Mic Reviews at Harmony Central!

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kid klash

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Hi there,

The folks at Harmony Central added a "recording" gear review section, with microphone reviews as the first installment. If you're interested in reading or writing a user review on a mic, check it out at :

http://www.harmony-central.com/User_Reviews/

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Nice post

It seems the are loving the SP C-1 on there.I'm so sick of hearing all these good studio projects reviews..I'm gonna be broke as a joke if they keep making mics.





Peace,




Kevlar
 
Didn't like every single mic reviewed get a 9 or a 10 (including the Behringers and Nady)? :D

So I guess there's no such thing as a bad mic, then. That shit's a joke.
 
Didn't like every single mic reviewed get a 9 or a 10 (including the Behringers and Nady)?
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The reviewers are even giving the 9's to AKG C-1000's.

Now, I'm a pretty open-minded guy, and I think that there are some really great mics out there that you don't have to go broke for. The C-1000 on the other hand...

I honestly thought that when they stopped making the C-1000 in "AKG Blue" it was because it was such a horrific sounding mic that they didn't want to invest in any more blue paint.

There are things that you can "get away with" using a C-1000, but I can't ever remember using one because it actually sounded "good" or anything... Only because I ran out of everything else.

Okay, I'm going to get the wrath from C-1000 owners now... Really, did you ever put one of those things on something that actually has highs in it? Overheads or something? Yeeech... Like nails on a chalkboard - through a C-1000...

I could almost start a comedy routine here... A little "Rodney Dangerfield of gear" commentary...
 
Give it time... and more reviews... it'll settle out... a lot of the other reviews are similar, but when large numbers of reviews are available it usually gives a much clearer picture.

I haven't read the cheap mic reviews, but it is interesting if they get a 10 and the single review of the U195 got a 9.
 
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Massive Master said:
The reviewers are even giving the 9's to AKG C-1000's...
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I owned one of those once (for a very short time) and didn't think it was all that bad. The music store where I got it allowed me to return it, so I did. The reason I returned it was that, even though it was an OK mic, it cost way more than all the other OK mics.

Like I said, I spent very little time with it, so for all I know, it may suck in the grand scheme of things. What baffles me though is all the "pros" I see using it. Just the other night I caught the Jerry Douglas Band at Down Home in Johnson City, TN. Their fiddle player was using a C1000 (a blue painted one, actually!). I can easily say his tone wasn't anything like fingernails on a chalkboard - quite the opposite, really. In fact, I don't know when I've heard a fiddle sound so good at a live show!

Anyway, I guess my point is, seems like the world's divided over this mic - half hate it while the other half seems to like it. I'm just hard pressed to hear why some folks hate it so.

If the price ever comes down, it'd sure make a good candidate for some modifications. :)
 
Good or bad... the AKG C1000S is one of Musician's Friend best sellers... and funny enough, unlike some other cheap budget mics the AKG C1000S has been holding it's value for quite some time.
 
I had a pair of 'em ...I don't have them anymore..I think they are the only mics that I've gotten rid of,out of all the mics that I have bought..They should cost about 50.00 new..at least thats what they sound like to me..I paid 200.00 something for them apeice when I got mine:mad: If I was to rate them I'd give them a 3 or 4 mainly because the Battery thing makes conv.for remote rec. with a four track ect.




Don
 
DJL said:
Good or bad... the AKG C1000S is one of Musician's Friend best sellers... and funny enough, unlike some other cheap budget mics the AKG C1000S has been holding it's value for quite some time.
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Where do you think that mic is made?
 
well,

you've got to keep in mind that Harmony Central's going to be catering to the first timer/'newbie' crowd. Anyone's gonna be happy with their first condensor mic when they don't know any better. Hence the Nady/Behringer ecstatic reviews.

Somebody that owns a Soundelux is probably going to be a whole lot more experienced and thus more critical.

Just a thought,

Chris
 
alanhyatt said:
Where do you think that mic is made?
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A quote from AKG's USA web site: "The new C 1000 S is a precision-built European condenser microphone..." Doesn't really say it's made in Europe. Could just be a play on words for a marketing ploy...
 
hehe.. last gig we had the sound guy put one of those huge ass mothers (c1000) on my snare... i'm usually good with hitting mics but this one spent alot of time on the stage floor that night.

i use the harmony central reviews quite often.. its about knowing how to read between the lines.. i think cmez put it straight.. the reviewers often drop hints, for example you won't see "i just plugged the behringer b1 into the neve and was floored by its clarity"...
 
My C1000S was my first condenser and I've not had any trouble with it. I'm not saying I like the sound :D but hey, it runs on a 9V battery and doubles as a Big Bossman-style nightstick for taking out unwanted domestic intruders:D

Come on then, where is it made? Is it in Danshi's back yard? Or a hand-made DJL/PMI collaboration :confused: :confused:
 
noisedude said:
Or a hand-made DJL/PMI collaboration :confused: :confused:
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Lol... if it was a DJL/PMI collaboration... the mic would have to have an LCD, with onboard pad, rolloff, and graft programing and with built-in multi-selectable heads... and it must inclued a matching remote controlled mechanical mic stand. :D
 
I'm detecting more than a little snobbishness/arrogance on this thread. Granted, a Behringer, Nady or MXL is not in the same league as a Neumann--or even a Shure. At the same time, cut the folks some slack. Most of us who read and post to the forums on this website aren't wealthy people with bags of disposable cash to spend on equipment and we don't get a tax write-off for every piece of equipment we purchase. We are amateurs in the truest and purest sense of the word, trying to put together a home studio with limited funds so we can try to translate the musical ideas in our heads into some tangible form.
I don't think the 9 or 10 ratings they give necessarily mean they think Behringer/Nady/MXL mics are better than Neumann, or even Sennheiser or Shure. I think it just means that they have found them satisfactory for their purposes.
 
The C1000 is a shitty, shitty mic at any cost.

However...

You have to remember the reviews at HC--or anywhere--are a product of user experience and frame of reference. Logic dictates that when you read reviews by people with budget pocketbooks buying and reviewing budget gear you are wandering into a budget arena and all opinions are relative to that arena. An $80 Behringer mixer and an equally inexpensive mic, for example, are wonderful things to a beginner. Many are making their first recordings! So the enthusiastic 9s and 10s are understandable. It would be unusual for experienced recordists to be buying and reviewing Behringer mic pres and mics.

On the other hand, if you see 5 reviews of the U195 you can be reasonably sure the users, although maybe not pros, do have some experience and a relative frame of reference--they've probably either owned or used cheaper gear and may have even used and/or owned higher end gear. Of course, if it's their first "high end" mic they may be overly enthusiastic as well, or they may be overly critical if it does not produce the "magic" their dreams had promised--but their opinions are still relative to that arena. The difference is, a mic earning a 10.0 average rating in the budget arena is unlikely the equal of a mic earning only an 8.0 average in a higher end arena. Of course, we all understand that--it's all relative.

And in the end...it's still all just opinion.
 
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DJL said:
Lol... if it was a DJL/PMI collaboration... the mic would have to have an LCD, with onboard pad, rolloff, and graft programing and with built-in multi-selectable heads... and it must inclued a matching remote controlled mechanical mic stand. :D
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All for under $200? Good work, I hope you're inspecting the QC personally.:D

If I promise to hype it on all the forums will you send me a pre-production one free?:rolleyes:
 
noisedude said:
All for under $200? Good work, I hope you're inspecting the QC personally.:D

If I promise to hype it on all the forums will you send me a pre-production one free?:rolleyes:
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LOL... it looks to me like the new trend in marketing cheap budget mics is to target the under $100 mark. ;)

Of course the trick to selling those cheap budget mics is to trick people into thinking they are as good as other top name brand mics.
 
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