On 4/1/2010 9:56 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:

You can no longer get either the original crystal element or the ceramic
element, but Astatic will sell you a dynamic replacement.

The dynamic is a whole lot smoother and less brittle sounding, but maybe
that's a bad thing in a pileup.


Hi,

You can install a Kobitone crystal element in the D-104 mic head,
Mouser.com P/N 25LM022
It has a raising freq characteristic similar to the old Astatic crystal
element.

Electric Radio Magazine, Jan 2010, had the how-to-do-it article.

73,
Ed Knobloch