VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

captain54 · Lucky 700 Joined: 30 Jan 2006 Posts: 744 Location: chicago

My SP C1 v2 totally wet the bed.. Occasional static and crackle has turned into a constant.. I'm told a Bonnell mod corrects this, and then some..

Anyone have any experience with a Studio Projects C1.v2 mod?
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Lance Blair · M&M Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 2281 Location: Atlanta

Sorry to hear that. The SP C2 is 'buy it now' on the Bay o' E at $200 right now.
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captain54 · Lucky 700 Joined: 30 Jan 2006 Posts: 744 Location: chicago

the Bonnell mod is $150. a factory repair might b near that. this is the 2nd chinese mic that has crapped out in me in less than a year
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Lance Blair · M&M Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 2281 Location: Atlanta

Time to pull the trigger on a CAD E100s!
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captain54 · Lucky 700 Joined: 30 Jan 2006 Posts: 744 Location: chicago

the CAD is tempting. got a 416 and an Sm7b. looking for one mic and only one more mic to complete the arsensal. i do it all elearning, promo, commercial, narration, etc.
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Bish · Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 5:58 pm Post subject:

That's quite funny... I've got the CAD and an SM7b and I'm looking at a 416 to complete my arsenal Smile

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georgethetech · Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 6:09 pm Post subject:

The CAD e100s I received from Front End Audio came DOA, and another client who received her CAD e100s had hers crap out almost immediately.
I recommend buying one used that has been properly "burned in" first, CAD clearly isn't doing that in an effort to meet demand. The the buyer beware!
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Bob Stevens · Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 2:04 pm Post subject:

The problem is more than likely a bad capacitor. Fairly easy to fix. Most mods just replace all the inexpensive chinese electronics with higher quality components. Capsule optional. Usually what time a bench guy would spend in tracing the bad part it is just easier to replace everything. Any high school kid into electronic and that owns a soldering iron could probably fix it.

Worse case a bad capsule. Then go buy another mic.

Out here in LA we have a couple of repair shops that specialize in broadcast electronic repair. Cheaper to send a senny in to them than back to Sennheiser for a repair. There should be someplace like that in Chicago.
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Tom Test · DC Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 629 Location: Chicago, IL

I've had John Bonnell mod my Rode NTK and an AKG 200, and been quite pleased afterwards with both. On the other hand, i had a Mike Joly modded MXL 909 that everybody who listened to disliked.
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