Jeopardy microphone question

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"Johnny-sama"
>
> Does anybody know the model of this microphone shown here:
> http://usera.imagecave.com/johnnysama/microphone.jpg
>
> It was used on the TV game show Jeopardy during the 1980s and for most
> of the 1990s- anybody have a clue what the maker and model of that mic
> is?


** The pic is not clear enough for a positive ID .

A mic it resembles is the AKG C5 capsule mounted on a co-axial extension
with the 451 pre-amp at the base.



............... Phil

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Scott Dorsey wrote:
> Johnny-sama <mrx22001@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >Does anybody know the model of this microphone shown here:
> >http://usera.imagecave.com/johnnysama/microphone.jpg
> >
> >It was used on the TV game show Jeopardy during the 1980s and for
most
> >of the 1990s- anybody have a clue what the maker and model of that
mic
> >is?
>
> The picture looks to me like an AKG C451 with the stalky "active
cable"
> thing and a windscreen.
>
> These were really very popular mikes. They were inexpensive and had
a
> wide variety of different gadgets available like screens, different
capsules,
> and active cables and swivels, so you could mix and match things.
Probably
> the only thing even like it today is the Schoeps system.
> --scott
>
> --
> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

http://usera.imagecave.com/johnnys [...] er1988.jpg
Here's a better picture of the microphone - is this the AKG C451?