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p.s. sweetnubs, I get the impression that you read a bunch of stuff on the internet and then repeat it here trying to make it look like you know what you're talking about. What kind of a self-important ass comes to a home recording forum to brag about his expensive gear and to tell everyone...

Is this the same "acorec" who was going on about what a good pre the Focusrite Voicemaster was and who was also complaining that people spend to much money and attention on gear? I think somebody left their computer logged in over lunch.

RE20 or SM7 or MD441 or SM57 or SM58 or Beta58 or MD421 or M88

Yep, been using my ears for that all along. But now I see the error of my ways. :rolleyes:

BTW, I wouldn't recommend making any purchase decisions based on something like that CD. It really only tells you what a particular mic sounded like on a particular source in a particular room through a particular pre on a particular day. It is excellent, though, for getting a broad feeling...

I'll bet an Audiobuddy into a DaviSound TB-3 or Urei LA-3A would be even better.

Damn, I've been doing it wrong all these years! I've been dialing in compression by listening to the compressor, when I should be looking at it! I'll have to change that.

Ha! That's nothing! I own compressors with volume knobs that cost more than your transformers! With XLR jacks that cost more than your car! And with VU meters that cost more than your house! I'm truly serious about my audio! So there! I win!

"...in a Mackie through a Big Muff kind of way." I think was the rest of it. Thanks Christian, I'll keep that in mind. By the way, I'm considering getting a vacation place down in Monarch Beach. Any idea what the housing market is like there?

I don't know about Fletcher, but I've never understood the fascination with the U87. It's fairly versitile, but I've ever been even close to bowled-over by it. I've always thought it was overpriced, and if the price is going up even further, I will definately never buy one.

Actually, I was only half kidding. I had a 266A for a while, which I believe is pretty-much the same unit as the 266XL. I wasn't able to get any useable sounds out of it, so I returned it. You're probably going to find that, whatever settings you use, the 266XL significantly muddy's up your...

I recommend "bypass". Sorry, couldn't resist. :)

Lots of people will vouch for it. And lots of people will tell you it blows. You might even be suprised to find (smart) people on either side of that debate.

Do tell.

OK. I'm not sure what any of that has to do with what I said though. I tried a couple of older platinum series units. I forget which ones, but I know that one was the original voicemaster. They all sounded like ass and were noisy. I know several other people who had the same experiences...

That came from Giganova saying that it's inconsistant to be pissed off at Neumann/Sennheiser and to still deal in vintage Neumann mic's. It's not. Fletcher could very well hope that Neumann never sells another new mic, but still hope to move a lot of vintage product. Nothing inconsistant with...

Nah, it's not a game. He's legitimately a hot head. I don't have a problem with that. I'm a bit of a hot head myself. It pisses some people off though.

But it's not inconsistent. It likely harms their current business (though somewhat minimally). It's also totally consistant with the sentiment that Neumann makes nothing worth having anymore and that their all thier best stuff is long out of production (which is not a sentiment that I...

If anything, Neumann/Sennheiser loses money when people buy their vintage products (because they are presumably doing that insead of buying the new ones). You mean "inconsistent", not "inconsequent". No offense; just noting it for reference.

I don't think so. I tried a couple of different ones, and have heard similar comments from others. What kind of mic are you using with it? The noise was most apparant with lower-output dynamics than with higher-output condensors. Ribbons were out of the question (just not enough clean gain).