tubedude said:
Hey Mixmkr, you seem to live close enough to swing by and get an education in engineering and mixing, so feel free... and who knows, maybe I'll even put my foot against your ass, too... it would be my pleasure.
My point is... people will get on here and say "my local pawn shop has an sm57 for $90, and a perfect shape Beyer M88 for $100... which would be the better choice for a great versatile dynamic?"
Then, 10 replies that say "Beyer M88!"
2 days later... "well, I decided on the Sm57 because I could save $10.00 and I know in my heart that the SM57 is a better mic"
OR...
10 replies that say "Beyer M88, never heard of it so the SM57 is a no brainer"
It just seems to me that people dont listen after they ask, people offer advice they shouldnt give, and everyone is on the new cheap chinese condensor kick. Sure, there are some decent chinese mics... but no one understands that there are better buys to be had, especially on the used market, and a top of the line dynamic like the 441 is, in my opinion, a much more useful and versatile mic than any cheapo chinese mic that I have run across as of yet.
It just bugs me.
Same thing with the RNP... "is the Bluetube a better all around mic pre since it is tube?" I hardly bother to reply anymore, since I know what they end up buying anyway. Irritating.
I understand your point...and don't necessarily disagree...evidence
http://www.homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71781 ....which seems to have the typical [misunderstanding style] attitude starting to happen that is so common here in the mic forum. It is your
holy-ier - than - Though attitude that I didn't particularly care for. You're just a grunt like everyone else here... no better no worse. Maybe you own a couple grand worth of mics.. big fuckin' deal... so do I as do many others here. And, most of these "newbies" could probably buy as much too, if they didn't have school loans, car payments and such to pay off.
I am not also sure a
beat up Sennheiser is nec. better than a V67, a pair of mxl603's and a 57 or two, for the person just starting out IF they only have $250. Also, will they necessarily hear the difference over their Alesis monitor ones? If cash is not an issue, then I say, maybe...take the chance....like I did on
my C451's I tried to get. However, I tend to think that the "better" mics are better because of better off axis sound, better polar pattens, and of course build, and stuff like that. But
on axis sound, I think the lines are starting to blur a bit with these "cheapie" mics.
Sure, throw a half dozen of them on a drum kit, wonder why the drums sound dull and muddy... Replace them with "good" mics...walla..
oh yeah...about the mixing and engineering education offered by you (and the potential kick in the booty), I tend to think you don't have the credentials or knowledge above what I already have....but thanks. The kick in the ass... You want to get down to threats over the internet with people you've never seen before, someday someone WILL show up at your place to call your bluff. To me, you just come off sounding like a punk regurgitating shit out of a magazine....but I give you credit that you probably aren't. Oh...feel free to post some of your "credentials" at the MP3 clinic. Can't say I've really seen you there, other than once about a year or so ago. I liked that tune, and I think got positive responses, but no better than what you can hear there now. That's MY point, you're just a grunt like all of us here... so step down off your pedistal. Anyway, that's where the bulk of my 2500 posts have been. This mic forum, as good as some of the info can be here sometimes, has the most fucked up attitudes running around that I've ever seen on any BBS on the internet. The door has hit my ass many times when I've left here, but I still like to "muddle" through it at times.
But...tubedude...happy new year, and why not try to get rid of the attitudes...and then people like me won't use your comments as catalysts!!
Nevermind, I'm stupid today.
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