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Title: tube mics
Post by: admkrk on October 21, 2004, 11:45:55 PM
anyone around here use them? do they have the fat sound tube amps have?

jltk,             kirk
Title: Re: tube mics
Post by: muj on October 22, 2004, 12:14:44 AM
anyone around here use them? do they have the fat sound tube amps have?

jltk,             kirk

most of the fat sound comes from the transformers in the signal path,in most tube based audio devices.

yes,there are tube mics which have that euphonic sound and there are also tube mics with less character.
Title: Re: tube mics
Post by: admkrk on October 22, 2004, 05:56:42 PM
hmmm,

thanks, but that still leaves the field wide open, so to speak. not that i'm looking at anything in particular, just trying to broaden my options.

sorry if this sounds like a bitch, just poor articulation.    ?

                  kirk
Title: Re: tube mics
Post by: johnw on October 22, 2004, 08:59:34 PM
I think the Schoeps tubes sound pretty nice. Darn cheap too  ;)

If you like phish, there are plenty of recordings around with these. I think HankDank and SideshowBob still run these.
Title: Re: tube mics
Post by: F.O.Bean on October 22, 2004, 09:18:08 PM
I think the Schoeps tubes sound pretty nice. Darn cheap too  ;)

If you like phish, there are plenty of recordings around with these. I think HankDank and SideshowBob still run these.

ahem :P dave bigham(schoeps t00bes) and sideshowbob(jaon L) ran these, nobody else i knew/ever saw in the phish section.

hankdank is just sideshows great bud and BT's everything, hes a patch rat :P :) ;D
Title: Re: tube mics
Post by: admkrk on October 22, 2004, 09:47:06 PM
well, can't say i'm a phish fan. can't say i'm not.
but i would like to get a hear on how these sound. it's fairly easy to get a hear of any condesser mic, don't think i've ever heard anything w/ tubes before. and when i played bass, all i'd use was tube amps  ;) but that's a different board.
Title: Re: tube mics
Post by: F.O.Bean on October 22, 2004, 09:56:32 PM
also, most tube mics are very power hungry and require ac power, so not too easily used in the 'field'
Title: Re: tube mics
Post by: admkrk on October 22, 2004, 10:10:50 PM
ahhhh

now that explanes a lot.
Title: Re: tube mics
Post by: creekfreak on October 22, 2004, 11:00:02 PM
would mind trying out those gefell LD tube mics that run on phantom power...$4500 apiece, but damn do those babies look sweet.
Title: Re: tube mics
Post by: muj on October 23, 2004, 02:46:35 AM
audio technica has a phantom powered tube mic,the 3060.
it's cheap..check ebay.have not tried it.
Title: Re: tube mics
Post by: John R on October 27, 2004, 02:04:01 AM
kent tomita runs akg c 61's with two big ol power supplies behind them

http://www.akg.com/mediadatabase/psfile/datei/2/C_614159632006b26.gif
Title: Re: tube mics
Post by: Todd R on October 27, 2004, 11:59:59 AM

ahem :P dave bigham(schoeps t00bes) and sideshowbob(jaon L) ran these, nobody else i knew/ever saw in the phish section.

hankdank is just sideshows great bud and BT's everything, hes a patch rat :P :) ;D

Richard Campbell runs schoeps tubes, and I know he made his way into the phish section at least the few times I was there.
Title: Re: tube mics
Post by: Lil Kim Jong-Il on October 28, 2004, 11:54:04 AM
well, can't say i'm a phish fan. can't say i'm not.
but i would like to get a hear on how these sound. it's fairly easy to get a hear of any condesser mic, don't think i've ever heard anything w/ tubes before. and when i played bass, all i'd use was tube amps  ;) but that's a different board.

I have a couple of 222 sample discs that I can offer up.  The samples run the range on every variable:

section and FOB
small and big venues
indoors and outdoors
AD1000/V3/MMe/VMS
MK41, MK4, MK4V
mule, panic, phish, galactic, others

I was offered these when I was considering moving to the 222s.  The only reason that I didn't get them was because I decided to go to a smaller setup for now and I didn't want to haul the additional power supply boxes and batteries required for the tubes. 

If anyone is interested in hearing what the 222s can do with different caps in different settings, let me know and I'll B&P these CDs.

Title: Re: tube mics
Post by: HanKDanK on November 22, 2004, 03:31:31 PM
I think the Schoeps tubes sound pretty nice. Darn cheap too  ;)

If you like phish, there are plenty of recordings around with these. I think HankDank and SideshowBob still run these.

ahem :P dave bigham(schoeps t00bes) and sideshowbob(jaon L) ran these, nobody else i knew/ever saw in the phish section.

hankdank is just sideshows great bud and BT's everything, hes a patch rat :P :) ;D

its true, im worthless  8)
Title: Re: tube mics
Post by: Tim on November 22, 2004, 04:07:45 PM
don't sweat it Hank, I don't even have a deck anymore... just call me Colorado-Fresh :P
Title: Re: tube mics
Post by: sideshowbob on November 23, 2004, 11:19:00 PM
Tube mic set ups are heavy. Anyone know of a good chairopractor in MD.? :P

Hank is the man!!! "That is all I have to say about that".

Colorado Fresh, keep it real brah!!!

 :)

---Jason

**if you are considering the Schoeps, PM me. I have a bunch of diff recordings done with the tubes>V3 combo.**