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Swamper
| | Posted on Friday, September 20, 2002 - 7:25 pm: | 
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i was wondering why the heck did they stop making d 104 mic's anyway.they are the best desk power mic ever.I dont understand why they wont make them anymore...do you? |
bruce
| | Posted on Friday, September 20, 2002 - 8:24 pm: |
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The story is the machine that stamps them wore out and to replace it would have cost too much
Bruce |
HoosierCardinal
| | Posted on Friday, September 20, 2002 - 8:49 pm: |
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The tooling and dies used to make the base and neck and head were all vintage 1940s and to replace them would have been a monumental task that Astatic didnt want to take. It would have cost millions and millions of dollars to have them all R&Ded and built to spects and placed into service. |
Swamper
| | Posted on Friday, September 20, 2002 - 9:36 pm: |
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i dont know i think that sounds kinda strange dont you? |
Taz
| | Posted on Friday, September 20, 2002 - 10:12 pm: |
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Then where did the damn echomax go? |
Deadly Eyes
| | Posted on Friday, September 20, 2002 - 11:28 pm: |
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Re Bruce and Others....
And too perhaps it could be that technology has passed up the mike heads used in the D104. The Heil mike elements used on the boom headsets of today are much better and much smaller. |
Megahurts
| | Posted on Friday, September 20, 2002 - 11:56 pm: |
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HEY!,
I just caught a post on another site. The poster claims that he discussed the mike situation with Astatic, and they stated that they will soon release a another line of base mikes. I don't know if they will resemble the old d104s or the newer echo style.
Does anyone have an opinion of the sadelta echo mikes? They used to be the hot thing back in the day. Funny how few in the US carry these right now. |
HoosierCardinal
| | Posted on Saturday, September 21, 2002 - 12:03 am: |
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I have had both the echomaster pro and the plus.
They are an OK mike if you like a base echomike.. |
Alsworld
| | Posted on Saturday, September 21, 2002 - 7:58 am: |
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I just sent Astatic an e-mail asking them about any new base mics coming out, and if they were still going to make handhelds.
From all I read previously from them, what was said above is true about the tooling, but handhelds and the actual D104 mic element is still going to be made. If they answer me back, I'll post it here on the forum.
Alsworld |
Alsworld
| | Posted on Saturday, September 21, 2002 - 3:16 pm: |
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Hey, I got a quick reply from Astatic even on a Saturday! I had ask if they were planning on a new desk top microphone and if they would still be producing handhelds. Here is their response:
"Yes we will continue to support all our microphones handheld and desk top. There is some talk of looking into a new model but as of yet we have not found one that is as good as the stand mics that are being discontinued.
thank you
Sherri"
This is straight from Astatics sales department.
Alsworld |
Swamper
| | Posted on Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 7:43 pm: |
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thats right they never will find one as good D 104's are the best mic ever.they should never stop making them bad move,they look great and sound great.please astatic start making them again!!!!  |
Bigbob
| | Posted on Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 9:07 pm: |
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Why not a desk mike with a logarithmic speech processor in it for 125% pos. modulation ? |
707
| | Posted on Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 4:22 pm: |
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I would like to have a D-104 non-amped handmic with the classic element. Has anybody seen those for sale lately? It seems like there was one available at one time. |
bruce
| | Posted on Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 6:16 pm: |
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707 yes there was back in the 60.s and i think they goofed not making that mike with the option to unplug the amp i have 2 and they allow you to hear the wall paper dry here in my alinco dx-70 A guy in QST has a ckt within the last few issues to adapt the d-104 to the newer radios |
