Topic: M-Audio Pulsars...

[Nick's Picks]

and the Pelusos dont kill those other mics ?  They are an excellent kit for the money.
the Pulsars would give the Peluso card cap a serious run, if not best it (IMO...).

no, no free pair of M-Audios.  I paid for these.

mics and personal prefference.  I still think the pelusos are better than the c4s, def better than the SlopyOktava, but dont know how they fair against the Avantone / Busman mics as i've never used them.

[Javier Cinakowski]

Yep, I agree with what you are saying.  Esspecially that mics choices are a personal preference.

The Puluso's smoke all of those mics on acoustic guitar and many other studio recording situations.  I loved them with the exception of taking them in the field.  I pulled recordings that had a rediculous sounding low end.  the peluso's capture that low end tone of the schopes, just not very well IMO...

The SP C4's , esspecially the mkII are underated IMO.  The hyper caps, which don't get much attention here are fantastic.  The omni capsules are nice, but throw a pair of Rode NT5 omnis (they are identical threads/size) on the SP C4 mkII and you will be loving life...

gotta run, i'd love to talk more about these budget mics.....

[Nick's Picks]

http://nickspicks.com/
blog review.

[rjp]

any other entry level SDCs i should also consider?

AKG Perception 170 is another solid performer - I've liked the results I've had with them, and there are some good pulls on the LMA as well.

[illconditioned]

any other entry level SDCs i should also consider?

AKG Perception 170 is another solid performer - I've liked the results I've had with them, and there are some good pulls on the LMA as well.

That looks like a good mic. I saw these for under $150 each.  Probably a safe bet compared to other Chinese mics, as AKG will have decent quality control.

 Richard

[Chuck]

I'm, on Team AKG had was not aware of the AKG Perception 170's. Thanks for the heads up!
They look good, but silver bodies 

[Nick's Picks]

does AKG farm out projects ?
a cheap mic from them could easily still be Asian in origin.

[illconditioned]

does AKG farm out projects ?
a cheap mic from them could easily still be Asian in origin.

I'm pretty sure they do.  The perception 170 says "designed" in austria.  The implication being  that it is made somewhere else...

  Richard

[Nick's Picks]

thats fancy talk for "one of our AKG engineers drew the layout"

[rjp]

does AKG farm out projects ?
a cheap mic from them could easily still be Asian in origin.

Yes, they are Chinese-made, as are all of the Perception-series mics. On mine, the bodies are a somewhat silvery blue. They're not sold as a matched set, but the two I have sound well-matched; they're likely from the same production run.

[run_run_run]

http://www.archive.org/details/brew2009-05-29.baker

DIN
M-Audio Pulsar II's > Busman UA-5 > Iriver 120

[kgreener]

http://www.archive.org/details/brew2009-05-29.baker

DIN
M-Audio Pulsar II's > Busman UA-5 > Iriver 120

sounds real nice man...good job.  digging these mics more & more & more...

btw, here's a WSP show from last year with the Pulsars that i've been really digging on a lot.  XY from the section and it sounds great imo.  i'm still seeding it so feel free to jump on:

http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=515042