What this guy tells me..., is that the board is very similar to the schoeps design for their ORTF mic. Only difference being extremely crappy and cheap parts on it. He
claims to gut most of it and replace them w/the same circuitry that the German design employs.
Will it be worth it?
I bought this thing over a year ago...paid under $200 for it. NEVER intended to get rid of it because...
- its sounds decent
- great big ORTF soundstage is fun sometimes, in the right spot.
- it's just a cool stereo mic,and I like stereo mics.
Overall, I think its F'n awesome for the price. Schoeps ? No, not in the ballpark in most areas...like, quality of detail and realism...but I'll say it's prob. 70%
on the way there.
If I plunk down 3 bills, get it back and it sounds even marginally better....., I think that's a win. I'm still what, $2300 ahead over the Schoeps mic or there about.
and have a decent little setup that sounds good and makes grate recordings.
IF...I were to sell it some day, maybe I'd ask 300 for it. That would be attractive, me thinks. seeing how you can go brand new for 2....and get what would cost
3 more in mods for an extra hundred. I'm sure it would sell pretty fast.
But, I'm planning to keep it. It's bad-ass as a drum overhead or in front of the toms in the Brewins Den (our studio).