Categories: AltecTechnical

Mics of ’56

Above: Belden 8411, 8422, and 8412 microphone cable.  I still use Belden 9451 for most studio hard-wiring tasks, although I have to admit that I am very devoted to Canare StarQuad for actual mic cables.  Anyone out there prefer Belden mic cable to the Canare?

Above: The Altec 680A omni dynamic.  This one looks very strange.  I am very curious to know what it sounds like.  Anyone?

The Altec M20 condensor microphone.  These seem to still be is use in studios.  I hope I turn up one of them soon…  folks seem to like them a lot.

 

chris

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  • Steve Lampen from Belden is the guy you want to talk to about anything to do with cable or wire. He wrote some really good articles for Radio World a few years back that should be in far wider circ than they are and if you could get authority to reprint them you'd be doing a big service.

  • I sure would love to find a reel of 8411. I use this for instrumentation interconnect cables and for this use - it is fantastic.

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