WORKING! 1951 Soviet State Owned Carbon Microphone in incredible shape with original packaging!!!

Ok so you might have seen my reverb shop before, and you can see I’m a pretty passionate guy about mics. In fact, I supplied all the microphones for Timothée Chalamet‘s Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown with Edward Norton in 2024 the Bruce Springsteen biopic, deliver me from nowhere here in 2025. Of all the microphones I’ve ever dealt with, including vintage AKG C24’s, and Neumann M49’s (*Home Simpson Drool*), this is up there with the most fascinating (if not THE most interesting) microphone I’ve ever owned. WHY? For three reasons: 1. As a mic history nerd, this one amazes me the most. So there is no brand. That’s because it was manufactured by the communist state owned Russian Federation manufacturing plant. These carbon mics were issued to all propaganda facilities throughout the motherland including schools, churches and radio stations. Furthermore, to modify this or any Soviet mic was illegal and considered sabotage by the communist government and could end with jail time!!! 2. IT FREAKING WORKS! And not only does it work, it works like NEW. If you’ve seen my audio engineering YouTube channel (JML Recording), then youve heard me go one about how sad it is that we now live in an era where almost all carbon button microphones of this design have reached end of life. This is because the carbon elements absorb moisture over the decades, rendering them junk in 2025. Basically none exist that work, and those that work, barely do. However, this microphone came to me shipped from Ukraine sealed in shrink wrapped plastic and I am convinced it did not see moisture for many decades because it sounds freaking awesome. Think telephone meets old timey radio announcer. 3. This mic comes with the original paper manual, original cast iron tabletop stand and original sales box! I even modified the output to work with modern XLR connectivity, adding a Nuetrik style XLR-F pigtail to the back with professional shrink tubing. It doesn’t get cooler than this and of the 400+ collectible microphones I own, this is one of my absolute favorites. I guess what I’m most fascinated by is when you talk into this microphone, it’s like listening to the past. In our commercial studio. here I have old telephones that have been modified to have XLR outputs to give me the “telephone effect” in the studio, but none of them quite sound like this. It’s like listening to humans on the radio right after World War II and is quite special indeed. I’m in no rush to let it go. One thing is for sure, you will never ever see one for sale with an original working carbon element. If you’re a collector like me, this is something totally unique among all your DOA carbon button mics. Thanks for looking. Check out my shop for tons of other cool vintage gear!