Topic: New microphone distributors....

[jpschust]

i doubt sonic sense will be cheaper, but worth a shot. call everyone- see who can get you the best price.  also never forget to ask for free shipping- its always worth a shot.  don't be afraid to bargain :-)

[mhibbs]

I don't think Frank is an AKG dealer, but I could be wrong.  Frank made a huge impression on me a couple of years ago b/c I had just purchased 50 Maxell DDS tapes from him right about the time that the discussion heated up about them eating heads, Oade did some tests to confirm, etc.  After hearing about this, I asked Frank if there was any way I could send them back and trade them for Sony DDS.  Not only did Frank take them back, he also split the shipping w/ me.   We've since met and become good friends, but at the time, I was nothing more than a noname customer, and that one experience was enough to make me buy everything I can from him from now on.  


mitch

[mgleason007]

Who's Frank?  If he's with either sonic sense or dale pro, then yes they deal with AKG's.

[mgleason007]

i doubt sonic sense will be cheaper, but worth a shot. call everyone- see who can get you the best price.  also never forget to ask for free shipping- its always worth a shot.  don't be afraid to bargain :-)

And the number you gave me for dale pro isn't in service

[jpschust]

888-462-7828, their 800 number- masterpiece was purchased by dalepro, i must have pulled up an old listing from switchboard.com

[hoyt]

Don't forget http://www.bhphotovideo.com - They usually have very good prices on stands/ mounts/ accessories.  They have the shure a27m for $7 less than dale pro audio.  They also have a very nice used section.  Plus if you're in NYC, their store is amazing.

--hoyt

[jpschust]

dalepro will meet and beat virtually any price, 10x the service of bh- who, imho, are not the best people in the world (had a number of really bad experiences with them)

[BJ]

i can second that..i have had bad experiences with BH also...damn yankees!!  haha..j/k  but I have bought alot from them in the past(my best friend/my brother/and I are all photogrphers also) ...not the best!!

[jpschust]

link to what?

[Stumptown Matt]

Who's Frank?  If he's with either sonic sense or dale pro, then yes they deal with AKG's.

Frank runs Cascade Media and they don't realy deal in AKG.

[phishn]

Thanks to all for the recommendations.  I ordered my 93 caps and a shure vert bar on tuesday with daleproaudio.  Not only did these guys have the lowest price for the caps around, but they went out of their way to make sure I got them.  They had the vert bar in stock, but was out of stock of the 93's.  They had the 93 caps fedexed directly from AKG without an extra charge.  I recieved both packages yesterday and am a very satisfied customer.

[mgleason007]

I second the experience with daleproaudio.  Excellent customer service.  I ordered the Shure vert bar, shockmounts, and windscreens via two-day fedex.  They didn't have the shockmounts in stock when I called them the next day wondering if my order had been shipped.  He said he was waiting for the shockmounts, but then he saw that I ordered 2-day shipping and he would sub in AT mounts until the Shure mounts came in.  He was also going to send it overnight for no additional charge (I ended up not going to the show ).  They'll get all of my business from here on out .  Maybe I'll see if they can get me the AKG 480 swivels.

[jkoch]

b&h is shit. a stand i got from them totally fell apart and they ignored my e-mails and everything about returning it. very unhelpful

edit..that was always meant to read b&h i was thinking about mbho mics and my fingers got confused when typing lol

[jpschust]

who is bho?  b&h?

[twoodruff]

I vote for cascademedia, though I have nothing negative to say about dalepro, Jamie and Aaron have always taken good care of me, I simply choose to support Frank