Milab DC-196

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must.... resist...... the.. sexiness......

[stirinthesauce]

must.... resist...... the.. sexiness......

even sexier up close and in your hands.  I had extreme gear lust when I held these.

[ArchivalAudio]

OK, here you go.

mmmmmm
nice pics
wow, they are compact!
very cool
-- Ian

[F.O.Bean]

AMAZING LOOKING MICS!!!! I bet they sound even SWEETER

If they only had a frickin hypercard setting

[ArchivalAudio]

I was looking at the Milab site
and they have this to say abou thte rectangular caps

The Milab 2700 full condenser capsule, uses two halves which are mounted into one piece to a "Rectangular large dual membrane capsule". The principle of such a dual, back to back, membrane condenser was first described in 1935 by Braunmuhl and Weber (article in Hochfrequenztechnik und Elektroakustik). Each side of the capsule has a cardioid pattern. By adding or subtracting the two signals all patterns from omni to figure eight are obtainable.

Typical 1 inch circular capsule next to the Milab 2700Almost all manufactured microphone capsules in the world are circular. Milab Microphones has always aimed to make small microphones with a big sound. The smaller microphone was possible to attain with the unique rectangular capsule. It is more than 1 inch in the length/high direction, but it is much smaller in the width direction. With these mechanical specifications, the microphone body gets an overall smaller size.

and more too...
here
http://www.milabmic.com/content.asp?page=capsule

you can read much more there
they sound awesome!

[boojum]

The DC196 mics sound very nice recording live shows.  I've only had a chance to try cardioid but the results were quite good.

Highly recommended mics.  The pair I have is for sale, if you're interested.

Why are you selling them??

[TNJazz]

The DC196 mics sound very nice recording live shows.  I've only had a chance to try cardioid but the results were quite good.

Highly recommended mics.  The pair I have is for sale, if you're interested.

Why are you selling them??

They don't actually belong to me and I can't really afford to shell out the cash to buy them at the moment.  So unless things change in the next couple of weeks I'm trying to help the owner of the mics make a sale.  If things start looking up more I may just say what the hell and hold onto them for myself, but at this precise moment it's not an option unfortunately.

AMAZING LOOKING MICS!!!! I bet they sound even SWEETER

If they only had a frickin hypercard setting

If you NEED hypers, you're doing it wrong.   

[ArchivalAudio]

AMAZING LOOKING MICS!!!! I bet they sound even SWEETER

If they only had a frickin hypercard setting

If you NEED hypers, you're doing it wrong.   

I agree--
--- I personally don't dig what I perceive  is the hollow sound of hypers
- No offense bean
But I'd take Cards or even omnis any day over  the hyper recordings I have heard - but the fact you can run Blumlein with the figure 8's is even better!


peace out

grooovy baby
groovy

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AMAZING LOOKING MICS!!!! I bet they sound even SWEETER

If they only had a frickin hypercard setting

If you NEED hypers, you're doing it wrong.   

I agree--
--- I personally don't dig what I perceive  is the hollow sound of hypers
- No offense bean
But I'd take Cards or even omnis any day over  the hyper recordings I have heard - but the fact you can run Blumlein with the figure 8's is even better!

I'll trade a hypercardioid for a fig8 any day of the week. Even in less then desirable conditions, when running midside, I can get a hyper-style pattern out of a figure8 and cardioid.

I've got a fever, and the only prescription is more midside. 

What do a set of these run for? I've seen $2k for a set, anywhere cheaper (for future reference, I don't have that sort of scratch right now and won't for a while).

[muj]

BLUMLEIN!!!!!

[kbergend]

Here's a 24/48 sample of the DC-196s running mid-side at Grace Potter's NYC show at Webster Hall last night, for those who are interested.

http://kbergend.tripod.com/BigWhiteGate_milab.wav

This was recorded from the balcony rail (60' out, 20' up, 12' LoC) into an Oade R-44.  Decoded with VoxengoMSED with the mid gain at 0 and the side gain at +9dB, otherwise unedited.

Distant miking a bass-heavy show is not exactly what these things are made for, but this does show how naturally they capture female vocals (which I tape quite a lot of).  And it really is cool that they fit in a Pelican 1040!  Thanks to Dirk for brokering the sale.

http://kbergend.tripod.com/milabs01.jpg

http://kbergend.tripod.com/milabs03.jpg


I'll be recording some bluegrass next weekend, planning to try them out

BLUMLEIN!!!!!

[TNJazz]

Beautiful!

I like those shockmounts.

[kbergend]

Beautiful!

I like those shockmounts.

Yeah, I thought the donuts were a little too snug, and these Shure A55HMs fit them perfectly.  Mics snap right in and out, but they're still nice and secure.

[dactylus]

Beautiful!

I like those shockmounts.

Yeah, I thought the donuts were a little too snug, and these Shure A55HMs fit them perfectly.  Mics snap right in and out, but they're still nice and secure.

They are beautiful!!

[TNJazz]

Beautiful!

I like those shockmounts.

Yeah, I thought the donuts were a little too snug, and these Shure A55HMs fit them perfectly.  Mics snap right in and out, but they're still nice and secure.

I looked for something like those and I couldn't find anything readily available stateside, that's why I went for the standard A55 donuts.  Good to know for future reference, because I miss these mics and I'm going to have to pick up another pair for myself in a couple of months...