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Title: Favorite caps for SP AT853's?......
Post by: wbaldwin on August 12, 2003, 03:30:48 PM: I picked up a pair of these off of ebay the other day with a battery box.....

Gonna try throwing my hat in the stealthing ring ;)

They have the card caps with them, but I am thinking about getting an additional pair while SP has everything on sale.

Which set do you guys use most/prefer, and for what situations?

Thanks in advance for the input!

Wayne
Title: Re:Favorite caps for SP AT853's?......
Post by: Rob D. on August 12, 2003, 03:57:16 PM: I've had a pair since '99 and have used them off & on since getting the best results from the standard card caps. I've gotten some good Omni recordings but hav been un.ucky with the hypers. If I had to settle with just one pair, hands down its the cards.
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Post by: nickgregory on August 12, 2003, 04:29:23 PM: the cards...I use them for stealthing all the time with solid results. The hypers sit unused in my closet...
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Post by: zhianosatch on August 12, 2003, 05:36:04 PM: Heard an 853 hyper Tool recording and it's super sweet considering...
Title: Re:Favorite caps for SP AT853's?......
Post by: greenone on August 12, 2003, 05:55:00 PM: I prefer using these with baseball caps...I find bathing caps to be too hard to clip to, and skullcaps are just too small.

;) ;D
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Post by: zhianosatch on August 12, 2003, 05:55:53 PM: hardy har har ;)
Title: Re:Favorite caps for SP AT853's?......
Post by: Kindguy on August 12, 2003, 05:59:34 PM: Will the Soundprofessional caps fit on AT mics not put togther/made by them?

From what I've been told they are a little different. Anyone know?
Title: Re:Favorite caps for SP AT853's?......
Post by: goose on August 12, 2003, 10:46:12 PM: The "soundprofessional caps" you mention are AT caps, straight up. No difference whatsoever. I have purchased a pair of caps from them for my 853s and I do not have the sound pro version.

SP makes their own body for their mics I think - but the capsules are definitely the same. The difference between SP and AT versions are the electronics behind the capsule.

HTH
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Post by: Kindguy on August 12, 2003, 11:00:38 PM: Thanks Jeff!
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Post by: John Kelly on August 13, 2003, 11:27:53 AM: I run the at933s, and I only have the hypers (i was a n00b when i got them and didn't really know the difference). I *love* them, they make great recordings indoors, which is where most of my recording is done... But if you're gonna be outdoors a lot, then go with the cards.
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Post by: olyrc on August 14, 2003, 05:28:34 PM: Quote from: John Kelly on August 13, 2003, 11:27:53 AM
I run the at933s, and I only have the hypers (i was a n00b when i got them and didn't really know the difference). I *love* them, they make great recordings indoors, which is where most of my recording is done... But if you're gonna be outdoors a lot, then go with the cards.
pair of microline at933s on the auction site:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2550351115&category=15198&rd=1
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Post by: John Kelly on August 15, 2003, 08:35:28 AM: What the hell are microlines???
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Post by: nickgregory on August 15, 2003, 08:39:46 AM: I believe they are the actual product that AT markets for their AT933 line....whereas the sound pros model just uses the caps...
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Post by: John Kelly on August 15, 2003, 10:45:04 AM: Nah, that's what the guy is calling the polar pattern on the mics, "microline." Check out the pic:

(http://ebay3.ipixmedia.com/abc/M28/_EBAY_19df1085068c4677dede0a0e488d331d/i-1.JPG)

Also, the windscreens make it look like they've got shotgun caps on them...

Edit - Unless of course, that's a cardiod pattern and I'm just a moron...But it really doesn't look like one to me, and it doesn't look like a hypercard either...