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what is this mic beyonce have used .. ? help..
beyonce's photo .. please hurry
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It's the D33 (or possibly D22) model from a long defunct manufacturer called American Microphones It's an omnidirectional dynamic mic dating from the late 1940s, and was one of the first mics to use Canon's XL connectors -- with the latch but before they introduced the rubber inserts!

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Sorry... busy day writing a review of an AVB interface! :lol: I'll try and speed things up next time Sir... sorry Sir... Won't happen again Sir... :D

The shape of that vintage mic is so distinctive! I remembered it was a D33 but couldn't remember the manufacturer so had to use Mr Google to confirm and find the pics....

If the gold was too flashy, they also made them in a supposedly 'non-reflective black' for TV use... although it looks more like brushed steel to me!

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gudfhr9918 wrote:what is this mic beyonce have used .. ? help..
beyonce's photo .. please hurry

Not in such a hurry to voice appreciation then... ;):lol:
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Well I’ll say thanks because it’s a mic I haven’t seen before. I noticed the spec on the 22 goes up to 8k. I assume that is on purpose making it, what? A good mic for broadcasters? Or singers who only produce limited overtones? (Sorry bad joke!)
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gudfhr9918 wrote:what is this mic beyonce have used .. ? help..
beyonce's photo .. please hurry

Not in such a hurry to voice appreciation then... ;):lol:

Nor, it would seem, particularly in a hurry to find out if anyone had answered. At the time of writing the OP hasn't visited since the post was made.

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Well Beyoncé photos can be distracting
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I approved the post reluctantly, had a nagging feeling that it was made to promote the link. But as the question has been answered, there's no need for the link and I see that it isn't there anymore.

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ManFromGlass wrote:I noticed the spec on the 22 goes up to 8k. I assume that is on purpose making it, what? A good mic for broadcasters? Or singers who only produce limited overtones? (Sorry bad joke!)

ha ha! :lol: No... it was just a lower quality moving coil element.
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Eddy Deegan wrote:Nor, it would seem, particularly in a hurry to find out if anyone had answered. At the time of writing the OP hasn't visited since the post was made.

Yes, I saw that too. Presumably he/she found the answer themselves of from some other site. The Google tells me that similar questions have been asked elsewhere.
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zenguitar wrote:I approved the post reluctantly, had a nagging feeling that it was made to promote the link. But as the question has been answered, there's no need for the link and I see that it isn't there anymore.

I had the same nagging feeling... so I replaced the link with the specific picture! T'was me!
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