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Beyerdynamic MC930 info
« on: December 20, 2006, 11:01:34 AM »
These mics look interesting, and at $765 for a new set from BHphoto, if they can beat the km184, I'm intrigued. Not looking to spend any more money now, but just looking to learn more about these mics. Those that use them, what do you think? How do they compare to 481s?

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Re: Beyerdynamic MC930 info
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2006, 11:16:19 AM »
It's unlikely that the price is still good.  Dealer cost for these mics is almost $100 more (Beyerdynamic raised prices on September 1st, I believe).

I wonder if B&H will honor this price?  The only person who ordered from them was Tapermark.  Not sure if he's gotten his mics yet though...?

EDIT:  They destroy KM184s.  Have never compared them to 480s, but they destroy 460s too (even JWmodded).

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Re: Beyerdynamic MC930 info
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2006, 11:25:01 AM »
These mics look interesting, and at $765 for a new set from BHphoto, if they can beat the km184, I'm intrigued. Not looking to spend any more money now, but just looking to learn more about these mics. Those that use them, what do you think? How do they compare to 481s?

PM Tapermark and see if his finally showed up from B&H.  I know he had waited some time.

Mine came from FrontendAudio.  They were a bit more but I recieved them 2 days later.  Customer service is sometimes worth the additonal money.

Well this is my ears speaking, but, I like these alot more than 481's.  I've not owned 480's but have borrewed and run them.  The CKx series cap always have left me wanting more.  They just seemed a bit thin to my ears.  Of course this is MY ears, yours or someone else's may hear something else.  The adantage with the 480's though is multiple caps, the mc930 is a fixed card.  Of course this may be a non-issue with you.

Now, for what I hear on the mc930's.  Fullness across the frequency range.  Fantastic mid, great highs but not bright, and a full lowend but not bloated.  Representative of it's flat freq response chart.  Very smooth sound, detailed and transparent, but not overly so.  Some ultra transparent mics sound a bit harsh, almost too transparent.  These are defintiely not those.  Just a pleasing playback experience.  Of course these are my ears, yours may tell you something else.  
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Re: Beyerdynamic MC930 info
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2006, 11:29:38 AM »
Thanks for the info guys... it would be nice to find someone in town with a set and run a comparison. I'd also like to run a comparison with km140s.

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Re: Beyerdynamic MC930 info
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2006, 11:44:25 AM »
Thanks for the info guys... it would be nice to find someone in town with a set and run a comparison. I'd also like to run a comparison with km140s.

There has been a shootout comp listed over on gearslutz awhile back.  Between the km84 (reference mic in the shootout), mg300, km 184 and the mc 930.  Do a search for " inexpensive km84" or something along that lines.  That was the thread title or part of it.  That comped sealed the deal for me in my decision to purchase mine.  If you want to listen to one of my sources, here is one:

http://www.archive.org/details/db2006-11-22.mc930.flac16

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Re: Beyerdynamic MC930 info
« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2006, 01:09:06 PM »
Not really a shoot-out but me and Jon did tape PGroove in Huntsville.
mics at same location > W-mod Ua-5's

only difference is that I dithered and resampled from 24/48.

http://www.archive.org/details/pgroove2006-11-01.KM140
140's
http://www.archive.org/details/pgroove2006-11-01..flac
Beyer dynamics


I still can't figure out why the archive has not converted my flacs in to mp3's yet?  I set to allow derivations.  Oh well.  

I'm interested to see what others think about the two comps.

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Re: Beyerdynamic MC930 info
« Reply #7 on: December 20, 2006, 01:11:19 PM »
It's unlikely that the price is still good.  Dealer cost for these mics is almost $100 more (Beyerdynamic raised prices on September 1st, I believe).

I wonder if B&H will honor this price?  The only person who ordered from them was Tapermark.  Not sure if he's gotten his mics yet though...?

EDIT:  They destroy KM184s.  Have never compared them to 480s, but they destroy 460s too (even JWmodded).

http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=77065.0 <---- Join the team!

Hmmm I was thining about ordering them too... It says in stock Hopefully they will honor that price
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Re: Beyerdynamic MC930 info
« Reply #8 on: December 20, 2006, 01:15:16 PM »
It's unlikely that the price is still good.  Dealer cost for these mics is almost $100 more (Beyerdynamic raised prices on September 1st, I believe).

I wonder if B&H will honor this price?  The only person who ordered from them was Tapermark.  Not sure if he's gotten his mics yet though...?

EDIT:  They destroy KM184s.  Have never compared them to 480s, but they destroy 460s too (even JWmodded).

http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=77065.0 <---- Join the team!

Hmmm I was thining about ordering them too... It says in stock Hopefully they will honor that price

Interesting.  It *does* say they're in stock.  Previously it said "special order item".

Paging tapermark!  Can you give us an update?  Have you gotten your mics yet?
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Re: Beyerdynamic MC930 info
« Reply #9 on: December 20, 2006, 01:46:04 PM »
It's unlikely that the price is still good.  Dealer cost for these mics is almost $100 more (Beyerdynamic raised prices on September 1st, I believe).

I wonder if B&H will honor this price?  The only person who ordered from them was Tapermark.  Not sure if he's gotten his mics yet though...?

EDIT:  They destroy KM184s.  Have never compared them to 480s, but they destroy 460s too (even JWmodded).

http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=77065.0 <---- Join the team!

Hmmm I was thining about ordering them too... It says in stock Hopefully they will honor that price

Interesting.  It *does* say they're in stock.  Previously it said "special order item".

Paging tapermark!  Can you give us an update?  Have you gotten your mics yet?


It says in stock until you add it to your shopping cart, then it shows
 Availability:   In Stock

Important Notice!
This is not a regular stocked item and cannot be canceled, returned or exchanged.


and they charge your card when you place the order, not when the item ships.
Hope Mark gets his soon if he hasn't already.




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Re: Beyerdynamic MC930 info
« Reply #13 on: December 20, 2006, 02:58:03 PM »
Wow, the board's suddenly freaking out a little!  Here's the first link again:

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Re: Beyerdynamic MC930 info
« Reply #14 on: December 20, 2006, 03:04:12 PM »
Wow, the board's suddenly freaking out a little!  Here's the first link again:

http://tinyurl.com/y8fcuu

To bad it dosn't come with that XY/ORTF bar.
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