Not this time as I used the core of a Shure dynamic mic as a parts mule for a dropped radio mic, but just wondering if it can be done for some worthy of repairing expensive mic in the future. Both the Shure and the one with the broken hair-fine wire of the voice-coil have a thin diaphragm glued to a rigid surround . For speaker re-coning the cone is quite substantial and heat tolerant compared to this diaphragm material and hot-air heating usually removed the supension surface from the basket, but I doubt that process is possible with a mic - anyone been here before? As part of the fitting I intend using silicon rubber rather than the more rigid rubber of the originals, any thoughts as to any effect on sound quality? I was thinking a less rigid support may give more allowance as far as not transmitting shock-loads to the mic core . Initially I was wondering about a material more like a spring would give a reverb-tank spring-lime/joy spring reverberant character but then remembered a lot of studio mics are surrounded by springs.
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