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Why do you believe that? You'd have to compare them side by side with nothing else different to know. I've been around since classic gear was current. I've used all the classic gear from vintage compressors to tube U-47s and everything in between. IMO the worship of vintage gear is not deserved...

That's what I'd have said if you didn't beat me to it. :thumbs up: I'll also add that a decent microphone can sound perfect with no further processing, both for spoken voice and singing. Yes, sometimes EQ or compression is helpful, but I rarely do any processing at all on voices. --Ethan

That could be the problem. Especially if you used overhead microphones under a low ceiling. --Ethan

With 16- or 24-bit digital recording there's no need to push levels up to the point of clipping, but there's no need to keep levels softer than just below clipping either. In other words, it just doesn't matter. Even budget converters have very low distortion over their entire operating range...

Yes, the fabric is plenty. --Ethan

Mastering is not only about making a track as loud as possible. :eek: One suggestion is to manually reduce the largest peaks destructively in an audio editor program. Then the limiter doesn't have to work so hard all the time. Here's another approach: Peak Slammer Review --Ethan

Our PVB is made from two 2x2 foot MicroTraps, joined together with a piano hinge. We do not use foam! Everything we sell is made with rigid fiberglass, which is a better material that doesn't crumble over time and is Class A fire rated. --Ethan

My main consideration for having your ears on-axis with the tweeter is to hear the flattest response. But yeah, phase differences at frequencies around the crossover point is also a factor. --Ethan

LOL, that's great. I love this: "How do i get my audio signal to Twang? What causes Twang?" --Ethan

I never thought about that. I've heard some pretty muddy sound acoustic instruments, especially inexpensive plywood basses. Clarity and ease of mixing have more to do with masking frequencies than anything else. --Ethan

As a matter of fact I do: PVB Demonstration You can also hear the slightly hollow sound added by the smaller sE device. --Ethan

I'm good Bob. :thumbs up:

Yes, it's more about the arrangement than what EQ and other effects you use. When I used to record professionally years ago, one of my favorite sessions was a polka big band. Just pulling up all the microphones to a reasonable volume, and it sounded great. Rock music with five rhythm...

This will get you started: Acoustic Basics Small reflective "filters" are a waste of time and often make vocals sound worse, but large ones that are absorbent work very well. --Ethan

For the flattest response at your ears the tweeters should be at ear level. If they're 3-way speakers, split the difference between the tweeter and the midrange driver. --Ethan

I guess we'd have to look at a waterfall plot showing ringing for both microphones. As far as I know most microphone diaphragms have a single resonant frequency, so it's not like they ring over a range of frequencies. Plus, the resonance is not at the top end, but around a few KHz for most...

If frequency response and impulse response are properties of a device such as a microphone, why would the type of signal you happen to apply change anything? Perhaps impulse response can also include ringing, where frequency response doesn't? --Ethan

:D Exactly. And you explained it perfectly well. I've never heard of transient response being the physical equivalent of slew rate, but maybe some people consider them related. Either way, slew rate limiting adds distortion when the device or circuit can't keep up with the input. As far as I...

I have no idea. There are so many brands and models of everything, I stopped paying attention 20 years ago. Seriously. The only things I can discuss knowledgeably are those I (or my friends) own. That's probably less than 1 percent of the total number of audio products out there! --Ethan

Sure, but it's exactly the same as frequency response. If a microphone can capture up to 10 KHz, then its transient response time is 0.1 milliseconds. --Ethan