pisces7378
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I went to a music store this afternoon looking for a good solution for recording an acoustic guitar for my rock/indi/altern/whatever songs. I have had my eye on a matched set of Rode NT5's for around $370 (NT5's are $299 in the US but remember I am in Germany, where things are normally more expensive than the US). Now as I was talking to the guy there he didn't have any Rode NT5s in stock so I was just looking around and my eye was caught by the AKG C 451B. It had a higher price tag of $399. (Now the AKG C541B costs $450 in the US... international prices are fucking odd... NT5's cost $70 more in Germany, where as an AKG C541B costs $50 less in Germany... go figure???)
Anyway, well the guy at the store is a really nice guy. I have known him for a long time from coming in and out of the store for 3 years. He told me that he himself, for personal use, bought 2 AKG C 451B's when they first came out but now he wants to sell them and get a real STEREO MATCHED pair from AKG. He said that AKG did not offer "stereo Matched" pairs when they fuirst came out. So he said that he would sell me one of his AKG C 451B mics for $300. That is a $150 discount from the US price and he still has the receipt showing that the mic is only 6 months old.
Now the only reason I wanted the Stereo pair from Rode is basically because it seems like two mics would be better than one for recording acoustic guitar. But this guy tried to explain to me how much nicer 1 of the AKG C 451B is than the matched pair Rode NT5s.
I would have to agree with him in the thought that I would rather have one truely sweet professional mic than two not so sparkling mics.
So basically the question is as follows:
Would you pay $300 for a used AKG C 451B or would you pay $370 for the matched pair from Rode?
(also... could someone please tell me how dramtically different it is to have a "factory matched stereo pair" and to just simply buy two of the same microphones? In the case I wanted to get a second AKG C 451B later on down the road.)
Anyway, well the guy at the store is a really nice guy. I have known him for a long time from coming in and out of the store for 3 years. He told me that he himself, for personal use, bought 2 AKG C 451B's when they first came out but now he wants to sell them and get a real STEREO MATCHED pair from AKG. He said that AKG did not offer "stereo Matched" pairs when they fuirst came out. So he said that he would sell me one of his AKG C 451B mics for $300. That is a $150 discount from the US price and he still has the receipt showing that the mic is only 6 months old.
Now the only reason I wanted the Stereo pair from Rode is basically because it seems like two mics would be better than one for recording acoustic guitar. But this guy tried to explain to me how much nicer 1 of the AKG C 451B is than the matched pair Rode NT5s.
I would have to agree with him in the thought that I would rather have one truely sweet professional mic than two not so sparkling mics.
So basically the question is as follows:
Would you pay $300 for a used AKG C 451B or would you pay $370 for the matched pair from Rode?
(also... could someone please tell me how dramtically different it is to have a "factory matched stereo pair" and to just simply buy two of the same microphones? In the case I wanted to get a second AKG C 451B later on down the road.)