Samson c02 anyone have these?

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I recently came across two of these in a stereo pair and with mounts and case...are they good on acoustic guitar and/or drum overheads? anyone know anything about these?
 
I would probably get the MXL603's over the Samson offerings, but that's only because I have heard terrible things about Samson mics in general.
 
yah your prolly right... I dont see many people using or talking about the samson co2 mics... so I'll go with the MXL603's I can get 2 of them for 150.00 with two 20' cables and mic clips on 8thstreet or I can pay 200 and get shockmounts with them... is the extra 50 bucks really worth it over just using the clips? Id rather use the 50 towards other things if they aren't really need be.
 
The Samsons are fairly new which is probably why we haven't heard about them. But yeah, if you can't compare them and don't mind spending the extra $, the MXL would be the safer bet. The shock mounts are really nice and if you buy the $200 deal, you're supposedly getting a matched pair. Does your local Guitar Center carry the Samsons? I don't think mine does, but they've started carrying the MXL 603Ss.

I may give the CO2s a try one of these days. If they're no good, I could always modify them. :D
 
DANGER!!!! DANGER Will Robinson!!!!

I had the CO2's for 1 day before returning them.

Extremely noisy IMO!!!.

Unusable in recording acoustic/clasical guitar.

Didnt sound bad but much to much self noise.

Its possible I got a bad set but they are rated at like 24db or something.
Not too good ....... although they are only $120..... so I guess you cant expect too much.

-mike
 
I was thinking about getting a pair of these last year and did a TON of pretty detailed web-searching and came up with very little information about the C02's. Since I couldn't find any decent reviews and had heard generally bad things about Samson mics, I ended up buying a matched pair of the MXL 603s mics. I found a retailer on eBay who was selling the same set you can get on 8thstreet.com, but for less $. I think I got the mics for $160 or so, including case and shockmounts, plus shipping. I can't find them on eBay right now, although there's a pair without shockmounts here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=41466&item=3724118195&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
 
damn, I shoulda gotten them off e-bay... I just got two MXL 603s from guitar center in Fairfax, VA for 170.00 but I got an extra 2 year warrenty on them for "free" he claims so I guess it's not so bad.... I hooked them right up when I got home and recorded my acoustic and DAMN does it sound good, I only used one at first and that sounded good adding the second had a nice stereo sound panning them hard right/ hard left. They definitly pick up the highs more than the lows but thats because I didn't even spend time setting them up in the right place for the "sweet spot" but I am damn happy with them... I'll post a sample when I get around to it.
 
I personally don't think they're terrible.

However, I got my pair new for 75 bucks, at which point it's a much easier purchase. The suckers require a LOT of gain, and on somethings they sound good. I used them as spot mics in recording a live performance of computer music with classical piano and other instruments, and it actually worked fine.

I would not spend more than 75 bucks on a pair, myself.

They do not compare to the MXL 603s, that's for certain.
 
Sklathill said:
I personally don't think they're terrible.

However, I got my pair new for 75 bucks, at which point it's a much easier purchase. The suckers require a LOT of gain, and on somethings they sound good. I used them as spot mics in recording a live performance of computer music with classical piano and other instruments, and it actually worked fine.

I would not spend more than 75 bucks on a pair, myself.

They do not compare to the MXL 603s, that's for certain.
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Hi, Im running a post about recording a grand piano, and was considering the Samson c02. As I read you used them, I was wondering if you could share with us the results, so that we can get an example of how they sound. Maybe you've uploaded them to youtube or something already. So, could you share some audio recordings of the Samson C02 of a piano?
Cheers
 
The CO2 is a pretty good bang for the buck. I have two pairs and they're quiet, very rejective and the OAR is quite nice. I use them next to the 40+ year old C451's and the CO2 does very well.

IMHO one shouldn't say bad things about a microfone he doesn't know well, the CO2 doesn't deserve that, it's a very cheap microfone that does very well on many applications.
 
Han said:
The CO2 is a pretty good bang for the buck. I have two pairs and they're quiet, very rejective and the OAR is quite nice. I use them next to the 40+ year old C451's and the CO2 does very well.

IMHO one shouldn't say bad things about a microfone he doesn't know well, the CO2 doesn't deserve that, it's a very cheap microfone that does very well on many applications.
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Hi! Thanks for your post.
It's all very useful what you say, but don't you think it's sometimes difficult to describe sound in terms of words? What may be ok for some may not be for others. Also, you say "many applications", which ones are you reffering to? I checked the specifications of a similar pair of mics, the Behringer C2, and they distort quite a lot (5dB in the bass) hence, although they say it's appropriate for piano recordings, I'm afraid this distortion would be too much.
Could you tell us for what you used the C02 and ideally, could you link us to some recordings made with these mics? I think I heard some of guitar and they were all right, but I'm looking for piano ones, to see how they behave in the full frequency spectrum, and how they pick up the attack of the notes (which is very slow in guitar compared to piano).
Cheers!
 
I own two very old AKG C451/CK1's which are well known as a very good mic on many applications like overhead for drums, spotmic on hats or ride cymbal, piano, almost any instrument and even vocals.

Compared to the C451 the CO2 sounds a little less full and warm, the hi end is not as silky, but quite nice and far from grainy and it's a little more rejective than the C451. But hey, a 2nd hand C451 does $350 on ebay and a CO2 is only $50 new.

I was recording a bluesband and one of the 451's had a problem, so I used the CO2's on drum oh and spot mic on hats and ride. The quality in 16/44.1 is super, on hyves it's far from that but reasonable. The album was recorded live in the studio on two inch tape.

Listen to 'Confused Woman's Blues' for example: http://tirottoblues.hyves.nl/
 
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