Topic: Rode nt-5

[rowjimmy10]

Working on a budget here and was going to go with a set of akg c1000 but they only had one so the guy said he would drop the price of the Rode nt5 this is a  pair for 350.00 has any one heard these the gentlemen said the they sound better than the akg?

[newplanet7]

It depends on what you dig.
Check here Rode NT5 and download a track or two.
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=Rode%20NT5%20AND%20mediatype%3Aetree%20AND%20collection%3Aetree

Then go here and check out some c1000 tracks.
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=AKG%20c1000%20AND%20mediatype%3Aetree%20AND%20collection%3Aetree

Personally IMO this is the only case where a Rode would win out over an akg.
That's just from listening to a many shows.

[Brian Skalinder]

For a $300 budget, you might also consider Avantone CK-1s.  Possibly the best value (performance/price) microphone I've heard.

[ilduclo]

I think the microphone madness set's going for about that amount, too. HLSC-2's I think is the designation. They do pretty good. I heard only one recording with the Rode, it was from a show I recorded myself with Coresound omnis, the Coresounds sounded better, IMO, but I wouldn't reccomend them due to bad wiring....all just my opinion, YMMV....

edited to read less than that $230 US

http://www.microphones.com/microphonegroup.cfm?URLID=HLSC-2

[rowjimmytour]

For a $300 budget, you might also consider Avantone CK-1s.  Possibly the best value (performance/price) microphone I've heard.

SP C4's
Busman custom mics

[NOLAfishwater]

Go for some Busman's or C4's.

[newplanet7]

Go for some Busman's 

[John Willett]

For the price, I normally find that the Røde NT5 are about the best around.

I prefer something better, myself.  But the Røde NT5 are probably the best buy at the price.

[rastasean]

I certainly don't know anything but I would think the Busman's would be wise. $550, more than your budget but you get two mics, a case, and all the caps you'll ever need.

http://www.busmanaudio.com/

[digifish_music]

Just a short note - I have noticed that this forum (being mainly specialized in live concert recording) seems to favor an eclectic range of mics that I see/hear little about in other audio-production circles. The Rode NT5 and 55 are very popular for micing strings, choirs, bands as overheads or spaced pairs etc where I come from. I don't think they would let you down.

digifish.

[SmokinJoe]

Rode makes an NT-4 which are 2 NT-5 caps mounted in an XY config (I'm quite sure I read that somewhere).  My friend WheresJerry has an NT-4 and has done some nice pulls, so I think if you go for the NT-5's it's not a big mistake.  It's just not everyone's first choice.

[digifish_music]

Rode makes an NT-4 which are 2 NT-5 caps mounted in an XY config (I'm quite sure I read that somewhere).  My friend WheresJerry has an NT-4 and has done some nice pulls, so I think if you go for the NT-5's it's not a big mistake.  It's just not everyone's first choice.

...  and my point was that the choices around here are odd  ... not bad, just different to the rest of the audio community. When I first dropped in here it was like a different world...I was frequently seeing mics discussed that appear almost nowhere else. TTS is a very old community, long isolated from the rest of the community...accents are similar to mic preferences I suppose 

digifish

[wbrisette]

...  and my point was that the choices around here are odd  ... not bad, just different to the rest of the audio community.

If I remember correctly, you're in Australia, where Rode mics hail from. Kind of makes sense that you would see more Rode mics there. On this board, I see pretty much two camps. Those that spend lots of cash for mics and those that don't/can't. I think part of the reason mic choices here might be different is because of how mics are used. Only a few of us get to mic things close up in live performances, so buying mics designed for recording up close don't always work out so well. Also, there are now just a ton of both cheap (in both senses of the word) mics, as well as inexpensive mics from China that weren't around a few years ago. I suspect that has a lot to do with the state of things as well.

I own one Rode mic (the NTG-1), which I use in situations where I need a spare gun, or where I think something might happen to the mic and I don't want to put a Neumann or Sennheiser shotgun out there. The Rode is inexpensive and expendable, yet does a pretty damn good job and I don't hesitate recommending it to those starting out, or to those who need a spare mic. However, it's not an everyday go to mic for films/video simply because there are many other mics that simply out perform it in a lot of situations.

In general however, the Rode mics seem to be very well built and you do seem to get a great deal of bang for your money.

Wayne

[digifish_music]

...  and my point was that the choices around here are odd  ... not bad, just different to the rest of the audio community.

If I remember correctly, you're in Australia, where Rode mics hail from. Kind of makes sense that you would see more Rode mics there. ...However, it's not an everyday go to mic for films/video simply because there are many other mics that simply out perform it in a lot of situations.

In general however, the Rode mics seem to be very well built and you do seem to get a great deal of bang for your money.

Wayne

I didn't say what mics I thought were common elsewhere. I have worked in the USA, UK, Japan, France, Germany, Singapore and Australia of course (yes that is where I am). Film/TV mics are a whole different world compared to concert/audio-recording of performances in general, so I am not sure why you brought that up.

The only Rode mics I have seen in use by a film crew was in San Diego on a market research project I was working on. They had an NT4 on an interview and a couple of NT3s doing similar work. I had a rummage a rummage around in my pics and there was an NT4 on the stand there to the left of the camera at one point (trust me) and there's me in the bottom pic, in close proximity to an NT3...in the USA...and I didn't put it there




digifish.

[wbrisette]

I didn't say what mics I thought were common elsewhere. I have worked in the USA, UK, Japan, France, Germany, Singapore and Australia of course (yes that is where I am). Film/TV mics are a whole different world compared to concert/audio-recording of performances in general, so I am not sure why you brought that up.

Simply as a reference point since it's one Rode mic that I have experience with. But yes, I agree they are very different beasts entirely.

Wayne