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The size/diameter will change the quality drastically. A lot of these small-capsule mics offer little performance. THe stock Cobra mics come with small capsule condensers and sound lousey. Whereas the stock Magnum OmegaForce power condenser mic works outstanding - using the same size element! It is a question of the electronics WITH that condenser element that is going to make ALL of the difference...

After all, if you are going to use a condenser mic, you might as well make it sound as good as you can - right? A half-inch diameter condenser capsule is a pretty good place to start, An inch diameter is better - but they are harder to find and are outrageous in price. But properly adjusting the tone curve will yield a superior product.

A cheaper/easier way to go is a large-element dynamic mic(non-condenser) - like the old Road Talker mics had. Building a preamp for this type of element is pretty easy to do. The larger the mic transducer, the better freq response and db it can handle before overloading the element...

<blockquote data-quote="Robb" data-source="post: 138006" data-attributes="member: 8446">The size/diameter will change the quality drastically.&nbsp; A lot of these small-capsule mics offer little performance.&nbsp; THe stock Cobra mics come with small capsule condensers and sound lousey.&nbsp; Whereas the stock Magnum OmegaForce power condenser mic works outstanding - using the same size element!&nbsp; It is a question of the electronics WITH that condenser element that is going to make ALL of the difference...After all, if you are going to use a condenser mic, you might as well make it sound as good as you can - right?&nbsp; A half-inch diameter condenser capsule is a pretty good place to start,&nbsp; An inch diameter is better - but they are harder to find and are outrageous in price.&nbsp; But properly adjusting the tone curve will yield a superior product.&nbsp; A cheaper/easier way to go is a large-element dynamic mic(non-condenser) - like the old Road Talker mics had.&nbsp; Building a preamp for this type of element is pretty easy to do.&nbsp; The larger the mic transducer, the better freq response and db it can handle before overloading the element...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Robb, post: 138006, member: 8446"] The size/diameter will change the quality drastically. A lot of these small-capsule mics offer little performance. THe stock Cobra mics come with small capsule condensers and sound lousey. Whereas the stock Magnum OmegaForce power condenser mic works outstanding - using the same size element! It is a question of the electronics WITH that condenser element that is going to make ALL of the difference... After all, if you are going to use a condenser mic, you might as well make it sound as good as you can - right? A half-inch diameter condenser capsule is a pretty good place to start, An inch diameter is better - but they are harder to find and are outrageous in price. But properly adjusting the tone curve will yield a superior product. A cheaper/easier way to go is a large-element dynamic mic(non-condenser) - like the old Road Talker mics had. Building a preamp for this type of element is pretty easy to do. The larger the mic transducer, the better freq response and db it can handle before overloading the element... [/QUOTE]

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