Ahhhhh mxlv69

[Killah_Trakz]

I just received the mic yesterday, went to let it warm up. Came back and tried to use it all I hear is bad humming on it, so I move the cables around and it lessens just a little bit, and this damn thing picks up radio stations. I never had this problem with my friends NTK why me. So I go to unscrew the cap and look at the tube and theirs scratch marks on it like nicks here and their, can that be the cause or something.

 

[dxl]

MXL quality control isnt great

 

[superbeatballer]

I can't speak on the hum you're getting (you'll have to be more descriptive), but the radio station you're hearing is most likely RF interference caused by a ground loop. Try plugging the power supply into an oulet in common with you're other gear if you havn't already.

 

[Killah_Trakz]

yep yep woooooo

Well super baller I got to your post late, but I had too clean my whole damn room and things are on point. Man I was about to shed a tear literally. I moved some wires here and their and no ground loops wondered what cause that too happen but I'm good now thanks. Ohhhhh by the way this mic kicks some ass. Made me frown on the NTK hahahaha.

 

[PhilGood]

Right. The cause is most likely sheilding or bad ground. We had one poster some time back who found that he was right near a radio transmitter and no matter what, he would get radio reception only at his apartment. Anywhere else and he wouldn't get the radio station.

Scratches on the tube won't do anything. The worst that could happen was if one of the scratches caused the tube to leak. If that were the case the "getter" (silver coating at the top of the tube) would turn white and the mic would stop working. That's the reason they put it there, to tell you if there is a leak. As long as it stays silver you're OK.

 

[Hollowdan]

Made me frown on the NTK hahahaha.

Probably only because you don't actually own the NTK If you did,...I have a feeling you wouldn't be saying that. I could be wrong, been wrong before, but never cared for MXL mic's at all personally. Glad you got the ground figured out. I was going to suggest better quality cables. High quality cables are sheilded ALOT better than normal cables and tend to not have to ever worry about "humming" or ground loops.

 

[Killah_Trakz]

ntk!

I have an ntk also, I just finished cut 3 albums full of music on the ntk. The ntk is a damn good mic but with a brightness that's gets a lil annoying. Now the mxl is creamyish if that's the word..... Its smooth with a tadbitucantreallyheartit (if that's a word) sheen. Very very dark not muddy but dark n it doesn't fight with my eq's either. Just really trying to learn it out and fight what freq to fix its flaws and I do plan on swapping tubes too get a less darkish sound but hey for 300 bucks I don't care.

 

[MadAudio]

V69M = sweet bang for buck tube mic

 

[Hollowdan]

V69M = sweet bang for buck tube mic

AHHH, now see the V69M is a different story. Marshall MXL is the U.S. distributor for Mogami cabling. Since they control the U.S. sales of Mogami, they asked the expert's at Mogami to "trick out, hot rod, etc." the V69. Mogami said yes and that's where the V69MMMMMMMMMMM comes from. Also the reason why the V69M is 4 times the price of the V69. The V69M really isn't a Marshall mic, it is a Mogami mic with MXL painted on the side of it.

 

[surfmaster]

The V69M really isn't a Marshall mic, it is a Mogami mic with MXL painted on the side of it.

all mogami does is upgrade the wiring, mxl still uses the same capsules and tubes from whatever companies they buy from. if you were to use that logic, every mxl mic would just be a ting-won mic with mxl painted on the side of it. they are mxl mics because marshall assembles them.

 

[P. Rene]

Well!

Whats a good preamp to complement this aww so dark mic. Its verry non bass-y but its a weird but good sound.