Topic: DPA 2011c Twin Card with short interference tube

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Do you own the mics?

I have no peers on that dl so not sure when I will get my sample source.  Thanks for input.

I have 4015 caps and the mmp-c bodies. I've thought about the 2011 caps, but have other things on my list first.

[ts]

Reviving this old thread. I'm getting close to pulling the trigger on these. Here are my pros and cons:

Pros>
a. I have the money now and they are available.
b. Combine these with the available DPA cables and you have one small rig, almost active small.
c. The short interference tube with dual card caps sounds like a live PA tapers dream.
d. Price. They are in my budget.
e. the DPA 4018 will soon be available. Not in my budget, but hey, I can always dream.

Cons>
a. If I don't like these caps, what would they be worth used and who would buy them?
b. Only one recording out there. It's a good one, but it's still only one.
c. No comps.

Or should I even be concerned with not liking caps that are relatively cheap in DPA land. $450 each new. Worth $300 each used? I've done dumber things with this hobby.

[Gutbucket]

Any bets on the possibility of a 2018 showing up before 2018?

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Any bets on the possibility of a 2018 showing up before 2018?

exceedingly unlikely.

[Gutbucket]

Unlikely I accept, but why exceedingly?

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DPA has traditionally done new cap patterns on a very measured and rare basis. The market for a lower budget cap that is more restrictive than the x011 is probably not big enough to put it on the front burner of priorities. Thats all.

[Gutbucket]

Yep, that's reasonable.

Although they've had a flurry of new caps and patterns in the past few years, so if that keeps up..

Before your post I was going to edit my last one to add-
Potential conflict with 4018 sales? The 2011 seems more differentiated from the 4011 in my mind than the omnis.  Perhaps the 4006 is iconic enough that the 2006 doesn't crowd it too much. 

Extending the wish game, I'd like to see a 2015 in 2015 please! 2018 and 2015 caps would make for a mighty fine taper set value.  I dig the big DPAs but I can't personally justify their high cost.

[acidjack]

It's made by DPA; I don't think there is any doubt as to its quality.

Getting $$ used depends where you sell it. In the YS here it's probably a non-starter, as people here tend to be skittish about that which they don't know (sometimes, but not always, with good reason). If you wanted to unload them, I'm sure plenty of folks in the professional market would want them, and you'd get a good price on GS or eBay or whatever.

But really, if you like the DPA sound, I find it hard to imagine these wouldn't suit you, especially at that price...

[scb]

I dig the big DPAs but I can't personally justify their high cost.

I have yet to find anything that sounds better, so that factors into the cost...

[aaronji]

Or should I even be concerned with not liking caps that are relatively cheap in DPA land. $450 each new. Worth $300 each used? I've done dumber things with this hobby.

I could probably be persuaded to take them off your hands, if you don't like them!  I have other things higher up my list, but, if a decent deal for a pair of these came around, I would like to try them...

[ts]

I dig the big DPAs but I can't personally justify their high cost.

I have yet to find anything that sounds better, so that factors into the cost...

Scott, what's your take on the 2011's?

[scb]

I don't think I've heard of anything done with the 2011s

[mterry]

Bump. Anyone with experience running these for more than one show in 2012?

[jbell]

Might want to check these out!

https://www.dpamicrophones.com/pencil/2012-compact-cardioid-microphone

Bump. Anyone with experience running these for more than one show in 2012?

[mterry]

Yum!