« Reply #12 on: May 11, 2006, 06:42:47 PM »
i don't see this as that big of a surprise. while AKG makes and has made some very high end mics it seems that a large bit of their products have no need to be hand made or need to be subject to those type of QC standards. i hope this isn't a sign of things to come for all their products, but from a business standpoint something like this was likely inevitable, particularly for consumer grade products.
furthermore i don't think that a product being manufactured in china is necessarily a terrible thing or a sure sign of poor quality. All of the Studio Projects mics (as far as I know) are made in China and people here are very happy with them as a whole.
I would trust this mic *a lot* more than MXL, etc. The reason is AKG (and other major manufacturers, like Audio Technica, etc), have large volumes, and a reputation. So you expect that they will demand quality in manufacture, and they will verify the stuff before they sell it. Of course, find out what quality level it is, but as far as consistency goes, I would trust it.
Richard
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Mics: Sennheiser MKE2002 (dummy head), Studio Projects C4, AT825 (unmodded), AT822 franken mic (x2), AT853(hc,c,sc,o), Senn. MKE2, Senn MKE40, Shure MX183/5, CA Cards, homebrew Panasonic and Transsound capsules.
Pre/ADC: Presonus Firepod & Firebox, DMIC20(x2), UA5(poorly-modded, AD8620+AD8512opamps), VX440
Recorders: Edirol R4, R09, IBM X24 laptop, NJB3(x2), HiMD(x2), MD(1).
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