Realistic 33-1090B PZM

Oh Radio Shack, I miss ye. This is what's called a a boundary mic, generally mounted to a piece of plywood or plexiglass, and set on the floor, or the wall/barrier. This model is one of those "studio tales" mics, an original 33-1090B with the 'PZM' marking, meaning it was made by Crown and RS slapped their Realistic logo on it. I had long heard about people using these as room mics for drums, horns, etc. I saw this for sale pretty cheap, thought I'd try it. I have set it up a few times, but honestly, I haven't really used it a lot in the final mix. It has been used in a live setting a couple times and worked great for that. But this one is unmodded, even still has it's 1/4" unbalanced output, so I think I'll do the mods that increase the voltage, ditch the crappy transformer, and balance the output. Supposedly, these mods make it far more usable. When I get the time or motivation, I'll give it another go.

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