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Gear / Technical Help => Microphones & Setup => Topic started by: jnorman34 on April 14, 2009, 08:11:18 PM
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hoy all - what is the consensus these days on the best affordable SDCs? lots of choices around, and hard to choose. i do studio work, and am looking to pick up some extra spot mics for acoustic instruments. looking for smooth, unhyped (little or no high end lift) response. switchable caps is a plus, but not a deal killer. the busman mics look nice, but a little more than i want to spend right now. seems the best inexpensive sdc's i have owned in the past were a pair of akg c391s, but i dont ever seem to see those up for sale much any more.
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The M-Audio Pulsars II are getting some raves, lately. Of course, this always happens with new, inexpensive microphones. The Studio Projects C-4's and Church Audio CA-11's (I have not heard enough CA-14 recordings, yet) are the best bang for the buck. There are a pair of AT 4041's (fixed cardioid) in the YS now. If I was looking to buy a pair of good (cheap) cardioid condensers, I'd definitely consider buying them.
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hola - i wound up picking up a pair of akg c391b's for $249. i forgot how good these mics are - what the hell are they doing selling for that kind of price?? they are very smooth with a nice big open sound, no high end hype - v nice.
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u got them on ebay the other night didnt you?
i was watching them for over a day. then in the middle of the night somehow he adds a buy it now for 250, and by the time i checked within hours, it was sold
great deal!
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tee hee...
yeah, i contacted the seller and told him i would buy them right now if he would do a buyitnow thing, and he did, so i grabbed them. they are already here, and very clean looking for $249. i have had several sets of C391s over the years, and they are good solid mics, plus very flexible with all the caps and active cables, etc available. this time, i plan to play around with getting some fig8 caps, and do some MS and blumlein.