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Title: Mic Upgrade...need help
Post by: super-phat-al on March 14, 2004, 12:11:42 PM
I would love to get some 480s.  My rig would then be 480s>DMIC-20>d8.  Bean's rig.

However i was thinking about trying the oktavas with the hyper caps.  In order to get the 480s i would need to sell my C1000s and oktavas and throw down some more dough.

So my question is try the hypers? or start saving for the 480s?
Title: Re:Mic Upgrade...need help
Post by: goose on March 14, 2004, 12:55:37 PM
Night and day - save for the 480s  (IMO)
Title: Re:Mic Upgrade...need help
Post by: AttorneyatLaw on March 14, 2004, 12:58:04 PM
Start saving!!!!!
Title: Re:Mic Upgrade...need help
Post by: Billy Mumphrey on March 14, 2004, 01:42:59 PM
you could sell the hypers to me   :)
Title: Re:Mic Upgrade...need help
Post by: jpschust on March 14, 2004, 02:12:00 PM
ok before you go about selling or buying, think about the types of venues you are in most of the time- are you taping phish from way far back, cause then you are gonna need the hypers.  are you closer?  you wont then.
Title: Re:Mic Upgrade...need help
Post by: plucks on March 14, 2004, 02:46:08 PM
keep in mind that your mics have the biggest impact on how your tapes come out....
Title: Re:Mic Upgrade...need help
Post by: caymanreview on March 14, 2004, 03:43:39 PM
start saving
Title: Re:Mic Upgrade...need help
Post by: C.Clark on March 14, 2004, 04:43:06 PM
save, get those 480's alex
Title: Re:Mic Upgrade...need help
Post by: Nick Culbreth on March 14, 2004, 05:13:01 PM
i've run oktavas and 480s and they're not even in the same league.  start saving for the 480s, you won't regret it.
Title: Re:Mic Upgrade...need help
Post by: John Kelly on March 14, 2004, 06:46:50 PM
Gotta go with everyone else.  But save for the 480s plus the ck63s (hypers).  :)
Title: Re:Mic Upgrade...need help
Post by: teajay on March 14, 2004, 06:47:48 PM
I'll throw one in for 480's, even though I don't own them. I just like the tapes I hear made with them :)
Title: Re:Mic Upgrade...need help
Post by: save on March 14, 2004, 08:28:27 PM
i'm with everybody else, start saving!  the diff in these two mics are huge and you'll be glad you made the switch!
Title: Re:Mic Upgrade...need help
Post by: nickgregory on March 14, 2004, 08:31:08 PM
save up....I thought for a while about upgrading to a mid mic from the 391s I used to run, but I am definitely glad I saved and just ended up getting the Gefells, which are the mics I will be running from here on out....
Title: Re:Mic Upgrade...need help
Post by: super-phat-al on March 14, 2004, 10:03:41 PM
i think its time for the 480s.  Are the 480 bodies and card caps gonna run about $800.  Also what if a great deal came along on some jim williams modded 460s?  I ran a patch with some 460s once.  Thought it was a nice tape.  

How would you compare the 480s to the 460s?