Re: Ham Radio Lollypop Mic [Astatic D-104]

[Robb Bingham <robbingham@xxxxxxxxx>]

<Subject: Re: Astatic D-104

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> From: "Hambone Hamilton" <harpmanx@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I've often wondered why Astatic D-104's...the 
> donut shaped ones...never
> caught on as harp mics??  I know it uses a 
> different element than the jt30,
> etc., but is there some real reason why 
> they're not good as harp mics?
> Hambone

<BBQ Bob said,

<Hi Hambone,
As far as I'm concerned, the main reason is that
<they're WAY, WAY, WAY, WAY
<too hot 
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I figure most of us have picked one up in an ebay
fury. They're too dang big and heavy to cup, and,
uncupped, they sound horrible. I keep one in my music
room anyway- right on the desk where I put it the
first day, after hearing how thin it was. But it's
always the first mic anyone notices. Most harp books
[Portnoy's, Bakers] have a picture of them somewhere.
I guess they got The Look. I know a guy who keeps one
on stage and acts like it's his ~Chromatic Mic~. But
he rarely uses it.

Robb

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