Topic: Elation Microphones

[OOK]

Does anyone know of a source for Elation microphones in the USA?  The Soundroom used to carry them but it doesn't look like they do anymore.  I have done a search but get the russian site which doesn't seem all that active.

OOK

[greenone]

There's no US distributor anymore. I actually got mine directly from that web site. The site hasn't been updated in a while but when I wrote to them last year they responded within a couple of days. sales@elationmiclab.com should put you in touch with Michael Stepanov.

[OOK]

There's no US distributor anymore. I actually got mine directly from that web site. The site hasn't been updated in a while but when I wrote to them last year they responded within a couple of days. sales@elationmiclab.com should put you in touch with Michael Stepanov.

Thanks man....How do you like yours...I hear they are excellent mics.....dare I say an upscale oktava....

[greenone]

I like them though I rarely tape alongside other folks so it's tough to compare. I did get the change to do two two-night stands this fall at Guster shows, one night of each show was with the KM201's and the other was with a set of Neumann KM150's. I definitely don't hear $2500 worth of difference, even when factoring in hypers vs. cards, but my ears and playback equipment aren't all that trustworthy. Those comps are here:

http://www.archive.org/details/guster2009-11-28.flac16
http://www.archive.org/details/guster2009-11-27.set1only.flac16

and here:

http://www.archive.org/details/guster2009-10-30.km150.flac24
http://www.archive.org/details/guster2009-10-29.km201.flac24

There's also four sources of Blues Traveler 11-05-07, all run from the front pole at the Paradise in Boston but the rigs are so diverse that it's hard to attribute any differences to mics vs. pres:

http://www.archive.org/details/bt2007-11-05.paradise.ats.flac16
http://www.archive.org/details/bt2007-11-05.km201.flac16
http://www.archive.org/details/bt2007-11-05.d8.flac16
http://www.archive.org/details/bt2007-11-05.akg481.722.16bit

I've been running them since '03; the original attraction to them was an old article in Electronic Musician where the KM201's were put up against a bunch of other SDC's...I only know of one other guy (Ed Guidry) who runs them for live taping so I basically bought them sound unheard.

Article is here if you want to read it: http://emusician.com/mics/emusic_tell_truth/

[airbladder]

FWIW I, Ed Guidry, have never had these mics.  I patched out of a pair at Berkfest about 10 years ago. 

[greenone]

Hey Ed...oops, my bad. Thought they were in your toolkit but deprecated in favor of those U89's. That's right in the timeline when they came on my radar so that must have been why your name stuck with me.