Topic: Is anybody recording with any of Michael Joly's mics or mods?

[waltmon]

Been listening to a lot of sample comparisons of his product line...pretty impressive stuff.  I think he started with modding Oktavas and now has his own line of products. He does a great job of producing the Nuemann and Schoeps sound for significantly less coin.

 Good deals on matched sets.  Was curious if anyone in the TS community were running his stuff.

[Nick's Picks]

interesting.
I'd like to try a pair of those mod'd 012's w/the Hyper cap.

[waltmon]

I like the Oktavas.   My fave WSP recording of the year in 08 from Vegas was Oktavas...way better than any other source I heard of that show.  Mods are supposed to really improve.  He sells modded versions of all the caps and bodies.

[EarlyMorningRain]

I know how to use Google and all, but could you post a link? Assuming he has a web page?

[waltmon]

http://www.oktavamod.com/

[JimmieC]

Interesting.

[EarlyMorningRain]

^^ thanks for posting the link. Helps others quickly see what these mods are too

Interesting indeed! Without shelling out the $$ to find out myself, consider me interested in how they really compare to the real deal!

[ttrego2003]

Busman is half the price of Jolly in reference to Oktava modding and it is pretty much the same mod as jolly but done by him. He did my MC-012 bodies in 08 and they sound amazing(spaced omni's). I would be willing to loan out if someone wants to try out.

Todd

[waltmon]

Heard of John Bonnell?

[EarsOfTheWorld]

I taped both of these using Joly modded MK-012 with cardioid caps.

P-Funk Iron City Birmingham, AL 2014-05-18
https://www.dropbox.com/l/bLKmH0EzhfTFRCFZ7Ex4Mt?
dfc, balcony railing

JGBCB Smith's Olde Bar Atlanta, GA 2014-05-30
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rn46i150cn0fs3b/AAC0Xdpm-OrTSgzQY6jzs5-Ca (mp3)
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1ghx9243urrmoyc/AAA5wMviaSrK9qzgRsDJtlhTa (wav)
dfc, 4' fob, ~10' high

[waltmon]

Appreciate u sharing these. Ive spoke with MJ numerous times...his experience is mostly from a studio perspective do its great to get a field report. One of my fave WSP recordings was unmodded Oktavas...excited to check these out.

[Phil Zone]

Wow his shop is about 20 minutes from my house

[connloyalist]

I have been using his MJE-384K capsules for my Rode NT5's for a few months now. Really nice. A while ago I recorded one of my band's concerts. This is a wind band, about 35 people in a horseshoe in front of the conductor. The mics were behind and above the conductor in roughly NOS configuration.

Very nice results. I had to add about 3dB shelf EQ above 2000Hz or so so make the trumpets sound like trumpets. Took the EQ very well.

I like them.

Regards, Christine

[fguidry]

I just tried to ABX the MJ cap sample vs the NT5 cap sample on the Joly web page and definitely could not tell them apart. I'm very pleasantly surprised that a mic seller offers level matched same source clips for comparison.

Fran

[connloyalist]

I found my MJE-384K caps to be VERY different from the standard NT5 caps. For my purposes, the NT5 caps are a little "harsh", while the MJE-384K's are much more mellow.

Regards, Christine