ThomasGrillo Thank you Thomas. yes it certainly sounds quite clean and not a mark on it after the baseball bat which i filmed 4 times.

LOL. I saw that. Smashing good stuff, that was! :)

Totally agree that the Aston mic is a huge improvement!

La Barone Ah yes the brighton air will certainly get me admitted to the special ward one day. yes i have been in the shure and had that exact same problem about 3 years ago. just ripped the wires off trying to open it up. but for the cost they are very good.

Yes it all looks like quality gear in there microphones and I know what you mean about Nichicon Caps they are certainly top quality as Dave from the youtube channel eevBlog always points them out when he finds them in a teardown.

Paltrock City Studios I wish I had the answer for you. I just got one of those analogkeys synths and the display is like an 80s digital watch. great synth but i need my glasses on to see also.

Richies Playground check out audio test kitchen to compare mics

I thought it sounded muffled to. Not so crystal clear

Thank Eddy. Im going to need a bigger Tardis soon (or is it a smaller tardis but bigger inside ?)

Eddy Deegan It’s bloody freezing here Eddie. I have to sit with my hands over a spotlamp cos he won’t put me the heating on.😱

Have you tried hiding all his jumpers?!

Eddy Deegan , now that’s an idea.👍

Sounds great what you did with the rode, the K2 was just too big for my needs (power supply great big cable etc) I just wanted a mic to plug in on the desk and use without extra psu etc. the aston mic is perfect for my needs and i use it often, plus the added bonus of it being almost indestructable. i have dropped it a few times but never been worried.

@@markusfuller I'm thinking about getting a Stealth from them.

Marcus Gonzalez audio test kitchen

CONCERTSEC I think he would kill me if i took the Genos apart.

markusfuller you took the Tyros apart and survived to make more videos😂

the Coles 4038 is THE Beatles classic vocal mic - not so sure about the one above - maybe he got it confused with the generic category of ribbon mics

Cool Ski Mask Hi no im not worried, I have done it this way for many years and have never had a problem. I do use antistatic mat and or earth wrist straps if I think something has static sensitive devices but I guess I have just been lucky.

Nope I literally cringed until he was finally done with that.

I guess Im asking randomly but does anybody know of a way to get back into an instagram account?? I stupidly forgot my login password. I would appreciate any help you can offer me.

@Coen Giovanni Instablaster :)

From listening tests on youtube and several discussions with owners, I can say that it clearly has a high frequency de emphasis circuit of some type. It sounds nothing like the classic alctron k67 mikes, like the apex 460, 520, and nearly all other mics like that (art m four... the list goes on and on about the mikes that are basically all the same model with different cases or a few small changes to the circuit). This sounds nothing like them at all.

Hi Christopher. If it is within giarantee I would take it back to the shop but if not then I would open it up and find out what the rattling part is inside. I wonder what is causing the sound ?.

@@markusfuller Hi Mark, i uploaded a video on my youtube channel so you can see the microphone. The store that i bought it from went out of business. I guess i could try to contact the Aston company for advice as well. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iJ-ofbF50Zeqo3k.html

Ja ouvi dizer que os Aston reagem diferente conforme o cabo que usam... É recomendado usar um cabo de boa qualidade. Já agora, depois destes meses todos, continua satisfeito com o microfone? Cumprimentos

Tear downs are very revealing if you know what to look for. It is using a K67 capsule, like nearly all other cheap chinese condensor mics.. but the circuitry (Based on the sound quality) is clearly doing either the correct neumann designed HF de-emphasis, or they are doing their own high frequency de emphasis. Either way it sounds MILES better than nearly all of the apex and art and nearly all of the other alctron mikes I've heard. So the capsule is likely made in china (which isn't a big deal, most are these days, and some of them are terrific). But the circuit was at least designed in the UK, I presume. Unsure if that surface mount board is actually made in the UK, but the physical build of the mic is certainly unique, so I'll chalk that up to an original UK design. So you learn a lot from a teardown. Absolutely. Also interesting was the transformer. I'll have to do some research to try to identify that one. All in all, I'd say it makes sense that it costs what it costs, seems fair, and worth it.

sorry I do not know the size of the Hex bit

julius Nartey only hacks use a 58, bro.

Hi Simon. yes the Montage is mine and the Genos belongs to youtube channel "organaut" i'm sure he will be making some videos soon about it.

markus... are yes of course will keep an eye out for that 😊

IMHO good mobile phones have way higher standards. This is a really simple circuit based on decades old german design. I mean, simple as it can be. The "innovations" are only in the product packaging-marketing side, while the inside is just another Neumann clone. I also don't understand why is it so special it is UK-made - I'm not hating, but this is also obvious non-sense marketing because the chinese are able to build hi-tech Iphones, why would one doubt their capacity to build something THAT simple ?!

I had this mic on my radar, but all the marketing didn't hold up to it's actual sound.

Speaking of Aston quality standards: The first Spirit I bought literally had been put together the wrong way. The capsule was facing backwards...so I needed a replacement. Also I have never seen them to successfully put on their logo straight onto a microphone, it's always tilted a bit. But other than that I like my Spirit a lot.

nihonam nope theres many youtube vids with recording tests already with this mic. I am surely not the best person to do that as theres much more professional audio guys out there.

Hi Chris. I am not sure what it is for. maybe its used to calibrate something when it is put together.

I did film that bit 4 times and there are no mark on the mic at all.

I have just received a new batch of acid today so will be trying the anodising panels again real soon. i would not want to anodise this mike as it looks nice already.

That mike is stunning looking, in the same vein I have a Nagra ST reel to reel on display in my Surgery, the case is milled from a single piece of aluminium . I opened it up and it is through hole discrete components. I had a cable made up by Nagra there four pole to 3.5 mm jack £139!

Anoop Sahal My friend has the nagra-D which is the digital reel to reel and it simply looks beautiful but it is getting more difficult to find tape for it now and the battery needs replacing.

He can get a Nagra battery for £350 I’m sure I watched a Vlog about it!

Anoop Sahal Im not going anywhere near this one Anoop. i got a grilling over the last nagra video so im staying away from it. I will never repair any of their gear ever again.

aceholeas I have been binge-watching AvE . you speak the language well :-)

excellent you were the first person to mention the Sheep :-) brilliant

Why not buy a brand new factory replacement ball screen for $8.00? Just put "Shure RK143G Grille for Wired and Wireless SM58" into a search engine of your choice. They are all over Amazon and they appear to be genuine Shure parts.

I guess you could 3d print one but you can buy them for the SM58. but my point was that it is metal that is painted rather than just plain stainless steel.