marshall 603s

[8trackmind]

Does any one know who has the best deals on these? It's time to break down and buy them.
Mainly for piano and drum overheads.

Hey Harvey i know you've talked about these a lot, but i don't remember if you said that you tried em' on piano.

ANY WAY if you don't mind, your opinion is greatly appreciated!

thanks

 

[Harvey Gerst]

I haven't personally used them on piano, but there's no reason why they shouldn't work great for piano.

 

[tdukex]

I've looked everywhere for these but can only find them individually at 8th Street for $79.95. Some other places have them bundled with the the MXL 2001, but I hear it sucks.

 

[robn]

I picked one off eBay for $45......it was part of that bundled deal and the guy just wanted to keep the MXL2001.....I noticed one for $45 on eBay just a second ago, check it out:

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1467790165

 

[gnarled]

I got mine at Abe Music for $75 each. And if you order two, shipping is free (orders over $100). Very friendly on the phone too and prompt shipping.

There website appears to be down right now though.

 

[8trackmind]

hey thanks for the input. does any one know of a good phantom power unit.

 

[Gidge]

what will you use for preamps?...

 

[8trackmind]

WOW what quick response. I have a tascam 688 and i just use the built in pre-amps on it.

 

[Gidge]

You may want to consider (if the $$$ will aloow) getting a lower costpreamp that inludes phantom power, like an Art Tube MP ($99 for one channel)....if not, check Musicians Friend...they have single channel phantom power boxes for $40-$50 that are decent....maybe someone else may know of a cheaper, yet decent, option....

 

[Kelly Dueck]

I've looked everywhere for these but can only find them individually at 8th Street for $79.95. Some other places have them bundled with the the MXL 2001, but I hear it sucks.

I got a couple of 603's as part of a couple of 2001 bundles. Mine sound great individually and compared to each other, could be a matched pair. Brent at Marshall Electronics seems to have figured out the quality control thing.

 

[8trackmind]

Hey kelley

Just out of curioosity, what do you use to power these. I'm looking at maybe a rolls unit with two channels, but they have two of these and i can't figure out the difference.

 

[Kelly Dueck]

Re: Hey kelley

Just out of curioosity, what do you use to power these. I'm looking at maybe a rolls unit with two channels, but they have two of these and i can't figure out the difference.

I've never used anything from Rolls.

I power my 603's two ways: 1. An Aardvark Pro 24/96; and 2. A Soundcraft M8 Spirit Console.

The soundcraft uses the same pre-amps in the M8 as in their larger Ghost consoles. These do a nice job, though the design of the pots require the operator to crank them a lot before a sudden large jump in useable gain occurs. That being said, the M8 is a pretty nice little console and I use it along with a DAT to record live ensembles. It's got direct outs on every channel as well as a handy SPDF out that's been working well for me.

The Aardvark is a great card/front end for the money and offers a HUGE amount of gain -- 75 dB! and works flawlessly with Cakewalk Pro Audio 9.

For whatever it's worth, I've gotten some very good acoustic guitar sounds with the 603's -- as have many others on this forum -- as well as some nice stereo recordings of whole groups. They have a vary wide cardiod pattern -- Subcardioid, as it were -- so they pick up a lot of room, too.