HOW MUCH DAMAGE CAN A CONDENSER MICROPHONE HANDLE??

Here is the next challenge Aiden: Take this microphone now with all its damage, record a brief dialogue passage with it, and see if you can process it up to an acceptable level!

All due respect: I've read posts and comments from sound engineers and audiophiles who have been handling equipment for multiple years and even decades. All of them that I have read say that pulling the plug or plugging in with phantom power does zero damage and that it is a myth that it does. According to them, they have done it untold numbers of times and some actually do it all the time. And they say: no damage. Also, I read something from an engineer who was not a person who had a lot of experience with audio equipment, but explained the science of them in exhaustive detail. He too said it won't damage equipment. Just thought you'd like to know that. I know I do, having done it once or twice with expensive to me equipment!

this definetly is my favourite mic related video on youtube! keep up the great work!

I think the noise is not exactly caused by the sledge hammer. It think it's because you took the bottom cap off and in doing so, you've removed it's shield from the outside interference which can cause a lot of noice. I you could make it work with the cap on. I'd bet it'd work just like nothing happened.

That's exactly what I was looking for! Thank you!

Currently waiting for the SM58 😁

Seems like dropping it a few times tames those highs from the 10db hump. A must do for all 770

You should send the microphone to Spitfire Audio or Venus Theory so they can make a decent sound effect for movie scores from the effect you created.

Good mod! This could be a popular thread on gearslutz or whatever they're calling it now. 1st off, I'm impressed that the grille didn't break more. I've dropped 414s from lower than that and the clasp that holds the windscreen on cracked. 2nd off, I heard a good bit of a difference in the top and some in the lows (although can't be certain it was just the way you were talking). It actually kinda sounds good all mashed up like that. Less fizzy highs/a bit tighter lows. Fun stuff! Get that thing bronzed and put it on your mantle!

It sounded better after the hammering. Sounds smoother now like a dynamic.

Planned obsolescence - how about a stove test ?

I have an MXL 770 and I like how yours sounded up until the sledgehammer. I am seriously wondering what DIY things I can do to get it less sibilant.

Even smashed it still sounds better than when someone talks into the top of a blue yeti.

I came up with a crazy idea of burning out a sponge inside grill because I can't open my Chinese mic, which is glued inside... What can possibly go wrong

Can you really damage a condenser by unplugging it with the phantom power running? I thought that was rare

I just dropped mine on the floor but still work fine is it common with condenser mics? 😩

Someone in the world had to do it, great video haha

Like this video a shame that YouTube hasn't run with this a bit more.

You're very brave to do this 🙌🏾 distroy a perfect microphone that I can only dream of having for my music 😭😭 Im depressed but I support the video it helped me thanks this video deserve more likes

My mixer has no option to turn phantom power off. How can I unplug my condenser mic then without damaging it?