| Mic and Pre for $5G ? [message #341594] |
Thu, 15 May 2008 02:15  |
 chony
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Registered: May 2008
Location: New York |
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I would like to spend around $5G on a great mic and preamp for my recording studio. This will be my first expensive mic. Right now I have a Rode NT2a and AT 4030 and I use a DBX 386 for the pre *sigh*
If you could only get one mic and one preamp around this price range - what would you choose? It has to be a do-it-all mic - for vocal and instrument recordings.
Thanks, Chony
Btw, I'm happy to spend less too; the most important thing is that it is a very high quality all purpose mic and pre.
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| Re: Mic and Pre for $5G ? [message #341636 is a reply to message #341594 ] |
Thu, 15 May 2008 09:26  |
jimmyjazz
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Registered: April 2004
Location: Austin, TX |
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How about a pair of microphones? I'd go with the Gene Lawson's "combo" system, which allows you to mix his versions of Neumann U47 and Telefunken ELA M251 capsules on a tube body and a FET body. Thus, you have 4 microphone configurations available, although only 2 at a time (either L47 + L251FET or L47FET + L251). Cost is $3,390.
After that, I'd consider something like a Rupert Neve Portico 5012-H dual preamp ($1,650 at Mercenary) or maybe the single-channel Portico ($1,100) plus a Groove Tubes "Brick" preamp ($400).
I would have recommended the original Great River MP-2 preamp over these combinations, but it appears to no longer be in manufacture. Bummer.
While these suggestions meet your budget, they probably sacrifice a tiny bit of excellence in favor of far more versatility as compared to "the best" single mic and preamp combo you'll find. (Of course, "the best" is a highly personal thing.)
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| Re: Mic and Pre for $5G ? [message #343138 is a reply to message #341594 ] |
Tue, 20 May 2008 23:05 |
Larry Villella
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Registered: September 2006
Location: PORTLAND OR |
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While one pre (or one mic) doesn't fit everything,
if you had a Modular Pre-Amp that can change it's
fundamental color and texture, then it might be a
bit more 'broad-band' in it's applications-set.
So if you had a modular microphone And a modular pre-amp,
then One Size Might Fit ALMOST All, at least theoretically.
Larry J. Villella, Founder, ADK Microphones
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| Re: Mic and Pre for $5G ? [message #343276 is a reply to message #343211 ] |
Wed, 21 May 2008 13:04 |
Larry Villella
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Registered: September 2006
Location: PORTLAND OR |
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Great River and Korby are both great products. Fabulous, really!
That said, the AP series Pre allows you to change both
the Op-Amp and Input Transformer to suit your needs.
And soon-to-be-released 3 Sigma C.H.I. System Modular Microphone
allows you to have both Small And Large Diameter Capsules use
the same Super-Low-Noise Head-Amp. Total Modularity on both sides
of the analog signal-chain has been a five year quest of ours. . .
So, while folks would like to pigeon-hole ADK as Low to Mid Price-Point
Gear, we do have unique High-End Products worth checking out!
Larry J. Villella, Founder, ADK Microphones
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| Re: Mic and Pre for $5G ? [message #343295 is a reply to message #343292 ] |
Wed, 21 May 2008 14:04 |
Larry Villella
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Registered: September 2006
Location: PORTLAND OR |
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Daking is also a fabulous product!
You can take that opinion with a saline solution as needed....
Larry J. Villella, Founder, ADK Microphones
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| Re: Mic and Pre for $5G ? [message #343715 is a reply to message #341594 ] |
Fri, 23 May 2008 09:49 |
Larry Villella
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Registered: September 2006
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My other thoughts on the pre-amp side are this:
There are sublime high-end choices.
But High or Mid-priced, a studio needs at least one or two valves.
If I were left on a desert island I'd take a Hamburg, a Vienna,
and a Stereo A Designs and carve some very fine acoustic tracks!
And have money left over for coconuts. . . .
Cheers !!!
Larry V /ADK)))
Larry J. Villella, Founder, ADK Microphones
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| Re: Mic and Pre for $5G ? [message #343911 is a reply to message #341594 ] |
Sat, 24 May 2008 09:47 |
Jim Williams
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Registered: May 2005
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Isn't this supposed to be the budjet forum?
Those prices are a bit into the high end, don't you think?
Jim Williams
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