sdelsolray
Active member
I've never bought a mic before sight unseen and sound unheard. Now I have. The sale price at Guitar Center for this was was $199, normally $399, with street prices from other dealers in the $430 to $480 range.
As many of you know, I'm just into solo fingerstyle acoustic guitar. I've needed a mic for gigging purposes, as I've wanted to retire a Soundroom Oktava MC-012 (hypercardiod cap) that I have been using.
Anyway, I tried it out for about an hour at home. Ran it through two different pres. Blended it with my guitar's pickups, and with another mic. Very nice. Very very nice. Frankly, I'm rather shocked. It's accurate, and detailed, with just a hint of tube. Clear focused bass, non nonsense mids and unhyped and pleasant highs. Very balanced and only slightly colored. Ran it through headphones (AKG 240DF), my gigging rig (Hafler/Daedalus) sand my studio monitoring path (Hafler/Dynaudio). Definite keeper.
I haven't done extensive comparisons with my other mics yet, although I will. I did, though, run it side by side with the Oktava (same pre, same placements). Big difference. To my ears, and for my uses, the GT44 is a definite cut or two above the Oktava.
I guess all I can say is nice mic.
As many of you know, I'm just into solo fingerstyle acoustic guitar. I've needed a mic for gigging purposes, as I've wanted to retire a Soundroom Oktava MC-012 (hypercardiod cap) that I have been using.
Anyway, I tried it out for about an hour at home. Ran it through two different pres. Blended it with my guitar's pickups, and with another mic. Very nice. Very very nice. Frankly, I'm rather shocked. It's accurate, and detailed, with just a hint of tube. Clear focused bass, non nonsense mids and unhyped and pleasant highs. Very balanced and only slightly colored. Ran it through headphones (AKG 240DF), my gigging rig (Hafler/Daedalus) sand my studio monitoring path (Hafler/Dynaudio). Definite keeper.
I haven't done extensive comparisons with my other mics yet, although I will. I did, though, run it side by side with the Oktava (same pre, same placements). Big difference. To my ears, and for my uses, the GT44 is a definite cut or two above the Oktava.
I guess all I can say is nice mic.