Vintage Sennheiser Grundig MD21 with Pleiades (R,L) filter

Pleiades(89Ω,16mH) produced a great vocal sound


Crystal clear and big.


The microphone is a fabulous sounding vintage (possibly aluminum diaphragm) gold colored Sennheiser (Grundig)? MD21. It is wired out of phase by the previous owner was phase had to be reversed by an XLR male to female phase reversal adaptor. Mic used at 1-2 in.


The 89Ω,16mH setting is the same as that found for a Sennheiser MD441 U3 used at 7-12 inch.


Signal path:


Male voice singing The Power of Love - Frankie Goes to Hollywood - vintage MD21 gold at 1-2 in - Pleiades Danbridge (R,L) variable vector high pass filter - Sony TC-D5 Pro - Sennheiser HD 580 - listener's (singer's in this example, brain)


Variable vector means that both R or L can be varied by Danbridge decade boxes