I too agree with the milabs. The VM-44's are one mic that I currently don't own but would like too... and will at some point. OOK
I'm curious, how do you think your MBHOs stack up against the Nevatons or VM-44s?
I love my MBHO's...I can walk into any situation and I am set with the caps I have.... I guess if I had to say...my Nevatons sound most like my widecards tonally with a little tighter pattern... The hypers are a tad brighter with a little less bass... the omnis are just FAT sounding, dont use them near enough.... The two I use the most are the widecards and hypers. I think I have only used my cards 1x in quite some time... But used them for the first 100 shows or so when I first started recording. I find MBHO to be detailed like schoeps without the mud...
I think thats why some find the MBHO line bright... The only VM-44's I have heard are the cards. To me they have a very smooth tone overall, the best way to describe it is detailed without being edgy, dare I say a little more mellow sounding. I was actually set to buy a set of Milabs when the Nevaton came up for sale at a price I couldn't refuse. It was right around the time I noticed Milabs had gone up a little in price.
To me MBHO work great in any room but do particuraly well in a bass heavy room, especially the hypers..... Milabs to me do well in most rooms but excell in bright rooms... Nevatons are between the two... I have been recording so long I rarely walk away with a bad recording... its all about arriving early, knowing your room and location location location.... and when in doubt default to MBHO hypers.
Another mic that i think is probably one of the best mics for what we do is the Microtech Gefell 210's. Its probably the best Hyper I have ever heard... it is a very consistent sounding microphone, a taper buddy of mine has 4 of them... You know who your are......
And another mic that really intrgues me are the Telefunken ELA M-260...These mics thus far have made some great recordings and they are tubes....in da freakin field!
What I like about the higher end mic market right now is there are so many choices one can make and you will be happy 100% of the time.... To me Schoeps and Nuemann have priced themselves out of any real competition. While their products are very good they are just simply over priced in my humble opinion and they bank mostly on the name recognition and extensive history in the field. Your money certainly goes much further at this level of microphones....today than it did in the past.
All this really means nothing because its just my humble opinion and that with 2$ will still only buy you a small coffee. Sorry for the rant..When it comes to mics I get jazzed up!
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