Topic: Why, Why, Why?

[Falconidave]

I'm just curious why many tapers insist on using Sound Pros part #'s to describe their gear when providing lineage info or when selling it in the YardSale?

For instance:

SP-CMC-4 is really a pair of (Audio Technica) AT853's
SP-CMC-8 is really a pair of (Audio Technica) AT943's

Seems so confusing, and disrespectful to Audio Technica, doesn't it?

I don't know, just kinda chaps my hide to give SP any credit for another company's product.

Rant over...

[DSatz]

Not only to Audio-Technica, but also to Schoeps who have been using CMC as the name of their main series of microphones since the 1970s.

[StuStu]

Not only to Audio-Technica, but also to Schoeps who have been using CMC as the name of their main series of microphones since the 1970s.

That's always kind of bugged me too. No sleep lost over it, but still.

[2manyrocks]

It's"rebranding."  Used to work for a company that made water heaters.  They had their brand and they made water heaters under several other brand names for other folks.  Only difference was the label stuck on at the end and the shipping box. 

[yltfan]

I'm just curious why many tapers insist on using Sound Pros part #'s to describe their gear when providing lineage info or when selling it in the YardSale?

Probably because folks are way more likely to buy the Sound Pro brand than Audio Technica...
 

[willndmb]

I do it because I don't know what if anything they are. I don't see it as a big deal either. Correct me if I am wrong but doesn't SP "make" the mics using AT caps?  The ones I had with swivel clips I have never seen sold by AT and only by SP
It isn't like they are buying AT 853 and reselling them as their owni don't believe.

[voltronic]

It isn't like they are buying AT 853 and reselling them as their owni don't believe.

No, that's exactly what they are doing, but it's not like they're hiding the fact*.  Besides the the CMC-8 and 9 being AT853 and AT953 hanging mics, the CMC-1 and CMC-2 use AT lav mics (AT829 and AT831).  Other than TS builders like Darktrain and Ted though, I don't know of anywhere else where you can buy mics already wired up in a compact way and configured to run off PIP.

*The descriptions of the above mics all clearly state these are Audio Technica. 
http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/category/120/mics