Topic: Ahhh, the convoluted path we travel...

[muj]

was on.

Strangely, the nice young violinist in the picture is now in her late fifties. (Oops--so am I!)

--best regards

did you end up marrying her? 

[rokpunk]

damn hippy!

[SmokinJoe]

I'm a relative newbie... I dabbled in taping my buddy's bar band, but didn't go nuts and start spending money like water and taping real bands until a year or two ago.

circa y2k - Cheap radio shack stereo mic (at822 looking things) > Technics AC powered cassette deck. gave away
circa 2001 - Borrowed AT electret Omnis >  Harmon kardon AC powered deck. returned
circa 2003 - better cheap radio shack stereo mic.
2004 - Nak CM100 bodies with mismatch CM300 attenuators which never put out a decent signal
2004-2006 period of deep depression because what I had didn't work right
2006 - set of 3 nak CM-300s (sold)
2007 - Nak CM300 bodies to go with my CM300 attenuators (problem fixed!) (currently for sale)
2007 - AT-853s, LSD2, CA cards, Nak CP4's. (still have)
2008 - Peluso CEMC6's, Senn ME66's, Earthworks SR-77's. (waiting for the mailman, literally)

[Nick's Picks]

ugh....

in no order or time frame:
mics:
AT 853s (several pairs over the years, with every cap)
audix mc1290hc
MBHO 603a ka200n / 800
Neumann skm140 kits x 3 (d'oh!)
AKG "Hairy" binaural head
SASS stereo mic from crown.
AKG c480's, jwm460's, ck61,2,3 caps (not all mine, but used plenty).
Soundfield ST-250
T.H.E. KR200a modular system w/card and hyper caps.
Peluso P stereo
Peluso CEMC6 kit
AKG c422
Beyer MC930
Oktava MC012's all caps
DPA 4060's / 4071s (wish I still had those)
CHURCH audio mod 853s.
Studio Projects LSD2, versions 1 & 2
I know there are more...but that is all I can come up with out of my memory. 
borrowed gear...an equally long list.

decks, all of them sans SD7xx / Tascam HDP2 / some of the newere hand helds.

Favorites ?
ST250>V3 was pretty bomber.  made a lot of good (GREAT) recording w/that rig.
LSD2>ACM660 was pretty magical sounding to me.
and i'm currently really enjoying the Beyers.

[lnarachi]

OK, I'll play:

1999 - Core Sound /batterybox/minidisc (just to see if I really want to do this hobby)
2000 - V2 / GP ADC-20 and Rodes NT2 (mics sold to Charlie Miller)
2000 - AKG 480b/61 -Audio Magic cables - Tascam DA-P1 (mics sold to Joe Baker)
2001 - Schoeps CMC6/Mk41v - added the Sony D8 for backup
2002 - Benchmark AD2K+ and Schoeps active cables
2004 - mk41v and mk2h capsules added to the quiver

Wishes:
M/S recording setup (mk8), Neumann TLM170s

[stevetoney]

Got the itch to record concerts back in 1994...
1994  $30 cassette recorder with built in mic...used for two shows...completely unintelligible results.

Scratched the itch with a basic rig, until moving away from the city in '98, so got out of the game in '98.
1994 – 1998 Core Sound Binaurals Mics
1994 – 1998  Sony D7 Recorder
1997 – 1998  Sony D8 Recorder (second DAT recorder for DAT transfers)
***All sold in '98 or so

After moving back to town 5 years later, decided to sneak back in on low end...happy recording like this for next four years. 
2003 – 5/07  AT-853 (SP-CMC-4) Mics
2003 – 2005  Sony MD Recorder
2005 – 5/2007  Sony NHF800 Hi-MD Recorder
***All sold after deciding to move to a higher end rig.

New job assignment last year and extra income gave me the itch for a higher end rig...and so the search began whereupon I've been slutting it up in a major way for the last year.  All of the gear indicated below has been sold except for the current gear that I own, which is indicated with an asterisk at the end of this list.
3/07 – 7/07  MBHO 603a / KM200 mics
4/07 – 6/07  SD MP-2 preamp
4/07 – 6/07  Edirol R-09 Recorder
4/07 – 8/07  Busman Mod UA-5
5/07 – 8/07  Oade W-Mod UA-5
5/07 – 8/07  Microtrack 24/96
6/07 – 10/07  Busman PMD-660 all-in-one preamp/recorder
6/07 – 7/07  MBHO KM500 capsules
7/07 – 11/07  Neumann KM184 mics
7/07 – 11/07  AKG-C480B / CK61 mics/capsules
8/07 – 12/07  CK63 capsules
11/07 – 12/07  Oade WCM Fostex FR2LE all-in-one preamp/recorder
11/07 – 12/07  CK62 capsules
11/07 – 12/07  MK46 active cables
11/07 – 12/07  JWModC460B mic bodies
*12/07 – present  SD-702 all-in-one preamp/recorder
12/07  CK1X capsules, battery box and cables for stealth rig
12/07 – 1/07  Milab VM-44 Link mics
*12/07 – present  Neumann KM100, LC3 cables, AK40 capsules
*2/07 – present  Oade M148 preamp
*2/07 – present  Neumann AK50 capsules
prepaid and soon to own - Aerco MP-2 preamp

[wbrisette]

1994 – 1998  Sony D7 Recorder
1997 – 1998  Sony D8 Recorder (second DAT recorder for DAT transfers)

In many ways, I miss the old two track DAT days. Remember getting involved in DAT trees? Making copies and sending tapes along.... ah the good old days.

[stevetoney]

1994 – 1998  Sony D7 Recorder
1997 – 1998  Sony D8 Recorder (second DAT recorder for DAT transfers)

In many ways, I miss the old two track DAT days. Remember getting involved in DAT trees? Making copies and sending tapes along.... ah the good old days.

Yes...tape trading was another sign of my total lack of control when it comes to my hobbies.  I used to go to Sams and buy megaboxes of XLII cassettes and send them out a box at a time...and of course receive a box at a time back from someone.  In the heyday, I'd get three and four packages a day. 

Then DAT came along and broke my friggin' back because at $3 a tape, I couldn't afford all the shows that I traded for, but of course the fact that I didn't have the money was no deterrent...I did it anyway!!!

[jnorman34]

i just ran across this old thread, and read all the way through it again - what a HOOT!!

think you're a slut?  HA!!

BTW, feel free to start adding to it again - it is a true testament to what people actually have tried and found wanting, and what they moved to from there.

[jlykos]

Really easy for me.

1998: Core Sound Binaurals (sold last year)
2001: AKG 391, 393 (sold in 2003)
2002: Microtech Gefell M210 (added m27 omni capsules in 2004)
2008: Sonic Studios DSM-6S/L (added for stealthing)

[darktrain]

Its only been 3 years but what a tear i have been on

2006 - Sony ECM-DS70P> MZ-R70(used for 1 show and ditched for)
          Giant Squid Omnis> MZ-R707, MZ-RH910, MZ-M100 (used for a few shows till)
2007 - MM-HLSC's> D8(used the Dat for one show)THIS IS WHERE THE FUN BEGINS
          MM-HLSC's, MM-BSM-6, AT853's(H,C,O), DPA4060's, DPA4061's, MM-HLSC's > CA-9100> iHP120/H320, MZ-M100(sold each , ended with the HLSC's again)
2008 - First Open Rig - SP C4's > Digi Mod UA-5 > Fostex FR-2LE, Marantz PMD620(never used mics or pre, sold for)
          MK4's> Nbox> PMD620(used for many shows, hated all the battery consumption, moved to)(sold most of my stuff to fund this)
          AKG391's>SD702(sold the akg's for)
          CMC6>MK4's(very nice but wanted a change, sold them and 702 for)
          DPA4022's> SD Mix-Pre(Sold for)
          DPA4021's> Aerco MP-2(current)
         Also sold the HLSC's again for AT853's(H,C), aquired another CA-9100
2009 - Shure FP24(sold Aerco)
         
         

[krsb]

This is fun  only I can't remember all the years:


early 80's: some crazy combinations of mics and recorders, including a shure 57 plugged into what I think was one of those recorders that were meant to attach to a computer to save data?

mid 80's: a crazy radioshack mic with two caps that split into a Y and my first real deck: a Marantz PMD 420 (still have it..it still works even though it still changes speeds all the time completely randomly) then some CSB action (bought from an ad in Relix) and a Sony Pro D6 bought on a road trip to NYC (which never really worked out well and cost me a fortune sending to Canadian Sony repairs  )

then at some point a D7 and and PCM-M1 and SoundPros CMC8 and years of patching

then a few years after the birth of my son and my return to tape-ville...Franken Nak CM300s, Oade Mod ACM Marantz PMD 660, Beyerdynamic MC930, Pelusos, Milab vm44link, Grace V3, Busman BCC-1, Sony D50...and that is today-ish

next stop is....


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