Topic: New microphone distributors....

[phishn]

Hi All,

Who do you usually purchase new mics/caps from?  I'm in the market for some 93 caps and reaize that I will need to purchase them new.  I'll check pricing with www.micsupply.com, www.oade.com, www.sonicsense.com .  Just looking for all options that are worthwhile for price checking.

[jpschust]

check out masterpiece av- www.daleproaudio.com

ask for Jamie, Aaron or Dan.  Tell 'em Jonny sent you :-P

Jonny

[heath]

jamie and aaron are stand up guys--I second the opinion of checking out daleproaudio.com   Jamie and aaron helped me out a ton when I first got started.  Jamie (or maybe aaron) went to full sail, fwiw...  Good guys.

H

[Tim]

at this point, I'd go with Frank at Cascade.

I had the guys from Masterpiece screw up the one (and only) order I placed with them, for some windscreens of all things.

[olyrc]

at this point, I'd go with Frank at Cascade.

 

I'd second this.  I've been trading e-mails with Frank for about a week now and he's been great with info and pretty quick with responses (usually less than a day).  They are getting my business next week when I get the Josephsons.

[sexymexi]

i might be able to get them for you, i'm working in a studio, buying and selling things online for him, and he said i can order from his stuff, and he'll get it for me since i'm working for him.  i don't know for sure, i might have to order a certain amount of stuff. but we'll see. i can check and see how much they cost,. i was thinkin about buying some.  yea if anyone wants a nice old analog reel to reel and matching mixer.. i got one going up for auction, unless someone here wants it.

[phishn]

Looks like cascade doesn't carry AKG stuff from the website.

[jpschust]

at this point, I'd go with Frank at Cascade.

I had the guys from Masterpiece screw up the one (and only) order I placed with them, for some windscreens of all things.

I've only had them mess up one order, and they were unbelievably helpful to fix it.  These guys go way out of their way to provide the best customer service in the business.  For example- when my AD1k burned up- not only did they loan me a bench pre at no cost, but they also arranged for my ad1k to be fixed free of charge.  Now THATs service!

[heath]

i might be able to get them for you, i'm working in a studio, buying and selling things online for him, and he said i can order from his stuff, and he'll get it for me since i'm working for him.  i don't know for sure, i might have to order a certain amount of stuff. but we'll see. i can check and see how much they cost,. i was thinkin about buying some.  yea if anyone wants a nice old analog reel to reel and matching mixer.. i got one going up for auction, unless someone here wants it.

what kind of reel to reel?  Definitely interested if it's in good shape.

[Jason B]

Dan at Masterpiece has always been the first guy I go to when buying new gear. He has always beaten the pants off of any other vendor as far as pricing, and is an extremely nice guy to boot. They even loaned me a V3 for two weeks to see if I wanted to purchase one.

[Chris K]

ditto....dan at daleproaudio....cheapest ck63 caps i found...they carry akg

[BJ]

is the daleproaudio link correct? I can't find that site....

thanx

[mgleason007]

is the daleproaudio link correct? I can't find that site....

thanx

It stopped working for me yesterday.  See my post in the Ask a Taper forum.  I'm not so sure I still want to order from them if they can't keep their website up

[jpschust]

who knows if it is them though- how many retailers do you know who do their own hosting?  what if it's the host who is having a problem.  masterpiece/dalepro are very trustworthy.  wonderful guys if you ask me- top notch customer service.

[mgleason007]

who knows if it is them though- how many retailers do you know who do their own hosting?  what if it's the host who is having a problem.  masterpiece/dalepro are very trustworthy.  wonderful guys if you ask me- top notch customer service.

Well you're right.  It may not be their fault.  I dunno it just gives off bad vibes.  But I'll take your word for it; I've just heard more than one person say that their order has been screwed up.  How's Sonic Sense's record?  I'm thinking of maybe going with them for mics, windscreens, shockmounts, and bar if they can get them cheaper.