Topic: DPA Clones - check it out...

[illconditioned]

..da look perty...

Yep ask your self one question.. If they have been in business for 10 years why dont they have a distributor in the US or Canada? makes me think they tried and failed to find one a I know for a fact that approached a few of my friends in the business to distribute them and when samples were sent they were all severely lacking in quality.

I think the prices are too high as well.  The metal (Ni) diaphragm capsules range from $200-600.  Compare to Japanese capsules (ACO-PACIFIC) at $600 or DPA for $1000 or more.  Their other capsules are polymer, something like $50-100 (not sure whether gold or other coating).  I may ask for a sample pair of the polymer ones, though.  You never know, but at $100 each, it might be a viable option for binaural/htrf recording.  I'm always looking for better capsules.  Right now I'm using the Countryman B3 at approx $150 (pigtail) or $200 (XLR).

  Richard

[spyder9]

Those shotguns look tasty.  I wonder if I can get them for $100.00/pair.   

[setboy]

Those shotguns look tasty.  I wonder if I can get them for $100.00/pair.   

Still missing the AKGs?

[Chuck]

..da look perty...

Yep ask your self one question.. If they have been in business for 10 years why dont they have a distributor in the US or Canada? makes me think they tried and failed to find one a I know for a fact that approached a few of my friends in the business to distribute them and when samples were sent they were all severely lacking in quality.

I think the prices are too high as well.  The metal (Ni) diaphragm capsules range from $200-600.  Compare to Japanese capsules (ACO-PACIFIC) at $600 or DPA for $1000 or more.  Their other capsules are polymer, something like $50-100 (not sure whether gold or other coating).  I may ask for a sample pair of the polymer ones, though.  You never know, but at $100 each, it might be a viable option for binaural/htrf recording.  I'm always looking for better capsules.  Right now I'm using the Countryman B3 at approx $150 (pigtail) or $200 (XLR).

  Richard

If you get some capsules, let us know how they sound.

[Church-Audio]

They just sent me a price list for these mics and they are sending me a sample n241 mic that I will compair to my Nist calibrated measurement mic and we will see what we see.

[Chuck]

Cool, Chris. Let us know what you find out.

[Church-Audio]

Cool, Chris. Let us know what you find out.

I just got an email they said it would be sent to me after AES in Germany apparently they are going to be there.

Chris

[audBall]

Bump...


Copy or not, I wouldn't mind giving these guys a run.  A lot of interesting stuff (audio-wise) has been coming out of China in the last 5 years or so.  Their website appears to have improved.  The specs look alright for their compact cardioid and omni.  3-pin XLR / P48, although it doesn't look like it detaches from the capsule itself. 

http://www.mic-w.com/html/products-cn255.htm
http://www.mic-w.com/html/products-cn201.htm

You can't look at these with DPA glasses on.   

[acidjack]

They just sent me a price list for these mics and they are sending me a sample n241 mic that I will compair to my Nist calibrated measurement mic and we will see what we see.

Am I missing something, or is a pair of those "N" series compact cards about the same price as a used set of the real DPA 402x?  At those prices they'd better be darn close to the DPA originals they're copying, considering you could have new AKGs or Neumanns for the same or less.

[Chuck]

Where did you see prices?

[audBall]

Where did you see prices?

The pricelist a few posts up ^^^ attached to Church's post.  They now have a US distributor who I emailed about the compact microphone prices, which do not seem to be on the list.

[stevetoney]

..da look perty...

... and when samples were sent they were all severely lacking in quality.

There's probably just too much lead, or at least in that paint job.

[NOLAfishwater]

anybody ever try these out?

[jbell]

They look nice, but for the price I'm not sure I'd want to be the guinea pig!!

anybody ever try these out?

[George]

Chris mentioned above that he was expecting a pair...I wonder if he ever got them and tested them out.