Topic: MBHO ?

[shaggy]

Concerning the other active based choices outside of MBHOs

I would also reccomend listening carefully to MBHOs that have been used up front.  I have noticed a slight compression of the highs and mids as the volume increases to very loud levels....at least with the KA200N caps and 648a bodies.  Don't get me wrong, I think they are great mics but go into this informed and you won't be swapping gear out as much.

[OOK]

Concerning the other active based choices outside of MBHOs

I would also reccomend listening carefully to MBHOs that have been used up front.  I have noticed a slight compression of the highs and mids as the volume increases to very loud levels....at least with the KA200N caps and 648a bodies.  Don't get me wrong, I think they are great mics but go into this informed and you won't be swapping gear out as much.

I can't disagree with this...however I will try.... I have some FOB Loud as Shit Widespread From Shawnee Ski Area that are clear as glass freshly cleaned with windex.....So I would say acoustics play a role in it...in otherwords if the pa sounds congested loud so will your discs... there are just so many factors..and my opion is just mine...

The suggestion of peluso is also a good one..I think they are the best bang for the buck out there...I might even pick up a pair myself just to have a different flavor.    Mics are like ice cream there are so many different flavors.

[shaggy]

I had made a great Coldplay tape this year with 648a/KA200N at Fuji Rock that was very FOB.  Some of my best work but we still have to be critical and ask outrselves how it could have been better.  I have to say, the loud passages being compressed could have been an artifact of the Mini-me pre.  I remember the sound being some of the best sound I have heard since I listened to the Grateful Dead (or what I could recall).  So, yes...many factors.

[Sanjay]

I have had experiences with the MBHO's where there has been compression in the sound.  I was able to isolatee it by switching out my MBHO's with some phantomed 933's and they were fine.  HOWEVER, even with the compression that sometimes occur, they have been my favorite mics i've run ever. 

[beanstalk]

Anyone every hear anything from the MBHO MBP 604 N ?

http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_mbho_mbp_microphone/index.html

[johnw]

I think it may be a newish mic. It isn't on their website, but that website has been under construction and incomplete for a long time.

[mmmatt]

I absolutely love my ho's!!!  I don't have hypers but I have cards and omni's.  I love em' both and highly recomend them to anyone.  Yhey are not painfully bright and not compressed in the highs to my ears.  Here is a thread with a link to a head to head from the sweetspot with  km140's both ortf, and both into an r4 so identical pre's

http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=54573.0

Matt

[beanstalk]

I think it may be a newish mic. It isn't on their website, but that website has been under construction and incomplete for a long time.

The guy that reviewed it, did in May 2005. There website is always messed up for some reason.

[ehren]

I think "compression" is the wrong term to use when describing the sound of MBHOs at high SPLs. I think the most accurate way to describe it would be midrange smear, the image becomes distorted and the midrange detail goes out the window. It tends to make the mics sound farther from the source than they actually are.

That said, they do make some amazing tapes, especially in acoustic or other low spl situations. I ran them for 2 years and did make some great tapes, but not at really loud rock shows, there are better mics for rock. I do think that the omni cap is somewhat an exception to this rule, it sounds amazing in most outdoor situations I've heard it in. The hypers lack presence and offer the worst characteristics of all the MBHO caps. This is all just my opinion, YMMV.

[svenkid]

Ive ran hypers In the back of a theatre, and onstage. I usually run them FOB at indoor clubs. Ive pulled some great onstage tapes, but the best sounds Ive gotten from them come from being about 20-30 ft back and not further. Id like to try the cards though to compare.