Topic: upgrade from CA-11 to AT943

[heyitsmejess]

Now if you were to compair my new CA-14 mics they would blow the 943'S away again that is just my opinion.

If this is true, and I believe it is, you need to begin working on a full bodied 48v version of the microphone, pronto....  Perhaps a remote capsule design with the microphone electronics in the xlr plug.  If you could fit all of the electrnoics in a right angle xlr plug, you would be a hero in my book....

the ca-14 omnis are as sweet as they come

sample

http://www.sendspace.com/file/uf93ln

mics ran healy, 5' in front of band

CA-14 omni > CA 9100 > h120 > soundforge 8 (boost volume) > flac level 8

[Church-Audio]

Now if you were to compair my new CA-14 mics they would blow the 943'S away again that is just my opinion.

If this is true, and I believe it is, you need to begin working on a full bodied 48v version of the microphone, pronto....  Perhaps a remote capsule design with the microphone electronics in the xlr plug.  If you could fit all of the electrnoics in a right angle xlr plug, you would be a hero in my book....

the ca-14 omnis are as sweet as they come

sample

http://www.sendspace.com/file/uf93ln

mics ran healy, 5' in front of band

CA-14 omni > CA 9100 > h120 > soundforge 8 (boost volume) > flac level 8

Thanks for taking the time to post this recording great job.

Chris

[heyitsmejess]

danke!  and thank you for making/loaning them!

[Ziggz]

File 1 are the 943's and File 2 the CA-11's.  That's my guess.  I own the SP-CMC-8's, but my only experience with the CA-11's has been via listening to recordings by members here.

Seconded but for exactly the opposite reasons. (Own the CA-11 heard the 943's)

Dave.

File 1 is...... the CA-11's!

[DaveG73]

File 1 are the 943's and File 2 the CA-11's.  That's my guess.  I own the SP-CMC-8's, but my only experience with the CA-11's has been via listening to recordings by members here.

Seconded but for exactly the opposite reasons. (Own the CA-11 heard the 943's)

Dave.

File 1 is...... the CA-11's!

And now we both look stupid 

Thanks for the comparison.

Dave.

[Belexes]

I suck at these blind tests.  Both sound pretty damn good, it's just that the CA-11's cost a lot less.  I still see these mics as a lateral move between the two of them.  Anyone just starting up would be better off on the pocketbook with the Church Audio CA11's or 14's.

[Ziggz]

I love the CA mics. I picked up some CMC-8's to get hyper caps, but had some shopping points there so grabbed the omni + card caps discounted. For the price and quality the CA's can't be beat.

[carnagevisors]

      Well, i owned both mics. I love my AT943; some of my best recordings have been made with this set. I recently adquired a pair of CA-11 and i'm impressed with the result. I was looking for a good set of mics to record metal bands (especiallu death/black metal bands), from small clubes with few PA sound to medium/high clubes and venues with good/big PA amplified sound.
      I've done one recording with this set (CA-11) in a medium club and i'm quite impressed with the natural  sound and good definition of the recording.
      If you wanna hear a sample done some days ago with this set, click here , by the way, the band is call "Alfa Eridano", a good metal band from Veracruz, Mexico.
      Thank you Chris for this good product.
      M

[kbergend]

I have the 943s and the CA-11s, use both, love both, would give the 943s an edge due to slightly better presence (to my ears) and slightly smaller size, but you sure can't beat the value of the CA-11s or Church's personalized service.  The CA-11s also seem to cope with high SPLs with lower voltage requirements.

Here's a sample of the 943s with card caps.  This was recorded with a stock PMD-620 (mic in) @24/44.1 and dithered to 16 bits.

Eilen Jewell at Joe's Pub, NYC (15' from stage):  http://kbergend.tripod.com/ej2008-08-10t10.wav