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That's fine - if it sounds better to you, then by all means use it. There's no harm in that whatsoever. And, as Jim Williams pointed out, if there is an audible difference, the dialectric is likely to be where the difference lies. It is certainly possible for cables to cause sonic...

The usual cause of clicking and popping is word clock conflicts of some sort. Make sure that all your devices are driven from the same clock, and that your word clock cables are properly terminated.

There is an obvious basis in physics for the difference in sound between mic diaphragms made of different materials. There is much less basis in physics for a difference in sound between two cables made of different materials. If the cables have significantly differing capacitance, it is...

It depends. If you spend a lot of money on them, then you will probably hear a difference. No one else will, of course, but if you spend enough money on fancy cables, your imagination will create an audible difference for you. It's called the placebo effect, and we're all susceptable to it.

Keep it simple, Chance. Add up the shipping, duty, storage, etc. Divide by the number of mics. Charge each of us according to the number of mics we bought. Don't worry about the weight differences or price differences. It'll come out around $6 to $7 per mic. So I'll owe you $13 for my...

It's usually a good idea to do a search before posting what might be a question that's been discussed repeatedly.

Pretty confusing thread. I can't tell whether you guys are talking about splitting the mic signals or about splitting the line level signals from a set of mic pres or mixer. I suspect that some are talking about one and some the other, so that no actual communication is taking place! :) I...

A couple of you have commented on the issue of sound level as associated with headphone impedance. That's certainly something to be aware of, since lower impedance headphones will draw more power from the amp and (assuming the same sensitivity) will produce more sound. But that's not the issue...

Let me reiterate what I said above: Watch out for the mix of headphones that you may encounter. Each pair of headphones that you add to the amp lowers the total impedance seen by the unit, and some headphones have lower impedance than others. Make sure that whatever unit you choose can handle...

The Rolls RA53B is fine until you actually try to drive four or five sets of relatively low impedance headphones with it, then the sound turns to pure distortion. It sounds great driving one or two pairs, though. I'd stay away from Rolls unless you can test the unit with all (at once) of the...

It's relatively new, I think they started shipping a year or so ago. I'm happy with the three of them that I use in my remote rack. I've commented on them many times here, so do a search. (A search is always a good idea before you post a question that may have already been answered.) Their...

I doubt it, unless someone gets theirs and simply decides that they don't like them. Just sit tight and hope that someone PMs you with the next group buy opportunity (whenever that may turn out to be). There's been no real discussion of a follow on, and I doubt that there will be until these...

The Studio Projects SP828 is both an eight channel mic pre and a rudimentary mixer. They normally sell for about $600, but PMI has some B Stock units on their website at the moment for $450. I've got three of them in my live recording rack. http://www.pmiaudio.com/bstock.html

Thanks for the heads-up. That's too bad - when he does eventually get his work caught up and organized again, this kind of thing may haunt his reputation.

Stephen Sank will reribbon them for you, but he puts in an RCA ribbon that is quite a bit different from the original Beyer ribbon. If you want it to sound like the original, you'll probably have to go back to Beyer. If you don't mind if it sounds a bit different (more like an RCA ribbon)...

I'll second that motion: the FMR RNC is a no-brainer for your budget and goals. Around $170.

That's about right. Though these days I'm seeing them advertised as "PATA" pretty often, which is the same thing. That designation serves to differentiate them from "SATA", which won't work in the HD24. Microcenter is selling an 80GB drive for $50 in their current flier. There are larger...

I'm afraid you'll probably get both the improved midrange and the stronger high-end if you do Scott's mod to your mic. I'm not convinced that the terms "overly bright or harsh" would apply, but based on what we've discussed and read so far, I do believe that it will be brighter than it is now...

Interestingly, there is a thread going on right now on r.a.p concerning these mics. Robert Angst is experimenting with Scott Dorsey's mods on an unnamed mic that he describes as a Shanghai-manufactured U87 clone that came originally with a transformer-based circuit (so it's either a V67 or one...

I wish I could point to an online reference, but I'm afraid it's another case where the only way to get it is to buy the back issue: http://musicmakerpub.com//store/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=64 There's been a lot of discussion of it on rec.audio.pro (back when it was current), and...