Topic: josephson c42 ?

[Nick's Picks]

so...who runs em?
what do you think ?

I have a pair being offered to me in trade (w/cash) for my jwm460s.
i'd been curious about them in the past.

warm km84i sounding ?

[mblindsey]

I get my matched pair tomorrow.  I did some searches here, some over at gearslutz, and listened to some recordings on archive.org.  They seemed to be a good bargain to me...especially since they get pretty good reviews for taping and as drum overheads (I'll use 'em for both)...

--Michael

[grider]

svenkid used to own them and made some very good recordings with them, he may be able to enlighten you, I think kgreener owned them too at one point

[barrettphisher]

rdfager on the colorado crew runs these mics.  Drop him a PM I'm sure he will give a great review of these mics. 
Barrett

[jeromejello]

i have been thinking about them...

i would rather run them then the 184s, but i would rather run 140s (so i can switch out caps and run actives) instead of the j42s

for the price (half of the skm 184) i think i prefer them from what i have heard.

[PH]

warm km84 sounding is NOT what I use to describe them. They do share some characteristics of the 84's, but more closely resembling the 184's to my ears.
They are VERY bright. Too bright for my tastes, but they do work really well on mandolins and drums. For live taping, they do the job for a good price, but you would need to get pretty close with them to sound good as they have a very open pattern and would essentially be considered a sub-card.

For the price of a used pair, they would be hard to beat in specific circumstances, however, I personally would not consider them a good all-around type of mic for every occasion. Only Schoeps can claim that~!, kidding.

[Teen Wolf Blitzer]

 

[Nick's Picks]

for the price...($700 used matched pair)...
I think i'd rather give the Beyer's a try.  but I need to unload my AKGs first I guess.

[kgreener]

they do lean to the bright side but as nashphil said, in the right place with the right pre they really shine.

here are a few recordings i made with them:

http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=josephson%20greener

edit:  this SCI show I was anything but close to the stage.  this was recorded behind the sbd so i'm not really sure distance has a lot to do with it and i wouldn't necessarily think of them as a sub-card.

i really liked them for the time i had them and would highly recommend them to anyone.

[OOK]

they do lean to the bright side but as nashphil said, in the right place with the right pre they really shine.

here are a few recordings i made with them:

http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=josephson%20greener

edit:  this SCI show I was anything but close to the stage.  this was recorded behind the sbd so i'm not really sure distance has a lot to do with it and i wouldn't necessarily think of them as a sub-card.

i really liked them for the time i had them and would highly recommend them to anyone.

Both recordings sound good to me....If I had the money and a used pair came up, I would consider them...

[Brian]

They are VERY bright. Too bright for my tastes, but they do work really well on mandolins and drums.

i'm in on this very late, but i absolutely agree with this statement based upon my experience.  very harsh in the high mids for live taping.  great on dark and warm acoustic instruments

[mblindsey]

I've had a chance to tape a little with mine...some examples:

http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=mblindsey

--Michael



EDIT:  Same venue as some of the above with KM 184's + SBD.  Not exactly a true comp, but much better than my stuff:

http://www.archive.org/details/bobwalkenhorst2007-09-26.shnf

...and, my inspiration to move to 4 channel recordings..