
CoolCat
Well-known member
That was really a lot of listening. The players worked great too. Very impressive set of samples and work.
I agree that it is easy to differentiate mics. However, to state the obvious, some mics sound better that others on vocals, while others sound better on your other samples. It's almost impossible to compare transient response of a snare drum or the bass to either the male or female vocals. Same holds true for saturation.If you used the mics in question - it is realtively easy to hear the differences.
I'm happy that my 7 decades old ears still function. No tinnitus, no ringing, just random hairs and ear wax.Having ears that are 7 decades old, I probably can't hear a lot of the upper level hash that everyone else seems to hear.
One can tell from a Frequency Response Chart how a mic will react to different sources - but I wouldn’t normally compare transients of mics to guess whether they would workI agree that it is easy to differentiate mics. However, to state the obvious, some mics sound better that others on vocals, while others sound better on your other samples. It's almost impossible to compare transient response of a snare drum or the bass to either the male or female vocals. Same holds true for saturation.
Hi Rob, first of all thank you for taking the time and thanks for your feedback.I struggled. Like others, I liked one on one source and another on another. none stood out as good or bad, just different. However I had real problems with some questions. I don't know what some descriptive terms meant to you. I don't know how hard you drove the preamps - i don't know if the singers were singing up to some, or down to others - the angle of the mic to mouth. Centre pattern or a bit on the edge. There were none I hated, some just sounded nicer. Then I did it again using speakers. By this time I was in a different location so had forgotten my first choices. I did remember C and E, but on speakers, C and E were not my preference, so I repeated with different headphones and got a different third result. I have not submitted the second and third results, but if I did, it would mess things up as they would interfere with the the others.
Last thing - Old Music Guy reports his older ears are great, ECC always mentions his ears are quite limited HF wise - mine are OK, just tailing off above 13K. I note your end question about age. This is three 'oldies' with different ears, so how are you linking age? You haven't asked any questions about listening environment, so maybe some respondees listened on full band quality studio monitors, some on laptops. At best, we are all telling you our preferences. I still don't see how this produces qualitative data?
I looked for piano too but acoustic guitar was a good one.I'm interesting in hearing what others have to say. Having ears that are 7 decades old, I probably can't hear a lot of the upper level hash that everyone else seems to hear.
Oh, to be young again!!!