Why No Love for CAD Trion 7000 Ribbon Mic?

[bkkornaker]

Do you guys think its absolute crap? I dont see much talk about this mic here on this board......

 

[dgatwood]

IIRC, the capsule is a cheaper, overly-bright capsule, but I haven't worked with them personally, so I can't say for sure.

 

[crazydoc]

Bright? Capsule?

 

[darrin_h2000]

If a mic sees no love here...they will eventually discontinue it...and you can buy it cheap...if I had the chance to get a ribbon that wasnt a Nady cheap...Id probubly buy one...there is no love for the Ribbon Version of the MXL v67 either...Id probubly consider that since the Shures are higher priced.

 

[bkkornaker]

Mines certainly not bright...but works awesome on my guitar cab. If i use the backside of the mic, it may be slightly brighter.....but not really noticeable.

i wouldnt call it bright mic....but certainly is warm and balanced sounding. A perfect mic to pair with a SM57 when dual mic'ing my cabs.

 

[Micter]

I picked up the Trion 7000 / M189 combo for $200. I thought, what the heck, try it and dump it if I didn't like it. It has become the go to mic for guitar cabs in conjunction with the M189, an SM57 etc. etc.

I would think the 7000 would be great on woodwinds and brass.

For the money, I don't think it's a bad mic at all. Lack of reviews isn't an issue as much as bad reviews. IMO

 

[Sonixx]

IIRC, the capsule is a cheaper, overly-bright capsule, but I haven't worked with them personally, so I can't say for sure.

this

 

[dgatwood]

this

Oh, this is a ribbon mic. I was thinking of the GXL3000. My bad.

Yeah, the moment I said "capsule", it should have been obvious that I was thinking of the wrong mic.... Must stop posting without sufficient sleep.