amazon's pricing structure.

I picked up a pair of each to play with. I'll write up what I find in my blog. I see the ZRAMO TH901 (BM-700 style) are back in stock in black paint. Those have been my go-to body donors for the last couple of years.
 

Not trying to hijack the thread but the title somehow fits and creating a new thread just adds to the chaos ?
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Anyway, I've foumd this on Ali, might be interesting, the price is OK I guess.
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https://pl.aliexpress.com/item/1005005137240884.html?ug_edm_item_id=1005005137240884&pdp_npi=4%40dis%21PLN%2162%2C52z%C5%82%2162%2C52z%C5%82%21%21%21%21%21%40212a7d0717246352334172888d4bf0%2112000031811177797%21edm%21%21%21&edm_click_module=alg_products&tracelog=rowan&rowan_id1=aeug_edm_56676_1_pl_PL_2024-08-26&rowan_msg_id=5262biz_add_wishlist%3A0%3A0_576043539%24d97552a144704923b95d54f7260674cb&ck=in_edm_other&gatewayAdapt=glo2pol
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Don't shoot me, I'm just a messenger. Side address are not not my cup of tea. I just saw a nice looking chinese body so I share.
However this sounds..
 

That's what this thread is for. If you see a good deal on a mic body, let the group know.
?If you buy one, tell us about it, since a lot of the cheap mics are junk inside, but some can
be improved.
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