Never done an Aiwa but i have dismantled quite a few Akai tape recorder mikes. I'm pretty sure that it would be the same procedure after all they all look to be similar. Anyways how i do it. First unscrew the top of the mike .that'll expose the element.Cut off the cable at the bottom of the mike. Gently lift the element out (there's usually enough wire attached to get the element an 1" or more out) If you look inside you will probably see some some sort of stuffing material in there.Use a pair of long nosed pliers to (very) gently to pull it out.Make sure you are feeding the cut piece of cable at the mike bottom up as you do this. slowly slowly you should be able to remove the element and the transformer in one piece. Be very careful how you handle the tranny and the element there are some fine wires in there. Hope this helps though of course if someone says the Aiwa is a different animal it might not be applicable.
The Aiwa top doesn't unscrew, they are glued so be careful. I have attempted this on a DM 14 and it ended in disaster. It may be better in this case to cut your lead a few inches from the mic and wire on some kind of plug that you can attach a vol control to. Even if you can get the top off (which is possible) there is very little room to manoeuvre a vol pot. It might be a job best left to an expert like Greg Heumann.
Reason for original question is Mic is dead with cord fitting partially pulled out. Perhaps I should destroy the housing in order to get to the element for use in something else. I have another DM-14 and like the sound and the shape. To bad...
Last Edited by flash on Feb 07, 2018 9:09 PM
