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Studio Projects microphones are made is China too... and I understand their newer E series Studio Projects mic's are made with China components and only assembled in the USA. I also heard Studio Projects mic's are shipped stright from China to the UK... so I'm guessing some Studio Projects QC is done in China too.
 
DJL said:
Studio Projects microphones are made is China too... and I understand their newer E series Studio Projects mic's are made with China components and only assembled in the USA. I also heard Studio Projects mic's are shipped stright from China to the UK... so I'm guessing some Studio Projects QC is done in China too.
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Actually, you have your information wrong. The E-Series mics will have bodies and many compnents made in the USA. We intend to make and build as much of it here as possible. We will probably import the packaging like the case, and manual, and of course some components are Chinese, but you simply just can't get away from that, so you are incorrect that we will just assemble all Chinese components.

You are correct that we ship direct to our UK office from China, as it is more cost effective than shipping it here, and then on to the UK. :)
 
Alan, sense the Studio Projects E series mic's are not 100% USA made...what's the point... why not just make and assemble the mic's in China and save money like you have been doing?
 
DJL said:
Alan. sense the Studio Projects E series mic's are not 100% USA made...what's the point... why not just make and assemble the mic's in China and save money like you have been doing?
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This is some funny logic. If you can't help American workers to the maximum amount, why help them at all?

BTW, almost every product made today is made in at least two countries (e.g. the components are made in the US, but assembled in Mexico, the components are Chinese but assembled in Australia, etc.)
 
If your Acura was assembled in America, but with Japanese parts why not just buy a Yugo?

I'd like to think that there are still some American workers and manufacturers that not only care about quality, but can make stuff that beats out the products coming from the cheap-labor nations. I'd think it's a hell of a lot easier for an American company to ensure good QC practices when the products are assembled here too.
 
ZIPPO lighters, MAG flashlights, and etc are MADE IN USA.

And I think some companies just want people to think their products are MADE IN USA.
 
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alanhyatt said:
Actually, you have your information wrong. The E-Series mics will have bodies and many compnents made in the USA. We intend to make and build as much of it here as possible. We will probably import the packaging like the case, and manual, and of course some components are Chinese, but you simply just can't get away from that, so you are incorrect that we will just assemble all Chinese components.

You are correct that we ship direct to our UK office from China, as it is more cost effective than shipping it here, and then on to the UK. :)
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Having something built in China, Japan, America etc. matters not. It is the design and components that do. Good QC throughout the process ensures a great product. Chinese built stuff that is getting slandered on this BBS has nothing to do with the quality of workmanship. It is the American/German etc. companies who contract Chinese companies that are to blame. Any manufacturer who uses the cheapest components, crappy designs and bad quality control gets what it deserves. As far as any contract manufacturer cares, if they build the product right, then they are done. Garbage in/garbage out is what you get as far as performance, reliability and customer satisfaction are concerned.
 
DJL said:
Alan, sense the Studio Projects E series mic's are not 100% USA made...what's the point... why not just make and assemble the mic's in China and save money like you have been doing?
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Well I guess there are two different opinions on this, but the idea was to make them in America, not assemble them. No, not everything is 100% totally American, but we think we accomplish what we want. What we want is for us to control the quality, the finish, the rejection rates, while still bringing and keeping money here in the USA.

It does not mean they will be better, although we think they will be because we are using high quality components than we do on the other mics we build, but that was our intention.

The E Series is not about the saving of money....it is about the product we want to put out. :D
 
It looks like it was made in the USA, until you look under the hood... lol. J/K.

Oh well, I guess I misunderstood you... I thought you were going to try and pass the new Studio Projects E series mic's off as being 100% USA. I've also noticed lately you've been making it a point to point-out others selling chinese made mic's... so I was putting two and two together... and came up with the above.

Are the E series diaphragms made in the USA or China?
 
back to the original question...

my recomendation would be either the sm57 - it's underrated as a vocal/guitar mic (i like it for guitar and vocals even though it's rarely my first choice for either), or the B1 - probably the B1 - an LDC will sound great for vocals and pretty decent for acoustic guitar too.
 
DJL said:
It looks like it was made in the USA, until you look under the hood... lol. J/K.

Oh well, I guess I misunderstood you... I thought you were going to try and pass the new Studio Projects E series mic's off as being 100% USA. I've also noticed lately you've been making it a point to point-out others selling chinese made mic's... so I was putting two and two together... and came up with the above.

Are the E series diaphragm made in the USA or China?
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That will depend on the cost of labor. There are no real USA places other than Shure that can tension capsules in any quantity. Even Stephen Paul can only do so many capsules a day. It has to be done in a clean room, you have to vapor machines, tension jigs and much more. Where in the USA do you get that in any quantities?

So, you have to part everthing out to different vendors and then tension and assemble them yourself. I do not want to invent the kind of money it would take, but if we can do it, we will. If not we won't. They will still be made here.

I am still trying to find where I said that the E Series would be 100% made made in the USA.... Additionally, I don't really like the term of me trying to pass of anything... I do a very good job at what I do, and I tell the truth, so I pass off nothing, so perhaps you may want to tell me why you said that...:confused:
 
Humm, "pass off", well I guess that wasn't the best way to word it... sorry about that. Lets start over.

If you want to make USA made mic's, why are you not buying the diaphragms from Shure instead of China?
 
DJL said:
Humm, "pass off", well I guess that wasn't the best way to word it... sorry about that. Lets start over.

If you want to make USA made mic's, why are you not buying the diaphragms from Shure instead of China?
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Shure does not build what we want!
 
alanhyatt said:
Shure does not build what we want!
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But, they shure could... Oh well, I guess yours will be made in China.

Who makes the semiconductors/chip for the Studio Projects E series mic's... are they made is the USA or China?

Oh, and how about the PC boards... are they made in the USA or China?

Thanks
 
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DJL said:
But, they shure could... lol. Oh well, I guess yours will be made in China.

Who makes the semiconductors/chip for the Studio Projects E series mic's... are they made is the USA or China?

Oh, and how about the PC boards... are they made in the USA or China?

Thanks
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You forgot the Switches, the grill, the body, the case, the caps, the opto cells, the transformers, the wire, the screws, the nuts, the frame, the connector, etc...

Relax, why not wait until we get these babies off the drawing board and into prototype. We won't lie to you, but give us soom room to make the thing first! :eek:
 
alanhyatt said:
You forgot the Switches, the grill, the body, the case, the caps, the opto cells, the transformers, the wire, the screws, the nuts, the frame, the connector, etc...

Relax, why not wait until we get these babies off the drawing board and into prototype. We won't lie to you, but give us soom room to make the thing first! :eek:
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Ok, fair enough... thanks. Oh, and I didn't forget... I just didn't ask yet. :D
 
bluesbear said:
Audix OM-2 and no preamp needed if your soundcard has one.
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Oh my!!! Add even MORE edgy hi-mids to already edgy digital recordings.:rolleyes:

Most Audix stuff is crap. I mix sound sometimes for a few different bands that a rep for them plays in, and I love breaking out all the Shure's and EV's to mic everything up with. He always falls for it, asking "Why don't you use an OM-3 for that vocal? Why not an D-2 for that tom?" Etc....

I always get to answer, "Because they sound like shit". :D

Ed
 
I dunno if it's intentional, but your E series makes me think of another E series made in America... :)
 
I think the 100 % U.S and Euro made mic manufacturers
are getting their asses kicked now by these off-shore
made wonders. Who knows, maybe someday they'll
be better if not on par with the best of the west.
 
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