My Mouser order came so I can wrap up the #ML12Build , and do more work on the #BalancedOutputBox and the #CarbonMicBuild .

So here's a quick audio sample from someone who built the same carbon low-fi microphone I plan on building.

Then go to the Placid Audio site and listen to the Carbonphone samples. Sounds close enough to me. They offer this product with something called THE TONEBOX, which is just a 5 position EQ, and it's obvious. It's not doing anything magical. So I can EQ mine manually if I want to, to get the same sound.

https://www.placidaudio.com/products/carbonphone/

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Carbonphone

Placid Audio

More carbon mic elements from an SDF member who I don't know if they want to remain anonymous.

Remember these?

I'll be sending them some of my helicopter helmet elements in trade.

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These Canadian military helicopter-helmet-mic carbon-elements arrived today from a friend in Canada. Much experimenting to come.

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I got the carbon mic elements in this morning's mail from my friend in Canada. There is a part number stamped into the plastic, so I'll have to break out my magnifying glass and see if I can find any info on them.

The one I have in my hand is stamped "8-65" so I wonder if that is a date code, and this was manufactured in August of 1965.

I'll post some pics of this in a bit. First I need to eat a very late breakfast.

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Just tracked the carbon mic elements from my friend in Canada, and they're just up the road. Should be here tomorrow.

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Had some old crusty Switchcraft XLRs rattling around the trunk of my car with some install grade balanced wire, so I hooked the input up to the board. Now all I need is the carbon mic elements to arrive.

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