Any Improvement on WM-60AY capsules?

kelticwizard · 3rd July 2006, 08:22 PM

Okay, I'm finaly going to break down and buy a few Panasonic WM-60AY capsules from Digi-Key, and learn Speaker Workshop.

However, I vaguely remembered that someone said that Panasonic has come out with a better capsule than the WM-60AY. Which one is it? I know about the WM-61A, but that is about the same quality.

If anyone knows of a better, more accurate capsule than these two, please let me know.

Vikash · 4th July 2006, 01:21 PM

The WM-61A is the best one AFAIK. I use that one with the Wallin preamp and standard calibration file with SW.

AuroraB · 4th July 2006, 01:33 PM

Does anybody know where to find the drawings for the jig and preamp...??

I downloaded it a long time ago, but probably lost it in a disk crash....

<<< Real men don't do back-ups >>>

infinia · 4th July 2006, 01:47 PM

Sadly the WM-60AY is no longer available new, but the WM-61A should work just as well, maybe better.
Link to info on panasonic mic capsules and their modifications(Linkwitz Labs)
http://www.linkwitzlab.com/sys_test.htm#Mic

Vikash · 4th July 2006, 02:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by AuroraB
Does anybody know where to find the drawings for the jig and preamp...??

http://mysite.verizon.net/tammie_eric/ericindex.html

PCB's and kits available here: http://www.madaboutsound.com/prod.asp?pname=MPK

AuroraB · 4th July 2006, 04:57 PM

Thanks alot'.....

I've been googlin' for this several times, but never found it!

critofur · 20th July 2006, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by infinia

Sadly the WM-60AY is no longer available new, but the WM-61A should work just as well, maybe better.
Link to info on panasonic mic capsules and their modifications(Linkwitz Labs)
http://www.linkwitzlab.com/sys_test.htm#Mic

Does this same mode apply to the 61A? Anyone done it? It looks like it will be harder - I had some of the 60s but can't seem to find them so I'll use the 61s I have.

If one is using something like the M-Audio Fast Track USB recording device, then you wouldn't need a preamp, I presume? But I would still need to provide power to the mic? Can anyone suggest the best easy way to do this? I'm guessing I need a 9 vold battery, a couple capacitors and a resistor, I've seen lots of schematics around the internet but I'm not sure which one to use with the XLR input on the Fast Track.

infinia · 20th July 2006, 06:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by critofur
Can anyone suggest the best easy way to do this? I'm guessing I need a 9 vold battery, a couple capacitors and a resistor, I've seen lots of schematics around the internet but I'm not sure which one to use with the XLR input on the M-Audio Fast Track.

To modify a WM-61A capsule should be exactly the same as 60A.
The attached image can give you some idea for a schematic to work with the M-Audio preamp XLR input.

critofur · 21st July 2006, 05:35 AM

Infinia,
Thanks for the schematic. In the center above the arrow that points down then left, it looks like it says 1K but I can't make out the 1st letter/symbol. Then on the left side under where it says WM-61A it's not clear to me what connections are being made. Could you show which wire connects to which pad perhaps? It looks as though you are connecting 3 to the outside of the capsule and to one of the pads, then 2 is connecting to the other pad? I'm assuming then that 2 is the pad which would have been connected to the outside of the capsule before making the mod?

Keld · 21st July 2006, 07:11 AM

Hi
about a jig: look at this: http://www.kensonpro.com/matro/index.htm

Unfurtunally in swedish only, but for those who understand, this is THE place to go.

3rd July 2006, 08:22 PM	#1
kelticwizard diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Connecticut, The Nutmeg State	Any Improvement on WM-60AY capsules? Okay, I'm finaly going to break down and buy a few Panasonic WM-60AY capsules from Digi-Key, and learn Speaker Workshop. However, I vaguely remembered that someone said that Panasonic has come out with a better capsule than the WM-60AY. Which one is it? I know about the WM-61A, but that is about the same quality. If anyone knows of a better, more accurate capsule than these two, please let me know. __________________ "A friend will help you move. A really good friend will help you move a body." -Anonymous

4th July 2006, 01:21 PM	#2
Vikash diyAudio Moderator Emeritus Join Date: May 2003 Location: UK	The WM-61A is the best one AFAIK. I use that one with the Wallin preamp and standard calibration file with SW. __________________ "The human mind is so constituted that it colours with its own previous conceptions any new notion that presents itself for acceptance." - J. Wilhelm. (But I still think mine sounds better than yours.)

4th July 2006, 01:47 PM	#4
infinia diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Californication	Sadly the WM-60AY is no longer available new, but the WM-61A should work just as well, maybe better. Link to info on panasonic mic capsules and their modifications(Linkwitz Labs) http://www.linkwitzlab.com/sys_test.htm#Mic __________________ like four million tons of hydrogen exploding on the sun like the whisper of the termites building castles in the dust

21st July 2006, 05:35 AM	#9
critofur diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Columbus, OH	Infinia, Thanks for the schematic. In the center above the arrow that points down then left, it looks like it says 1K but I can't make out the 1st letter/symbol. Then on the left side under where it says WM-61A it's not clear to me what connections are being made. Could you show which wire connects to which pad perhaps? It looks as though you are connecting 3 to the outside of the capsule and to one of the pads, then 2 is connecting to the other pad? I'm assuming then that 2 is the pad which would have been connected to the outside of the capsule before making the mod? __________________ Critofur http://www.ohmspeakers.com <- all the folks here are my friends

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4th July 2006, 01:33 PM	#3
AuroraB diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Norway, -north of the moral circle..	Does anybody know where to find the drawings for the jig and preamp...?? I downloaded it a long time ago, but probably lost it in a disk crash.... <<< Real men don't do back-ups >>>

4th July 2006, 04:57 PM	#6
AuroraB diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Norway, -north of the moral circle..	Thanks alot'..... I've been googlin' for this several times, but never found it!

21st July 2006, 07:11 AM	#10
Keld diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Borås, Sweden, Tellus	Hi about a jig: look at this: http://www.kensonpro.com/matro/index.htm Unfurtunally in swedish only, but for those who understand, this is THE place to go.

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