Electro-Voice 664 microphone - replacement element?

[Mike Mayer]

Does anyone know where I might find a replacement element for an
Electro-Voice 664 microphone? It's a vintage mike.

Great mike for tube ham rigs as well as for general P.A. use. The element I
have - the coil connections have corroded away. :-(

Great sounding mike - then went dead as described.

Have tried electrovoice.com, no luck. Many vintage mike websites, but no
one selling elements.

Thanks,

Mike
KB8RJO

 

[Scott Dorsey]

Mike Mayer <mayermh@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

Does anyone know where I might find a replacement element for an
Electro-Voice 664 microphone? It's a vintage mike.

Nope. EV no longer has elements. The coils on these get bent and then
go open. As far as I know, nobody can rebuild dynamic mike coils.

Have tried electrovoice.com, no luck. Many vintage mike websites, but no
one selling elements.

They don't exist. Spend $50 and get a new one at a hamfest.
-scott


--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

 

[Bill Janssen]

Scott Dorsey wrote:

Mike Mayer <mayermh@ix.netcom.com> wrote:


Does anyone know where I might find a replacement element for an
Electro-Voice 664 microphone? It's a vintage mike.



Nope. EV no longer has elements. The coils on these get bent and then
go open. As far as I know, nobody can rebuild dynamic mike coils.



Have tried electrovoice.com, no luck. Many vintage mike websites, but no
one selling elements.



They don't exist. Spend $50 and get a new one at a hamfest.
-scott




It probably won't fit and it is not "original" but I have used the

receiver element from those old
black "500 type" telephones. The receiver makes a good dynamic
microphone with an
impedance of ( I think) about 500 Ohms.

Bill K7NOM

 

[Harry Conover]

"Mike Mayer" <mayermh@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message news:<qQKEb.1546$IM3.1235@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net>...

Does anyone know where I might find a replacement element for an
Electro-Voice 664 microphone? It's a vintage mike.

Great mike for tube ham rigs as well as for general P.A. use. The element I
have - the coil connections have corroded away. :-(

Great sounding mike - then went dead as described.

Have tried electrovoice.com, no luck. Many vintage mike websites, but no
one selling elements.

Thanks,

Mike
KB8RJO

Mike, your best bet is likely to pick up a used 664 on eBay, then
either canabalize it for parts or use it as a total replacement,
depending on its condition. It's not uncommon to find these on eBay.

For example, here are two typical and current listings:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2367626444&category=41465
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3066853421&category=15000

Harry C.