I agree with the statements he made about the sonic charactersitics, except the comments about the high 'splash' end bit and the mids 'edginess' bit. The lows can be loose and undefined. What I fucking hate to hear is that they are overrated! What an opening to 'stir the pot'! It is like saying the NY Yankees are overated! They are simply the most loved and despised Baseball team in history due to their popularity. Same applies to Naks. They certainly have a 'flavor', all mics do...you are totally fooling youself if you believe the higher end stuff like Schoeps and Neumanns aren't 'flavored'. Believe me, I have whored around the section looking for a patch from mics that will be most suitable for the hall or situation. Back in the 80's, you didn't see Schoeps or Neumanns flying at every single show, BUT you could always find a pair of Naks or Senns (and they sounded worse than Naks in the section, IMHO).
Now check this shit out, leegeddy (Marc Kim) mods them to be like 'actives'. So, are we gonna keep on hearing how much they 'suck' or how 'overrated' they are? You can bet the
FARM we are going to never hear the end of how overrated' they are now. Why? B/C not everybody has the dime to drop on those german mics. The more choices we have, the more shit is gonna get taped, be it with a 'statue of liberty' RS vocal mic > WM-D3 or
insert your favorite mic here >
insert your favorite mic-pre here >
insert your favorite D/A here or
analog recording device here etc etc....
On another note, 'What made these have mass appeal?' would be the better rephrase of the question! Rethink your statements and have better judgement before you start to piss the crowd off, stlgoat. I think Nak did a great thing by introducing electret mics at a price that was most certainly affordable. These mics HELPED MAKE the taping scene! You are talking about a company with a major reputation back then, you think they would sully their name with an inferior sounding mic? Look on ebay, they still fetch $200+ a pair! Probably went up a tad bit now Marc is modding them. Twenty year old plus garage sale 'colored' japanese mics! Only mics I know that hold value like that....well, you know...those german mics! Need I say more? Have you listened to the example I posted? That show, if you need any reminding is nearly 20 years old!!!
I am venting....I do apologize. I have had a rough week with my new job. Off of my sopabox...(hops off). Stlfan, this is all in jest, I hope you understand that words can be like little knives. Be careful with the words you use, especially since you are a newB.
Hey Andy, I taped those shows too. Just dug out my dat copies from cassette. Haven't burned 'em to CD yet. I was towards the back of the OTS and was using the usual back then, CM304's>D5M. Did the New Years run too. Although my favorite New Years taping was '83, end of '86 was BIG fun, and Man this Nak talk is even more fun .
ts
Yes, it is
STILL fun. I am so happy to hear that people who are on this board actually TAPED back then and have a better understanding of this Nak phenominon. I taped at one of the very first GD shows where there was a sanctioned taping section, BCT 10/28/1984!
Tony, you should transfer the show 12/15/1986 show and get it up. The reason I seeded it was there was no audience of 12-15-1986 circulating in the digital age. I remedied that, and for that I am proud of my past Nak heritage. I actually like that tape alot too...it has the most atmospheric Nak sound I have ever heard; could be the 10 feet seperation between the mics!
ANDY