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Before you buy a cheap ribbon, try to demo a Royer or AEA. There really is a huge difference, very much worth the extra $.
Warhead said:All of our pricing is on our site. I think it would be perceived as pretty spammy for a dealer to do this. The pricing you're quoting is cheaper than us, if you would like to post links go right ahead. I've been asked to match Full Compass around those prices, I suspect it is them. There is no profit at that price.
As far as putting the thing into focus if my clips help, great. I never ask or insist or generally even suggest that anybody on these boards buy them from me though at any price.
If price is all that matters, I would not make clips or even bother listening to anything we sell...!
Carry on.
War
Warhead said:All of our pricing is on our site. I think it would be perceived as pretty spammy for a dealer to do this. The pricing you're quoting is cheaper than us, if you would like to post links go right ahead. I've been asked to match Full Compass around those prices, I suspect it is them. There is no profit at that price.
As far as putting the thing into focus if my clips help, great. I never ask or insist or generally even suggest that anybody on these boards buy them from me though at any price.
If price is all that matters, I would not make clips or even bother listening to anything we sell...!
War
MichaelJoly said:Originally Posted by kid klash: "The Apex 205 is running around $82 and the Apex 210 is around $90, but I'm not certain about the others). Prices help bring the "price versus performance" thing into focus for a lot of people, especially after hearing your samples."
Warren makes a point I'd like to amplify. He has taken the time to shootout a few different ribbon models, including the Apex 205 (which is a high-interest mic right now) and post the results. Full Compass comes along, rides on a service provided by him (ShinyBox too for that matter) and information provided by others then uses the Apex 205 as a no-profit or loss-leader item to drive traffic to their mega store.
I think this is an excellent example of the difference between an order-taking corporate behemoth with limited product knowledge that can only compete on the basis of price, and a personal-service oriented retailer offering exceptional product knowledge. In my opinion that added-value is worth $20.
Warhead said:For the record I did not mean to start a shit storm here.
Quote: I'm just a guy that did my homework on the Apex 205 pricing, as other consumers that hang out here do, and passed on the info for others to see.
I have to ask: so why are you making statements about this pricing and that pricing which has nothing to do with our site, yet asking me to clearly post prices on the mics? I'm sorry, it just felt like you were setting up some kind of "trap" for me because I'm "too high" or something. You obviously already did your homework on me, then lay it out in some strange way like this.
I don't get it, I try to help...you don't have to buy it from me. Yet you are compelled to make an example out of me after I share clips and ask for nothing in return. At the very least you put me in an uncomfortable position, and I just don't see how I earned that today.
War (lap dancing mic guy)![]()
Warhead said:Click the right arrow and download it. It should not be a stream situation if you click that one!
War
Which is a good reason to to find what you want first (within your budget limits) then go find the best price. I have never started witht he cheapest mic, see if I like it, if not then go to the next higher price and see if I like it, etc... I find a mic I like or want to try, then find the best price on it. Fullcompass has a lot of mics, and they usually have the best price, but they dont always have the mic I want.MichaelJoly said:I think this is an excellent example of the difference between an order-taking corporate behemoth with limited product knowledge that can only compete on the basis of price, and a personal-service oriented retailer offering exceptional product knowledge. In my opinion that added-value is worth $20.
Love the performance.MichaelJoly said:Audio files of Coles 4038 vs. OktavaMod Apex 205 on drum OH are now up:
http://www.oktavamod.com/news.html
This is my stock 4038 compared to an Apex 205 with full acoustical, mechanical and Lundahl transformer upgrades. Recorded by Juan Lardizabal at the Los Angeles Recording School.
Some of these mics come from the factory with improperly tensioned ribbons. If the ribbon is so loose that it easily moves out of the gap between the magnets, that you may want to have it adjusted.tarnationsauce2 said:When I had my mic apart I just barely breathed on the ribbon and I saw it deflecting what seemed like 1/4"!![]()
Giraffe,giraffe said:thinking about a cheep ribion mic and was wondering if any one had experience with more than one of the different models? whatever the badge, the mic probably came from alctron at the end of the day, so which one do you like? is there even a difference, or is it all the same mic in different cases?
tarnationsauce2 said:Do you know what input impedance the AD2022 was set to?