I bought a d104 mic from ebay. Everything is fine, but it is the first
one I have seen that the head is not the usual chrome, but sort of a
grey painted color similar to the base. It seems to be a factory job
and not some home paint. Another thing is that the screws go into
threaded parts of the casting and not all the way through like on the
other D104 mic heads I have seen in the past.

It is on the tug9 base for what that is worth.

Has anyone else seen a D104 like that and is it a latter version or an
eairler version of the amplified stands ?