Topic: JZ Microphones BT-201 samples

[Gutbucket]

I found the DPA406x to be consistently annoying. ...

JZ samples? To me they had a bit of that DPA "crunch" that bothered me.  Not as much, but I didn't enjoy listening.

I have no idea what is going on.  All I know is some mics sound "smooth as silk" and other mics sound "crunchy".  I would say AKG 463 is somewhere is the middle.  Awesome detail, but a bit crunchy.  Now, Geffel M200, that is smooth.

Thanks, that's really interesting to me.  I think we all agree some mics sound smooth, others crunchy, some bright, others dark, some peaky, some more open, etc. We also agree about which categories any particular mic leaned towards.  We may differ in our general preferences for various sonic traits, but what's really interesting is that we differ on which of these two mics is consistently annoying to us personally.

I'm starting to think that the inevitable differences in everyone's hearing response, especially in the midrange & treble where our hearing responses are most varied, have a significant influence on our aversion to a particular mic's response.  Respecting your ear and my own, I wonder if a sonic weirdness that bothers your ear response may not be reaching the same threshold in my mine and vice versa.

[TNJazz]

Yet another omni sample:

JZ omnis: 
http://www.bigpurpledog.com/audio/jzomni.flac

This is on-stage, a few feet from the band so it's 100% stage sound.  Pre is the AETA Mix 2000 line out to Oade CM R44.  The omni caps are the money in this package, no question.  The cards are sweet too, but I think these are the caps to beat...!

Remember, JZ on sale all this month and I've got one demo pair available as a package with clips and stuff at a very special price!  Check it out ->  http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,118084.msg1580320.html#msg1580320

[SmokinJoe]

My first upload with the JZ's.  Charlie Hunter Trio, on stage subcards
http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=134703.0

[SmokinJoe]

Split omnis 3' outdoors, about 50' to stage/stacks.
http://www.archive.org/details/bft2010-04-24.jzbt201.flac16f

Sounds good, but too much chatter.  I ran Subcards DIN the next day and liked that better.  I think the Subs are the "go to" caps for me.

[SmokinJoe]

Another pair of shows with BT-201 subcards.
http://www.archive.org/details/bft2010-05-22.jzbt201.flac16f
http://www.archive.org/details/rustedroot2010-05-22.jzbt201.flac16f

Here is my other source (ADK-TLs) for comparison.
http://www.archive.org/details/bft2010-05-22.adktl.flac16f

I ran:
a) ADK-TL cards DIN > V3 > analog > Busman Tmod R4.  This has become my "go to setup" for the last few months.
b) JZ BT201 Subcards  ORTF > Busman Vintage Mod R4

This room was pretty boomy and bass heavy, especially for Barefoot Truth... No one would normally call a pair of ADKTLs "muddy", but that's kind of how the pull for Barefoot Truth sounds to me.  The JZ's which some say are "too bright" sound great in this situation IMO.  Normally I run hypers or even guns in this room, but this night I was in a mood of "embrace the ambience" so I went for the Subcards, and it worked out IMO.