Topic: Favorite caps for SP AT853's?......

[wbaldwin]

I picked up a pair of these off of ebay the other day with a battery box.....

Gonna try throwing my hat in the stealthing ring  

They have the card caps with them, but I am thinking about getting an additional pair while SP has everything on sale.

Which set do you guys use most/prefer, and for what situations?

Thanks in advance for the input!

Wayne

[Rob D.]

I've had a pair since '99 and have used them off & on since getting the best results from the standard card caps. I've gotten some good Omni recordings but hav been un.ucky with the hypers. If I had to settle with just one pair, hands down its the cards.

[nickgregory]

the cards...I use them for stealthing all the time with solid results.  The hypers sit unused in my closet...

[zhianosatch]

Heard an 853 hyper Tool recording and it's super sweet considering...

[greenone]

I prefer using these with baseball caps...I find bathing caps to be too hard to clip to, and skullcaps are just too small.

[zhianosatch]

hardy har har

[Kindguy]

Will the Soundprofessional caps fit on AT mics not put togther/made by them?

From what I've been told they are a little different. Anyone know?

[goose]

The "soundprofessional caps" you mention are AT caps, straight up.  No difference whatsoever.  I have purchased a pair of caps from them for my 853s and I do not have the sound pro version.

SP makes their own body for their mics I think - but the capsules are definitely the same.   The difference between SP and AT versions are the electronics behind the capsule.

HTH

[Kindguy]

Thanks Jeff!

[John Kelly]

I run the at933s, and I only have the hypers (i was a n00b when i got them and didn't really know the difference).  I *love* them, they make great recordings indoors, which is where most of my recording is done...  But if you're gonna be outdoors a lot, then go with the cards.

[olyrc]

I run the at933s, and I only have the hypers (i was a n00b when i got them and didn't really know the difference).  I *love* them, they make great recordings indoors, which is where most of my recording is done...  But if you're gonna be outdoors a lot, then go with the cards.

pair of microline at933s on the auction site:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2550351115&category=15198&rd=1

[John Kelly]

What the hell are microlines???

[nickgregory]

I believe they are the actual product that AT markets for their AT933 line....whereas the sound pros model just uses the caps...

[John Kelly]

Nah, that's what the guy is calling the polar pattern on the mics, "microline."  Check out the pic:



Also, the windscreens make it look like they've got shotgun caps on them...  

Edit - Unless of course, that's a cardiod pattern and I'm just a moron...But it really doesn't look like one to me, and it doesn't look like a hypercard either...