Topic: SE Electronics microphones

[jibooer]

Any opinions, or users of these lines of mics?

[muj]

the titan is supposed to be the bomb

[jibooer]

OK, no takers - well if anyone has heard of the SE-SE1a, please let me know...it is supposed to be on the same lines as the SP-C4's - a good quality entry-level mic...

thanks in advance
mark

[mdarnton]

OK, I'll bite, but with very little data. After reading as many reviews as possible, I bought them based on one review (there's not much around, as you know) linked from the SE site that was about an orchestral taping session--which is the type of music I'm interested in recording--in which they apparently did well enough.

I doubt they're parallel to C4s--they cost a bit more, and only have one cap, not a choice of two, so either the C4 is a much better deal, or a lesser microphone.

The reason I've kept my mouth shut is that I don't really know what I'm talking about, having nothing to compare them with. They're better than what else I have, but that's to be expected, since that's an MXL990, various sets of tiny-cap electrets, and a Behringer ECM8000. I can't compare them with anything good. So far I'm happy, except for the high-end response bump, which I could live without.

Sorry--that's all I've got.

[rowjimmy]

OK, I'll bite, but with very little data.

+t for something being better than nothing...

[jibooer]

thanks for yer thoughts

[noahbickart]

While I too have not heard the microphones, it is clear that they are another in a whole slew of designs based around chinese capsules which are modelled on the classic german capsules.

Sometimes you get lucky with these mics. Folks on this board have had lots of good things to say about Studio Projects, and ADK for example.

However, in this buisness you tend to get what you pay for. If there is any way you can save up for some AKG 39x, 48x, Neumann 18x, MG300's, MBHO's etc. I think your ears will thank you.

Unamplified classical recordings are actually more demanding on microphones than the loud PA systems most folks around here use super fancy gear to tape...

-Noah

[Roving Sign]

Bump - looking at some SE3s - any users out there...

[Jamos]

Limited experience here as well, but I have used a sE2a to mic a guitar cab before...

I thought it sounded pretty transparent, and was very "clean".  It didn't color the sound hardly at all, which was what we were going for. This was using the hypercard capsule. 

In regards to comparing it to a SP C4, I would definitely say the sE mic sounded much nicer overall.  Some of the recording I've heard/made w/C4's sound a little distant and/or shrill (even when mic'ing instruments up close).

The sE seemed to have a good build quality, chinese or otherwise, and I'd feel good about using one again if nothing "nicer" were available.

my .02
 
/james

[headroom]

I modded the SE 3 with Rubycon electrolytic Z caps and some Polyprops Film for the Capsule. The mic is much quieter, its Sound fast and very detailed.
I made a Scott Dorsey micamp for it, but more noise than the original. Transient`s are faster but not more bass than with the transformer.

I also modded the Octavas 012 with Rubycon (to dark original) ist better now, still shy in the highs. Less noise the the SE3`s. SE3 has mor high freq energy above 14 Khz but less Bass then the Octavas 012. I would like to take off the grills from the Octavas they so stuffed with mesh. Any Ideas how to?

headroom switzerland

[goodcooker]

before I bought a pair of Studio Projects C4s I was looking at these mics ...I spoke to a dealer in Massachusetts (Sonic maybe?)about the sE1a and his words were "You would have to be deaf to not hear how much better these sound than the c4s" He of course was trying to make a sale and offered to send me a loaner pair for a week to try...I went with the SPs for the interchangable caps and the omnis get a lot of use as room mics and overheads...

Their high end large diaphram tube mics get great reviews.............

[Javier Cinakowski]

I have been reading a bunch about SE Electronics  .  Check out their pictures of the measurement chamber on their website.  They seem to be a notch above the other "Chinese" companies.  I own a pair of the Karma K10's and was blown away at how good they sound for the price.  Those Avantone mics sound real interesting too.  I would love to see a shootout between these mics:

Avantone
Karma K10
SE Electronics
SP C4's

[rdflash]

I have been reading a bunch about SE Electronics  .  Check out their pictures of the measurement chamber on their website.  They seem to be a notch above the other "Chinese" companies.  I own a pair of the Karma K10's and was blown away at how good they sound for the price.  Those Avantone mics sound real interesting too.  I would love to see a shootout between these mics:

Avantone
Karma K10
SE Electronics
SP C4's

you have enuff ua-5's, whats stopping ya murph