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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FT Underwood says:

02/10/2012 at 10:47 pm

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.
Tom Fine says:

02/14/2012 at 2:38 pm

Steve Lampen's articles are online:
http://www.rwonline.com/section/wired-for-sound/37/page/1

Many or all of the various "about cable" columns are there.
Dane Beamish says:

04/23/2014 at 4:16 pm

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