Topic: Help me spend 10k

[J.T.L]

soundfield ST350>SD744

[hugh]

Core Sound TetraMic -> SD 788T-SSD  ;-)

[mmedley.]

Soundfield SPS200 & Nagra VI. This will give you 4 mic inputs for the SPS, and 2 line inputs for a SBD patch. You can also change the mic inputs to use transformers in the signal path or not.

[Kyle]

Don't buy Schoeps.     That's all I'm gonna say.  I'd go with the DPA's or 140's.

some people like mud.

:shrugs:

My recordings are super detailed and clear.  There is no mud here.

No mud here either. Could not be more pleased.

To spend some $$ assuming stereo is the preferred recording method:

Schoeps CMC6U (x2) - $1858
Schoeps MK4     (x2) - $1550
Schoeps MK41    (x2) - $1998
Schoeps MK2s    (x2) - $1700

Sound Devices 702   - $1875

Total                      - $8981

Off to a really good start
Add outboard pre's/adc's/other capsules later down the road

[BC]

Gonna limit it to a 2 channel rig:

Mics: DPA/Schoeps small diaphraghm condensers with active cables (I like the simplicity and ease of setup with actives) Also small mics are nice for those intimate coffeeshop gigs. Given only one capsule pattern I would probably get cardioids but subcards might be nice too. Guess being able to purchase other caps depends on how the budget works out.

Preamp: Grace V2/V3 or Neve portico.

A/D: Benchmark 2496, Mytek, or Apogee Mini-Me.

Recorder: SD 722/702 would be nice but not totally necessary. Anything that records reliably, takes a digi input without resampling and fits into your budget would work.

If you can find this stuff used you will get in under 10K easily.

[meatballs]

I have come to a finishing point and I'd like to thank all of you for helping me out.

Sound Devices 744

Schoepps cmc 6 st
mk4
otrf bar
active cables
ricote (zeppelin)

I'll post some pics of the rig when I get her all together.

"It's always better to get shot out of a cannon than squeezed through a tube and that's why God made fast motorcycles,  Bubba"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! H.S.T

[RobertNC]

Make sure you have looked at the specs of the 744.   You only get 2 channels with phantom power, so if you want to run 4 channels and don't have a board patch, you are gonna need a pre to run the second set of mics.

Also since you posted today, I'm assuming it;s not too late - you can still go DPA.   

[it-goes-to-eleven]

That's a lot of dough to not have mk21's..  And while the mk4's are excellent, I find my close mk21 recordings blow them away.  Especially outdoors.

[sanaka]

...specs of the 744.   You only get 2 channels...

^^^^^^^^^^^ Read Carefully!!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

What he said. The other 2 channels on a 744 are line in only. If you're just doing 2-mic stereo, you might as well get a 702 and put more ching into the mics.

Otherwise you could get an R-44 and have four actual mic channels, and still have enough left for 2 pairs of Schoeps! Really fine mics with a nice hot output (Sennheiser MKH comes to mind, not educated on Schoeps but they're probably in there too) will let you operate your mic inputs in the sweet spot, so the R-44 could sound really excellent even though its pre's are theoretically inferior to Sound Devices.

Succinctly: Not sure 744 is the best investment.

My $.02 on your $10K 

Peace,
Sanaka

[johnw]

You should be able to get all that used for well under $10K. If it was me I'd go:

Schoeps CMC6 pair $1200 used
MK4V pair $1700 used
MK41 pair $1500 used
MK21 pair $1400 used
KC5 pair $1000 used
Grace V2 $700 used
Sound Devices 702 $1500 used

That comes to around $9000 which leaves room for a stand ($50-100), a bag ($100-200), shockmount ($30-90) and Kwon bars/NOLA bars ($250). Or you could pick up an MK8 for MS and scrap something else. If you really need 4 channels, get an R44 instead of a 702.