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Thanks franksquid.

thanks! Trouble is though, that, acording to their websites, neither Sam Ash or Mannys sells Senneheiser MD441. Bhphotovideo do, but the 441´s are out of stock there... Of course I could shop around and see if I find something, but because of my limited time, it would be nice to know where to...

I´m about to go to New York, where I´ve never been before, and I´d like to check out a few music stores. Are there any you can recommend? The only ones I´ve found on the net, so far, are mannysmusic.com and bhphotovideo.com. I´m looking to buy an AKG C414-BLXII and a Senneheiser 441, so I´m not...

Thanks a lot Dan. That was very useful information indeed. Nice graph! Thanks again.

Ok. I´ll try that. Thanx.

I´d be very happy to hear from people who have worked with Neumann TLM-103 and AKG C414-TLII (or the XLS) what the differences are in sound. I´ve searched the forum and found lots of information on both, but never compared to eachother. This is gonna be for male vocals in heavely populated...

That is, of course, true.

All that makes sense. So, the follow-up question is then; If a manufacturer of microphones have expensive and less expensive models in their line, are the expensive ones more expensive to make? Take for example Neumann (it can be any brand), does a U87 (2500 bucks) cost 1500 bucks more to...

This might be a stupid question, but are an expensive microphone expensive to manufacture, and a cheap microphone cheap to manufacture? Or, is it that when a manufacturer comes up with a new microphone that sound great, they put a "great" pricetag on it? I dont know, I´m just curious.

Oh, by the way. The US dollar is quite low to the swedish currency right now which makes it cheap for swedes to shop in the US. I´m thinking of ordering a few things and increase your export index :) . Is there any reliable, cheap, on-line stores that someone can recommend?

ok, c9-2001, i´ll take it as the mic was defect! So what preamp do u reckon works well with a U87ai? How much do u have to spend to get something that does the mic justice?

ok. Thanks for info. This doesn´t really concern me, but IF you were to record a very loud singer, and put him a quite a bit away from the mic, what pattern would you use then? Kidney?

The guy stood about 25-30 cm:s from the mic, what is that in inches now... say 10-12 inches? Too close for a powerfull singer?

Thanks for helping me out guys. 1) Well, regarding the pad; I was so surprised because it really was a huge difference in the sound. As I said, with the pad turned on, the mic lost all brilliance. I tried different settings on the preamp but the difference remained. As mshilarious said, you...