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A week should be plenty. If the money is already in the Paypal acct, then it only takes a moment to send it. But if someone has to transfer the money from elsewhere, that can take 3-4 days. From my perspective, there's no reason for anyone not to have been ready for this - we've had plenty of...

My suggestion (which is, of course, completely unofficial) is that you go ahead and send the email to Chance exactly as set forth in his instructions. If you get a Paypal request for payment from him next week, pay it. If you don't, then you'll have to wait for the next cycle. Don't make a...

http://www.audiopile.net/products/Stagelink_snakes/PSPX-8-4/PSPX-8-4_cutsheet.asp (I have no connnection with the company above, other than as a satisfied customer.)

If you want to reach a sizeable number of HD24 owners, post your question in the Yahoo HD24 group. Marc Brevoort (who wrote the tools mentioned above) is one of the more than 1700 members. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hd24/

I'm thinking that they may turn out to be useful on piano. Won't know until we try it, though. ;)

Some of these mics come from the factory with improperly tensioned ribbons. If the ribbon is so loose that it easily moves out of the gap between the magnets, that you may want to have it adjusted. I thought the clips were very telling. The two mics were "voiced" very similarly, but...

It might be helpful to note that the thread started long before the current offering was underway. Much of the material in this thread may be of general interest (so I don't discourage you from reading it), but the specific information about the current group buy starts around page 23 of the...

Current plans: 2 ACM310 1 ACM1 1 ACM2

It is wise to avoid it. There's no debate, though, other than perhaps between those who understand the issue and those who don't. It's pretty clear cut. Some older ribbon mics (going back, say, 50 years) use a transformer with a grounded center tap. That can add some additional complexity to...

No, that's simply not true. Phantom power applies the same voltage to both pins 2 and 3 of the XLR, so it has no effect on the ribbon. In fact, a steady state DC voltage wouldn't pass through the mic's transformer even if it were applied to just one side of the XLR. The real risk of phantom...

A couple of years ago, Full Compass ran a special selling AT4050s (and some other models, too, if I recall correctly) that had been used at that year's Grammy ceremony. It would make sense that some of these mics would wind up being traded on eBay over time, so it's quite possible that these...

Geez, gentlemen, quit obsessing over this thing. Once Chance starts collecting orders, the process will be open for a while before he closes it. If you check the thread once a week, you'll still have time to participate. As for selecting your mic(s), don't plan for any of these mics to sound...

I've used boundary mics quite often for miking an audience. I have a pair of AT871s that I place at the edge of the stage (typically 30 feet or so apart) on a piece of foam. This works fine if the audience is polite and trustworthy (as they are at most of the shows that I record). I might not...

Shotguns are useful as audience mics in some circumstances, but I agree with Innovations that a pair of more general purpose mics aimed into the audience from the stage can be the right choice in many circumstances. The audience mics will capture not only the audience, but also a great deal of...

Yes, I've read your post. It sounds like you and I are in pretty close agreement, even though we've used different numbers to make our points. That's fine, the difference between mic pres is a pretty subjective area anyway. The numbers/percentages that we're throwing around are all pretty...

I'm not sure I'd accept that as an accurate statement. How about this as a substitute: "The chip is not the only determination of the sound of the preamp."? In truth, the chip probably IS the "primary" determination. The real question here is whether the "primary" provides 60% of the...

If it were me, I'd decide based on which unit had features that best met my needs. I think both of them have pretty good reputations (for this price point anyway). And the feature sets for these two units are quite different. So that should make it easy to choose. BTW, $700 sounds a bit...

I've had mine in my remote rack for over a year now, and each time I take it out for a recording I wind up happier that I made that purchase. They have a nice clean "openness" that holds up well when stacked in a mix. Nothing magical about them, just clean and thoroughly usable. They use the...

....then take a look at the Studio Projects SP828. And if you need Lightpipe output, consider the M-Audio Octane. Both are in the desired price range, and both are better than their price would lead you to believe.

The specs are identical for the two, except for a slight difference in S/N. I believe that they are the same exact chip in different packaging. The 163 was already in production when Burr Brown realized that by repackaging it they could create a drop in replacement for the SSM2017, which...