My Vintage Astatic Silver Eagle TUP9-D104SE Base Microphone!

[Bulldog-Unit777]

Some of the very best photos on the web of a mint vintage Astatic Silver Eagle TUP9-D104SE Base Microphone. All Pictures taken by Reno A. Cyr Sr. "Bulldog" Unit 777 in Skowhegan, Maine. I take great pride in capturing this American classic of a microphone. Special thanks goes out to Wayne in Indiana for selling this microphone to me out of his collection!

Purchased on eBay - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...AQ%3AUS%3A1123

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INFORMATIONAL LINKS!

Astatic: An Idea that grew into an Industry
http://www.west-techservices.com/p15.htm

Astatic Corporation on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astatic_Corporation

Radio Museum - First D104 Went For $23.00!
http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/astatic_d_104d10.html

PRODUCTS OF INTERESTS LINKS!

Redman's Astatic D104 Microphone Dust Covers
http://redmancb.com/category/microphones/accessories-microphones/dust-covers-mic-accessories/

W2ENY Hi-Fi D104 Microphone Element Replacement
http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3rys4/D104Replacement/

Custom D104 Microphone Flags
http://www.ebay.com/itm/300758501188...84.m1438.l2649

Hosa Cable D5S6 Deoxit Contact Cleaner Spray
http://www.americanmusical.com/Item--i-HOS-D5S6-LIST

[Bulldog-Unit777]

That's PRO151 for mentioning on using brown paper bag material cut into a strip to burnish the contact points on the relays. I used a good quality contact cleaner along with his method. Works really good!



I used a little silicone grease in between the plastic end spacers.



Applied a quality piece of vinyl tape & silicone at the contact point area on this black metal bar.



Close Up of contract point of upper relay and the black metal bar.

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I love how these came out!





Here is the product information sheet!



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[Bulldog-Unit777]

Back in the late 70's my brother & I grew up on Astatic D104 microphones. This is my second Silver Eagle. Not giving up this one. Thanks for the flowers Roadrunner. Been getting good reports all the way around. Perfect vintage addition to the set up. The mention of using brown paper bag to burnish the points worked real well without signs of tearing. I bet the other things would work too! Even though this microphone was not used much at all folks think these should work noise free from the start. Oxygen and metal contacts should be thought of. Anyways I am very satisfied of the sound. The dynamike on the 2000 is set at max and the D104 is about an 1/8 open or you could say it is cracked open. I talk 6 inches away. Works for me. I was very lucky to get this one at $130.00 since others in this condition go for a lot more. More pictures here.


The price in the right upper corner, was that the normal price for these?


The foam on the back plate was thin and breaking up due to age.
Replaced it with some denser and just a little thick foam.
Had had some sheets of the craft foam. It is about 1/16" thick.


Cool shot here, a lot of parts were engraved with numbers.