This time we take the stellar labs cm1800 and replace its internals (all but the xlr connector) with a new micparts.com kit. Does the mod make a marked difference!?


Buy the mic and mod:

https://www.newark.com/stellarlabs/3...

https://microphoneparts.com/products...

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**Contents**

00:00 Start
00:03 Intro
00:14 No relation to TZ stellar mics
00:32 Stellar who?
02:27 About the donor mic
04:09 The Build
04:42 Resistors
06:45 Diodes
07:27 Ceramic Caps
07:44 Transistors
08:18 Film Caps
08:46 Electrolytic Caps
09:12 Fet and 1G Resistor
10:05 Clean up
10:19 Disassembly
10:51 Clenaning up the XLR connector
11:45 Capsule Assembly
12:38 Removing the old circuits
13:05 Installing new capsule
13:32 Wiring
14:53 Headbasket assembly and main board connection
15:28 Reassembly
16:36 Piano Test
16:40 Pre Mod
16:46 Post Mod
16:52 Pre Mod
17:01 Post Mod
17:10 Pre Mod
17:20 Post Mod
17:27 Pre Mod
17:34 Post Mod
17:40 Pre Mod
17:47 Post Mod
17:53 Voice Test
17:57 Pre Mod
18:04 Post Mod
18:12 Pre Mod
18:19 Post Mod
18:27 Acoustic Guitar
18:31 Pre Mod
19:02 Post Mod
19:34 Acoustic Bass Test
19:38 Pre Mod
20:06 Post Mod
20:33 Conclusion