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Gear / Technical Help => Microphones & Setup => Topic started by: kirk97132 on September 23, 2010, 11:47:14 AM
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Curious as to anyone's experience's with this mic. did a search on the LMA and got a few hits. Bottom line is I am looking for a cheap set of SDC. along the lines of the CAD E70, ADK SC-t, or these Karma K-10's. Didn't really like the MXl 603's, unless they were being modded, And of the mic's I listed I had a set of ADK's and liked those. But the K 10 sounded pretty damn good on the DSO show I found. Crisp highs and full low end. Better detail than the E70's which seemed a little grainy on the top end. But that could be attributed to the venue sound also. So, I was wondering what y'all might have to say. I want to stay in the 150 price range. Maybe y'all have some suggestions. I owned a pair of NT-5 and did not like them, too brittle sounding on the top end to me. And of course if I spent more there would be more options. But that's not the route I'm taking. These are a secondary set of mics that need to have a decent sound yet can handle being used as drum overheeds too(read high spl). Thanks in advance, Kirk
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I just about pulled the trigger on a set of these off ebay (back before I snagged my e70's). If anyone has a set of these I would love to hear what you think of them or another pull... I was very interested in these as all audio samples I dig up sound great!
Neil
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I captured some nice shows w/ my SP C4's and plus ya get omni caps w/ the set ;)
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I bought several pair of K10's over the years. Every pair was different, they keep making changes. The new body style looks really nice and still only $150/pair.
Those k10 recordings on archive are mine. the 7/4 and 7/5 DSO shows are a good example of how the mics sound. I've used them for stage lip, OTS, FOB indoors and out. I honestly don't think there is a nicer pair of SDC at that price. I have owned many other SDC pairs including the NT5, NT6, Studio Pprojects C4 and pelusos. I like the K10 better than all of them. The only downside is they are fixed cardioid. If you need an omni or hyper the C4 or peluso is a better choice....
:)
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I compared the K-10 against Pelso's and Rode recordings all of DSO..trying to keep the source as close as possible and I have to say so far I dig 'em better than the Pelso's and the rode's. And after listening to the E70's and the SP C4's I still like them better. So I'm guessing I' most likely be grabbing a set. They just seem to have the sound I like with the solid low and good mid to hi range with a nice up front feel.
I agree that the SP's are decent sounding and mixed cap sets is cool but I think the Mid & hi's of the K-10 puts them a notch above for my particular tastes. Plus to me...and I'm old and deaf...they sound a little more transparent than the C4's.
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I agree they have great mids/highs (from the dso samples). let me know how you like them Kirk! I love trying out new mics! I may have to snag a pair and running them along-side the e70's doing a matrix of the two. I think they may compliment each other fairly well. e70's low end mixed with the clean mids/highs of the k10's could be interesting.. I have been thinking about trying the electrolytic cap mod on the e70s to tighten up the low end even more.
neil