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 You are looking at an excellent working and somewhat rare early Calrad DM-20 dynamic microphone with original desk stand. It also comes with a long original cable in which to operate the mic.

 This 1950's or early 60's era Japanese microphone has a dynamic element which has been tested and works very well being set at High Z and will make a great general purpose mic or excellent harp mic. Signal strength is 100%. As you can see in the pictures provided this mic is in very good cosmetic condition with all original paint. There are just a few tiny chips in the original flat black paint. There are no dents or fractures anywhere on the mic however and the matching Calrad DS-3 model stand shows about the same amount of wear.

 The front grill looks very nice and seems to have a gold plating with a beautiful royal blue cloth screen. The Calrad label is pretty nice too. The chrome tube on the desk stand shows very lite wear but overall very nice.  There are felt pads on the bottom of the base to keep the stand from scratching any surface it may happen to rest on. The DS-3 has original paint with small scuffs and scratches. Total height with mic and stand is appx 9 inches.

 The joint mechanism works perfectly allowing good tilt back and forth. The threads for both the cable and stand are excellent. The original 15 foot cable is soft and pliable with zero cracks or dry rot and it comes with a quality male 1/4 inch end connector for use with most modern audio equipment and all guitar amplifiers.

 This mic is an easy 8 on a scale of 1 - 10 in the looks department and the sound is strong and clear.

 As with all my vintage microphones...