Topic: Suggestions Please: Ready to upgrade to new mics

[setboy]

Im about to pull the trigger on this....

http://www.musiciansbuy.com/audix_m1290_micro_with_free_m1290kit.html

look in the yard sale 2 sets are for sale

and for the power supply...

I need something like this with a mini-plug output that will fit into my i river

http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/category.cgi?item=DEN-PS2-MINI&type=store&template=specifications

but 250 is waaay too much for something like that... does anyone know where i can find one for cheaper with a mini plug output to work with my set up?  or even better.. is there a converter i can use?

I appreciate all the help.

i would not buy that. just have some one (or do it your self) make a adapter for it 

you could try and find a ua-5 on ebay for cheap. you would have one hell of a good rig

and fyi the audix m1290 will kill your batterys really fast, so if you go with the ps2 you are going to want to make a battery pack for the ps2

Raphael

[HighVoltage]

hmm, so my budget wasn't as big as I originally thought it was.... ended up settling on a pair of AKG c1000s.

 I want to know what else I should get with these for the best performance.... are they worth getting phantom powered?

[setboy]

hmm, so my budget wasn't as big as I originally thought it was.... ended up settling on a pair of AKG c1000s.

 I want to know what else I should get with these for the best performance.... are they worth getting phantom powered?

i dont know much about these mics but just about all mics sound better with phantom power


Raphael

[Sanjay]

honestly when I ran these I could not tell the difference.  However I think if you get a UA-5 the sound will improve with the A/d and preamp and you'll save money in 9v batteries.

[HighVoltage]

honestly when I ran these I could not tell the difference.  However I think if you get a UA-5 the sound will improve with the A/d and preamp and you'll save money in 9v batteries.

I've been looking at the AD-20... which one is the better route to take?

Note that it will be feeding into an iRiver ihp-140

[Sanjay]

honestly when I ran these I could not tell the difference.  However I think if you get a UA-5 the sound will improve with the A/d and preamp and you'll save money in 9v batteries.

I've been looking at the AD-20... which one is the better route to take?

Note that it will be feeding into an iRiver ihp-140

I would say UA-5

Reasons: Has both Phantom Power, A/D Converter, Preamp, and 4 inputs for a matrix.  And can be cheaper than a ua-5.

The AD-20 has only a preamp and an a/d and you cannot do a matrix with.

When you are ready to upgrade past the c1000's you'll be happy to ahve a ua-5 with the phantom power there.

[setboy]

if you got the $$$ go for the ua-5


Raphael

[HighVoltage]

if you got the $$$ go for the ua-5


Raphael

I thought the AD-20 was more expensive?

[Ray76]

if you got the $$$ go for the ua-5


Raphael

I thought the AD-20 was more expensive?

well, the modded ua5s are more expensive. the ad20s are more expensive than the STOCK ua5.

[setboy]

if you got stock a ua-5 on ebay and did the digimod your self it would be cheaper. if you got one from some one here who had a it moded(t or p or whatever the others are) it would be much more

if you did get one off ebay and want to upgrade it, some one on here is now doing mods (forgot hes name)


Raphael


Edit: to make some things more clear

[Sanjay]

if you got stock ua-5 on ebay and did the mod your self it would be cheaper. if you got one from some one here who had a it moded it would be much more

if you did get one off ebay and want to upgrade it, some one on here is now doing mods (forgot hes name)


Raphael

busman2

however anyone can help you with the standard digimod

busman2 does op-amp upgrades to make them sound tastier

[grider]

used AKG391's into mmmatt's Sound Devices USB preamp now for sale for a couple of bucks in the Yard Sale here into your lappy; you would make crispy recordings trust me (the AKG 393's would more accurately provide the sound you want but they never are for sale used, but you can buy the 93 caps separately and later), and you could get all this for probably 600 or 700 total