CMiller and Others I Suppose
And I didn't take it as such.
I'm glad to have introduced people to Oktava and RTT and The Sound Room, and 797 Audio, and others; now if I could just get you guys turned-on to DaviSound... Hehe. I work for them too... HA! BELIEVE me you, I truely HOPE you try for yourself before buying. I've ALWAYS encouraged this. And to tie it to what this thread is about, buy one ot two Oktavas from The Sound Room and compare them everything you can and REALLY take some time!
You may find you like a different mic(s) over them. Then simply return the Oktava mics from The Sound Room.
Taylor has ALWAYS encouraged this as well. It's sort of "forceful" in his return policy. Something about if the mics are returned BEFORE 20 days from purchase, a resocking fee will be add... He told me this is because anything less than 20 days is NOT an ample amount of time to REALLY try and compare. Now does THAT sound like a sales man or an engineer talking?
The "FACT" is that I recommend the Oktava MC-012s from The Sound Room SO much is that's about the MAX MOST people want to pay here. Though as time goes by and as mics get cheaper and cheaper, the lower the MAX people are willing to pay. I've said it before. You want to talk about Neumann or Josephson Engineering or Schoeps or MBHO or Hebden or Manley or Sony or AEA or ANY other company? Lets! There HAS been a few times people have the money to spend "what it takes". And I HAVE given them a shit-load of possibilities and then narrowed then down for them as to not be TOO overwhelming. You tell me the budget. I reaveal ALL the possiblities I know (when I have the time) and tell my recommedation. If the MC-012s from The Sound Room DIDN'T have 3 different caps, I sure wouldn't be recommending them NEARLY as much over mics such as
the Shure SM81 or SO many more in that price range. But they DO, and THAT makes then SO universal which we ALL know is such a PLUS; ESPECIALLY when your on quite a limited budget and can afford only a few mics; or maybe your ONLY mics other than a 57 or two; which you ALL already have, right?
OK, I think I'm rambling now. Sorry.