Topic: Do all people that run schoeps think everyone else is inferior?

[curtinwith]

I have been taping heavily for about 5 years now and am a recording engineer.  Whenever I go to shows all the schoeps people gang up on me and try to say they deserve the front row of the section more than anyone else.  Is this because your mics are so expensive, because I know that price means dick when it comes to mics.  I know you all have a "brotherhood" think going on, but could you be more friendly and maybe be open to hearing other people's opinions on mics and gear?  Is everyone like that, or just a certian few?

[JeffK]

Yes, all of us who own/run Schoeps are like that... it comes with the territory  

No... I think you'll find people like this everywhere, and they're not exclusively Schoeps owners, they're just jackasses in general.  I've found that they're generally "local" as well and NEED to be in that spot in their hometown venue.

If I ever show up to a show later and actually plan to tape from the section, I bring a clamp

[phriendlyguy]

i think their is kind of a schoeps bandwagon, but it is all these little rich kids, that mommy pays for everything, and just got over their mini disc and stereo mic because they got harrassed at a show.  all the older heads that i have met over the years have been cool as shit, and actually want to compare different gear.  their is always the jackasses and punk rich kids at a show, especially now days every idiot wants to tape.  in that respect i can understand why the people like me, and a lot of others on this site, that work so hard to buy the good shit, and actually know how it works, would get a little pissy, what do you think?

[creekfreak]

hmmm....I just got some schoeps, but I hope I never act like that . and I bought them with my own hard earned money.....Why people act like that is unknown to me, I to compare and talk all brands, and remember, location is technique is the most important thing in taping, not the price of your gear. I have heard great tapes from cheaper rigs, and shitty tapes from great rigs.

[phriendlyguy]

i agree completely.  i said before, the rig is only as good as the operator.  thats what a lot of people dont get.  experience=knowledge=goodtapes.

[joemango]

I've had a$$holes come up to my car while I was making grillies in the lot and ask about the show I'm pumping on my stereo, saying "it sounds great, can you do a B&P?" and then stick their noses up in the air when they find out my source.  

Some ppl just want schoeps to say they have schoeps.

I've heard LOTS of microphones in studio and live settings and if you ask me, all you get with schoeps that you don't get with any 500-1000 dollar pair of mics is assloads of (admittedly smooth) bass.

Any rig can produce a killer tape as long as the preamp has good headroom and the mics are set up porperly (meaning NOT pointed at the stacks individually)  Stereo is so much more than right and left.

[schoeps t00bes]

this topic has gotten old over at the oade board...so i am not even going to touch it here.  it is all about the person.  period.  

i can't wait until hampton!!  if you wanna see some love...come over and say hi to tim and i.  neumann and schoeps will be hangin out!!  

[schoeps t00bes]

ps i WANT a curtainwith at hampton!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sean Gallemore]

yeah, this is why i go to shows where recording is not "allowed",  cuz finding other tapers is a rarity so everyone is chill.  And I don't hump speakers so I don't have the front row problem.  I've never experienced a stuck-up Schoeps owner, but they will get a beat down if they try to move my ass from FOB

[creekfreak]

this thread refuses to die....

[Nick Graham]

just a quick bump for the *greatest thread ever*

[F.O.Bean]

someones got alot of digging in their bored times

[Nick Graham]

someones got alot of digging in their bored times

touche

[muj]

schoeps= audio terrorism


 

 

[RebelRebel]

Now now Muj.

Youve got some schoeps too.

I use schoeps for certain things, but they arent "better" or "worse" than any of my other mics. Just different.