Mk319.... $99!!

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Not sure but I think alot of people have posted that the quality of the ocktava mics vary widely from guitar center.
 
to mackies

i would asume that it's not as good as a mackie, but i wonder if it's as good as an audio buddy or better?
 
Wireneck said:
Not sure but I think alot of people have posted that the quality of the ocktava mics vary widely from guitar center.
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Yeah... but $99 might be worth rolling the dice...

[insert joke about garbage mic/paperweight here]
 
Its not that some are bad ones but as a pair for stereo recording the sound could differ somewhat. and thats for the mc012s.
 
I got one. I looked it up and it supposedly retails at $600, but musicians friend had them for $300. I figured even at that, for $99 you can't go wrong.
 
Can you post the link? I can't seem to find it. The 219 is $99, but the 319 lists at $199. Am I missing something?

Pete
 
I was going to post on this topic myself....
It was on their mailer....


$99.00 seems pretty low....
was wondering if the experienced guys and gals here had anything else to contribute?

I would be buying one and only one for acoustic guitar and/or vox...
 
Q.: What's the most useless and irrelevent piece of information you could possibly acquire?

A.: The "list" price of an Oktava microphone.
 
You noticed the use of the word "supposedly" in my retail price quote...it wasn't on accident :D
 
the shure sm58 sounds better on vox than the mk319.
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Nah...I've heard some 319's that sound great, but then the one right next to it that sounds like wax paper on a comb.:D

Same goes for the 219. I have a buddy who has a 219 that I borrowed that was incredible sounding. So I went down to GC to get one and couldn't find another that sounded even close.

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I wish my 219 sounded as good as a comb and wax paper...:(
 
Well I finally got a chance to test drive mine, and it sounds much better than a SM58. It is similar to my C-1's but not quite as hot and a little darker in tone. Not a bad investment for $99. I won't use it for my voice but I can see it will be useful to have around.
 
not bad

Quite a bit of handling noise (due to the fact that I didn't mount it). But it sounds pretty good. Not quite as detailed as the NTK, but better than a SM58... a little dark sounding, but useable. Wouldn't be my first choice on vocals, but might work for something like a solo instrument.
 
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