Oktava MKL 2500 AGAIN

I'm so dumb... I read much of that fake-and-fix Oktava thread a couple of months ago, and then promptly put it out of my mind...

Anyway, I am winning a bid on one of these on Ebay (used). Given recent history, I'm pretty sure I'll win the bid. If it's genuine, it will be a good deal, but if not, I just don't want the headache. (Unlike Frank, I'm not handy, and even if I were, I'm not really interested in fixing a low-medium quality mic.)

So anyway, a couple of questions. The seller tells me that the mic does have a serial number. But from the fake thread, it looked like some of the fakes came thru with those too? Or has it been determined that only the power supplies were fake in those cases?

Also, is Frank's fix genuinely worth it? I mean, is the mic going to be considerably better than any old $100 mic? (I should have been more suspicious when the seller said this made a "great beginner mic for home recording" - surely nobody would say that about the genuine article, would they?) I'm not a mic collector; I don't need something just because it will be different. I just want quality at this point. (I only own two mics - a small condenser Carvin CM90E, and a large condenser Groove Tubes GT-66 that is on the way.)

If I could *prove* the mic wasn't genuine, I'd back out of the bid (which I've never done).

Gah. I don't need this. Spending too much money as it is, without getting locked into buying counterfeit merchandise.

Thanks, Frank.

From the sound of it, I'd really better be hoping it's the genuine article. But I have my doubts....

I'm definitely not into electronics, although I do know someone who might do a bit of work cheap if necessary (he's an expert in radio, and understands electronics pretty well).

Still, if the mic has some interesting uniqueness, perhaps it will be of some use. My recording consists of one-man projects, so something that will make the vocal sound a little different in places might not be sure a bad thing.

Not that I would have sprung the cash just for that.

ORIGINAL: metaprog

Addendum: Yay! I've been outbid!

Don't you just love when that happens when you want it to ! LOL