oktava mk012 vs the mk012-01?

[broken81]

Whats the difference on these??

I know the mc012 is the Chinese or jap ones but there is both of these on ebay and both from Russia as far as i can tell and a little price difference. I tried to google some info but no luck......

 

[Pman]

the chinese ones are a rip off of the actual oktava ones (russian)
there is only one oktava small condensor
mk012(01)
the two models in your thread title are the same mic

 

[pifos_2]

no there are not the same microphones.

the mk012 - 01 is a single capsule version. cardiod only.

the mk012, is delivered with 3 capsules, Cardioid, Hypercardioid, Omnidirectional.

look : http://www.oktava-online.com/mk012.htm

From stuff i read, for overheads and acoustic guitar, the cardiod caracteristic only is necessary.

 

[Pman]

thanks for correcting

 

[o-dog]

FWIW i own 5 of these oktavas. some of them mk some of them mc and i can't hear a difference. i only use them for toms though.