Members average number of mics and a list...

How many mics do you own?

  • 1

    Votes: 127 7.8%

  • 2

    Votes: 155 9.5%

  • 3-5

    Votes: 408 24.9%

  • 6-7

    Votes: 221 13.5%

  • 8-12

    Votes: 326 19.9%

  • 13 or over

    Votes: 399 24.4%
  • Total voters
    1,636
Mine is due to grow before and at Christmas, as I already know my wife has gotten me at least 2 SM57 Mics, plus I ordered a new Marshall Mic from Musiciansfriend.com, the MXL 990 Large Diaphram with shockmount and Pop screen.. Marshall support tells me that it's basically MXL 603s electronics in a larger body and larger diaphram. Should be interesting...

Currently:
3- CAD10 Dynamic Mics
1- Marshall MXL 603s
1- Behringer ECM8000
2- Oktava MK-012 (same as the MC-012 with 1 capsule and -10db
attenuator)

Hmm...I didn't count my antique 1/4" plug Radio Shack Mic.... :rolleyes:

I do use a few of our singer's and our guitarist's mics. They are all Dynamics. One is a Sennheiser..sumpin', and the others, I'm not sure...
 
Any of you with the whole slew of cheap LD mics ever thought of selling two of them and digging into ebay for a used Sennheiser 441? Not the 421, the 441. Much nicer mic. They are going regularly for $250 now. Check into a Beyer M88 too. I have about 20 items I am constantly watching on my ebay watch-list. If something gets out of my range, I delete it. I wait until about the last 3 hours to bid ususally. Ususally someone outbids me. Occasionally, I win an excellent deal. Its that occasion that makes it all worth it.
My Sennheiser md-504's all came with clips except one, and I paid $60 for two of them, $54.50 for one, and like $50 for the other. New they were $300 for a 3 pack. I got 4 for around $224. Not bad really. I am thinking about getting 2 more, since I would rather use these in place of an sm57 in most cases, and get them cheaper and they sound a little better to me. The $60 one and the $54 one were both brand new in the box.
I'm babbling... later....
 
4- Ecm8000
4- Sennheiser 421
4- SM57
1- SM58
2- SM91
2- MXL603
1- MXL2001
1- MXLV67B
1- Neumann TLM103
2- 4033
2- C3000B
2- Beta 52
1- D112
1- BG4.0

I think there's a couple more but I can't remember them now. I don't remember what I paid for all of them but I do remember eating a lot of Top Ramen in the past!:D

RF
 
Prices to the best of my knowledge....

Current mics (new and used):
(7) SM57 - $580
(3) AT4033 - $750
(2) V63 - $130
(1) MD421 - $300
(1) AT PRO 25 - $130
(1) C418 - $220
(1) CAD E100 - $140
(1) SM58 - $95
(1) SM81 - $330
(1) Nady something or other I got from a friend - Free!

19 mics TOTAL - $2675

Mic addiction shopping list:
Pair 603s
Pair MC012s
Pair C414s
Another SM81
Rode Classic II
More MD421s
RE20/27s
D112s
M88
 
· AUDIX D2 = 4
· SHURE SM 58 = 1
· MARSHALL MXL 2001 = 2
· V TECH DYNAMIC = 1
· EV PL80 = 3
· AKG 451 EB = 2
· EV 1776A = 3
· SENNHEISER 602 = 1
· EV DS35 = 1
· EV PL95A = 1
· MARSHALL 603S = 1
· SHURE SM57 = 3
· PEAVY DYNAMIC = 1
· AUDIO TECHNICA ATM55 TELEMIKE = 1
· NEUMANN KM 84 = 1
· SENNHEISER 441= 1
· EV PL20= 1
· BEHRINGER ECM8000= 2
· SENNHEISER 504 (CHRIS)= 4
· CAD EQUITECH (CHRIS)= 1

The mics with the name Chris beside them are my roomates, but I could still use them if I want.
 
Nope :D

for my little studio...I don't get much writing done these days...I figure that as long as I have a couple of SM57's added to my setup, the MC-012's I have a great...The MXL 603s works great as an overhead, a vocal mic or an acoustic guitar mic....I'm good to go. the only 'cheap' sounding mics I have that I could actually do without are the CAD10's. Even the ECM8000 can be nice for an ambient mic.... I don't feel the need for anything nicer...these should be able to produce decent sounds, as long as I and my fellow musician friends can!
 
1 AT 4033
2 Marshall 603
2 ECM 8000
3 SM57
1 Beta52
1 Samson Q2
1 Audix UD300
3 Funky 'lo-fi' mics
And the ones that are broken waiting for me to break out the soldering iron....
1 Beta58
1 Telex ELE65 (this is/was a cool mic - handheld condenser)
1 Samson Q3 (heading for the garbage can)

The Beta52 and Samson Q2 are for sale!!!!!
 
OK here's my list. Bear in mind it took me almost 20 years to accumulate them:

EV N/DYM series: 257,357,(2)408,(2)457
EV PL20
Audix OM3xb
AKG C414B/ULS
AKG C414TLII (2)
AKG C4000B
AKG C410
AT 4050 (2)
AT 822
AT 825
Fostex M11RP (ribbon)
Fostex M88RP (ribbon)
DPA 4060
Royer SF-12 (ribbon, stereo)
Brauner VM-1 KHE
Beyerdynamic M130 (ribbon)
Beyerdynamic M260 (ribbon)
Neumann TLM103
Neumann M149 (2)
Earthworks QTC1 (2)
Earthworks SR77 (2)
SP C-3
SP T-3
ADK A51TC (2)
ADK A51TL (2)
Peavey ERC12 (2)
Peavey PVM T9000
Radio Shack PZM (3 - heavily modified)
 
Hey, DigitMus! Don't you know that having either a Brauner VM1 (regardless of edition) or any DPA mike at all, immediately disqualifies you from hanging out at HR? And you have both! :D
(Perhaps they sort of neutralize each other, so you can still hang around. Mm, I need to think about this...)
 
2 x RE50
1 x AT-815a
9 x SM58
2 x SM57
1 x Beta52

2 x SM81
3 x Crown PZM-30D
2 x Rode NT1
2 x Studio Projects C1
2 x ECM8000
2 x C87-MkII
4 x C1000S
2 x C3000
2 x C3000B
1 x GT MD 5 SC
2 x GT MD 6 TM
2 x Earthworks TC30K (matched pair)

er, um - and a partridge in a pear tree...

- Wil
 
My budget mic locker

1- MXLV67b Gold
2- MXL603s
2- Behringer ECM8000
3- SM57
4- SM58
1- Peavey 520i (nice bass drum mic)
1- Sennhieser MD441U
2- RS 33-3032
3- ATPro25

Just got an Aardvark Q10...WOoHOo. Next mic purchase will either be a 2 C3's or 2 at4033's.

Beezoboy
 
I probably have about 50 mics, although I'm just guessing. A lot of the quantity is because I also do some live sound work, and I'm not going to bring most of my studio mics anyplace where they're gonna get beer thrown on them.

I'll be damned, though, if I'm gonna try and list them all. The general flavor of my collection is pretty similar to Digitmus, but I don't have any Brauners or M149's.
 
I must say I have Mic envy!!! I'm a performing drummer - so I'm heavy on the "workhorse stage mics".

1 x KSM32
1 x AT4047
1 x AKG3000
2 x MLX67B
8 x SM58
8 x SM57
1 x UnidyneIII
1 x AKG 320
3 x AKG 310
2 x CAD NDM10
1 x CAD NDM11
3 x Radio Shack 33-3032
 
Going through my dynamic microphone stage I guess (all vocal mikes);

Shure SM57
Beyer M88TG
Beyer Soundstar MKII
Beyer Soundstar X1 (Sennheiser 421 lookalike/soundalike)
Peavey 520i (on the way from e-bay)
EV C09

Condensers;
Audio-Technica 3527 omni
Oktava MC012-01 (same as MC012, good sounding, considering selling it)

Have a Sennheiser 421 MKII currently for sale on e-bay.

I like to "rotate" microphones occasionally to learn how different ones
sound, and tend to keep the less easily available ones, like the Soundstars.
My favorites of the current line-up is the M88TG (uptempo material),
and the Soundstar MKII (ballads). Waiting for a cable with a "tuchel"
(European) microphone connector to be able to use the X1 .
Beyer is an underated make in home recording circles IMHO.

Chris
 
chessparov said:
Beyer is an underated make in home recording circles IMHO.
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Yeah, don't hurt me but I was into live sound once, and we used A LOT of Beyers. I really grew to like them.
 
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