Need help on replacing wind screen for EV PL-16

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"Mac Siegel" <msiegal@icore.rr.edu> wrote in message
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> Hello, I have an ancient PL-16 ElectroVoice mic. I removed the wire grid
to
> inspect the mic one day, and the wind screen material that comes with the
> mic (under the grid) just dissolved into dust. Anyway I cleaned it out
> nicely, and now want to replace that small 50-cent-size piece of foam with
> another. You guys probably do stuff like this all the time - what
material
> do you recommend?

Have you checked with EV?

Hal Laurent
Baltimore

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In article <l4r%c.1023$D%.178@attbi_s51> msiegal@icore.rr.edu writes:

> Hello, I have an ancient PL-16 ElectroVoice mic. I removed the wire grid to
> inspect the mic one day, and the wind screen material that comes with the
> mic (under the grid) just dissolved into dust. Anyway I cleaned it out
> nicely, and now want to replace that small 50-cent-size piece of foam with
> another. You guys probably do stuff like this all the time - what material
> do you recommend?

Actually, we don't do it all the time because the foam lasts for about
20 years. We sometimes leave it out if the mic sounds OK, or we go to
the original manufacturer for a replacement, which often as not,
includes the wire grill (so it costs more than fifty cents).

The windscreen (with all of its components) is one of the things
that's part of a microphone's design. Replace a part at random and
you'll make a random change to the sound of the mic. You might like
it, you might not like it, or you might find that it still sounds
pretty much like what it used to. If you want to try the cheap
solution, get some 1/8" drape lining foam from a fabric shop and stuff
it in.

Listen carefully.

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In article <umbuj05kejkcs0gun1e9btn9rn5q8ol45b@4ax.com>,
Mike T. <miket@invalid.net> wrote:
>On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 23:00:33 GMT, "Mac Siegel" <msiegal@icore.rr.edu>
>wrote:
>
>>Hello, I have an ancient PL-16 ElectroVoice mic. I removed the wire grid to
>>inspect the mic one day, and the wind screen material that comes with the
>>mic (under the grid) just dissolved into dust. Anyway I cleaned it out
>>nicely, and now want to replace that small 50-cent-size piece of foam with
>>another. You guys probably do stuff like this all the time - what material
>>do you recommend?
>>
>I'm not certain about the RE-16, but I just ordered a bunch of
>replacement parts from EV for some 635A's. The foam bits cost $0.45
>each. Wire mesh grilles were $4.30 each.
>
>The RE-16 is a fine mic, well worth bringing back to it's original
>spec.

And if you want just one foam piece, EV parts will usually send you one for
free.
--scott
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