C9,Alan is Alan Hyatt who is the man behind Studio Projects.He was a regular poster in this forum until a few people decided to save us from ourselves and went on a which hunt and drove him away.To say that it was a shame would be an understatement.Oh well,old news.
Anyhoo,aside from the obvious quality and value of the Studio Projects mics,a good reson to purchase one is Alan himself.He stands behind his products like absolutely no one I have ever seen in the business world.I have heard of him replacing or fixing mics for free that were broken by user error like dropping them.Imagine if you bought a new car and then you drove it into a tree.Try taking the car back to the dealer to get it fixed or replaced for free after you've fucked up and they will be laughing at you for years to come.I use autos as an example as I used to be a car salesman back in the day and I know that there are legendary stories of customer stupidity that are shared over and over,if you drove your car into a tree and then wanted free satisfaction,you would join the ranks of people who amuse salesman for all time to come.
Besides the fact that Alan is always accessable via e-mail there is the fact that they are great mics.I recently bought the TB-1 and I almost cream when I hear it.I don't have access to alot of mics,my other vocal mics are a total piece of shit Marshall 2001p and an Audio Technica 3525(which I like a lot).I won't even compare the TB-1 to the Marshall as I haven't used the piece of shit Marshall in a long time.There aren't many mics that I've heard that I like less than the 2001p.The Audio Technica on the other hand,I like quite a bit both on vocals and acoustic guitar.The 3525 is pretty flat and neutral sounding,any real excitement has to come from the source.I really like this mic,especially after the shrillness of the Marshall.
The TB-1 absolutely blows the 3525 out of the water which is pretty impressive seeing that I would recommend the 3525 in a heart beat.I really like the AT but the TB-1 while still sounding fairly neutral has an in your face quality while maintaining a silky smoothness that knocks me out.Tracks recorded with it are right there in front of you without any sibulance or harshness,everything is smooooooth and sweeeeeeeet!
