Anyone know anything about the Groove Tubes tube mic?

[jitteringjim]

Saw the one in the latest Musician's Friend and was interested in any opinions. I think it was under $400 US...

[ametth]

well..I'm pretty sure alesis makes the groove tubes mic ( I may be wrong)..and the pre-alesis mics are generally thought of better then the ones made by alesis. I've never tried the mic so I cant say, but I just thought I would give you that info.

[Recording Engineer]

The GT Electronics labeled mics are made by Alesis. Browse http://www.groovetubes.com to see what mics Groove Tubes use to make.

[regebro]

They sell the AM11 for $379 and claim it's a tube mic, but it isn't. It's reviewed in the latest mm (Swedish magazine) and got descent reviews. Doesn't seem to be spectacular for the price.

[Trippalot]

Any real tube mic you find that's worth a crap is gonna cost you at LEAST $700 (and that's used). I have the GT AM61 which they came out with recently and was pretty impressed with it's sound and sensitivity.

[Recording Engineer]

The 797 Audio CR100/ADK A-51TC/MXL V77/Nady TCM 1100 is worth it if you take into account other things besides the price when you decide which one to buy; I'd probably go with the A-51TC or V77 (most likely this one) myself out of those above.

Also, there is that Groove Tubes 6TM which I don't like as much as the "A Series" (3A is my favorite), but at the price Full Compass is selling them for, it's worth it!

Oh, I don't know anything about this mic so I won't say anything other than the Carvin CM98ST is at least worth looking into and listening/comparing others to.

Lastly, I JUST read TODAY The Sound Room is re-releasing a limited supply of the RTT VM100s around the end of the year because of the high-demand. I promise they'll go quick, but you can go ahead and put in an order now to insure you'll get one. AND expect the RTT MKL100 and MKL102 to come-out soon; I know at least one will have a price-tag of < $1kUS, if not both.