My specific 219 you may not want to Mod.
I effectively kept it “on the side” so if someone like Dr. Bill (uses them on Drums) wanted it.

Plus for many years (mistakenly) thought my Voice was naturally sibilant.
No less than Gene Michael Hall and Michael Stavrou(!!)

I nearly died when Gene told me “Stav” listened closely to my voice!

Back to the 219…
I wanted it to eventually go to a “good home”.

BTW I hope it’s a new Party that owns the “Zulu name”.
Chris

219 PM sent!
Hint… Under $1000 US!
LOL!
Chris

https://www.oktavausa.com/mics/

Thank you so much! Just sent them a msg on Reverb

Keeping my 219. (International Shipping is extemely expensive nowadays BTW)
What's weird is although the 219 is a bit more "anti-sibilant"...

Then even my beloved 319 (which is Warmer/fuller),
the 219 is handy as it is brighter elsewhere.

And drops another "5 years" off my voice.
(around 20 years old sounding in Soft 2nd Tenor )

Nice counterbalance to the Thick deep Baritone at the bottom oktave too. Good for BGV's that way.
Chris

Thanks!
After further 219/319 comparison…
As expected the 319 is Darker side of Neutral.

It sounds like a heavy run through a thick Tube Pre. Ala 610-ish on Steroids.
They’re definitely Yin/Yang.

FWIW my Beesneez Elly Studio, is about square in the middle.

More Clarity than my 319.
More fullness than the “bright” 219.
I love 47-ish mics!!

Interesting findings. I've never recorded with the 319, but a friend of mine told me that they were aiming for a 47-style character with this capsule in the Soviet era.

I love the “froggy” character of these mics. It definitely has a weight in the low midrange and a fast response. Interestingly, it feels like it belongs to the previous century. For me, this nostalgic feeling is very similar to that of the um71, which I was very sad to sell.

My main use is as a drum room mic. I hate hearing hashy cymbals in room mics and nothing solves my problem like this capsule.

Yes Dr. Bill digs this Sound style on Drums.
From a Training perspective my 219 is cool.

To practice a “Warm” tonality/but without “Pushing” *

*Sometimes for me even “just thinking” about Throat muscle involvement…

Causes me to moderately “rub the cords” together.
Big no no to do for extended periods.
Chris
P.S. Oddly enough, my AKG D770 is a similar sound to this 219.

If you think so, I'll definitely buy one and try it out.

I never thought of it that way.

I suddenly realized what you're talking about.

Very good idea.

D790 is the same mic.
With a larger foam pop screen
So…

The 770 “exposes” Breathiness even more.
Normally best to get near the Minimum needed.
Chris

I've just been thinking about this because there are a couple of Oktava items I'd still like to get... I email them first before I place an order, and ask them "do you want me to email the order or do it through the site?" or whatever they want to do, so they're expecting it. TBH I only used their site's order form once or twice when I first heard about them, because it took a week or so before I got any response too. So I decided to always contact them first. I think O-shop is basically a part time operation now, since Ukraine. So they might not check messages every day.

I'm interested in 2 more of the UP-012 "universal preamps" and some other small items so I'll confirm they're listening before I order.
Oktava USA always reply promptly and process the orders right away but I've found Oktava Shop in Germany to have significantly lower prices

I've said it before but I'd still love to compare a 219 and/or 319 with an MK-101. AFAIK this is supposed to be the same capsule but of course it's in a very different housing and grille.
Of all the condensers I use this one does the most to reduce sibilance, and I like it for live cymbals if I want a smooth top end (I usually do ) and other percussion. I sometimes use it pretty close to a ride cymbal. On a good, well-tuned drum kit I love this thing on floor tom over a big PA, so do the drummers! I also like it with bari. or tenor sax if the player uses a hard reed.
I've seen a photo of a drum kit with 219's for overheads or possibly close cymbal mics, I can't remember. With some compression the mellow top end sounds classy, esp. after some of the bad OH miking I've heard at certain shows.

I did loan an MK-101 to a guy I know with a pretty nice home studio and he didn't think that much of it on vocals, though he normally uses a TLM-103 which is very different. He said it sounded more like a dynamic... I guess, since the reduced sibilance might simply make it seem less toppy. He said the difference was obvious when the singer moves slightly away from the mic. There are reviews that say they have a dark sound, I don't really agree, there is a dip in the sibilance range but otherwise the top end is all there and extends right up. I wouldn't use as bright a vocal sound as he usually does either. Just personal taste I guess.

Well if you're ever in this hemisphere get in touch and you can try one of my 101's. I've got the fig-8 version too which I've enjoyed using live; the only other bidirectional mics I've ever seen live are for orchestral or theatre shows apart from just one large concert where there was a multi-pattern LDC (C414) in fig-8 mode between hi hats and a splash cymbal. I don't use them much but from what I see other local engineers use them never!

I don't suppose you have any access to an MK-101? I didn't see your post about miking cymbals until just now and from what you say I think a 101 might be worth trying

I have a mk105 at home but I haven't touched it for years. The amplifier circuit is the same as the mk012 as far as I know. So the difference with mk101 should only be the form factor if I'm not mistaken. (headgrille has the same structure but I don't know if the capsule is the same.) I have never tried to use it on cymbals but I will try it at the first opportunity.

Since I didn't want to take my mk219s to the studio (they are in mint condition), I bought two 119s and brought them to the studio to get a room sound where the drum kit sounds “ bulky” and the nuances of the cymbals fall into the background. I never tried them on cymbals either.

I had a pair of 105's and sold them, I think they were quite different to the 101. They look similar but AFAIK it's a different capsule - the 105's sounded brighter to me though I only used them rarely, mainly for recording in a church.
The MK-101's value to me is the restrained top end. These days so many mics have an artificial HF boost so the 101's offer a useful alternative

I certainly hope Sean comes back!
Sometimes people come back with a different user name.
Chris

For those people who weren't sure of the correct email for Oktava Shop, I've just contacted them and had a reply using info at oktava.eu
I'm not sure if they still use the contact and order forms on their site, but I've always used the email first and waited for a reply so I know they are aware of my order

A practice vocal on my 219 below...
Portion of "Got My Mind Set On You".
An 80's hit for George Harrison.
Chris