Most Respective Brand Name(s)

[djeddy]

what are the most respective brand name(s) for microphones from #'s 1-5?

 

[chessrock]

Mr. Microphone

Realistic

Nady

Behringer

BMW

 

[endserenading81]

ha ha ha

Mr. Microphone, LOL, is that shit real?
Rob

 

[earworm]

behringer ? dude ... for DJ's YES !


check this out:

Sennheiser : New Limited Edition MD 421

this is an AWESOME mic !!!! if you like shure sm57's, but have enough money for something more expensive AND BETTER:

go for this one, the sennheiser md 421
http://news.harmony-central.com/Newp/2003/MD-421-SE.html


so my favorite brands are:

akg (c414 for vocals ... vintage d112 for 'vintage vocals' or kickdrum)
shure (sm 57)
sennheiser (md 421)

you can use all these three mics for vocals, guitaramps, close miking of drums,
yeah, call them GREAT ALLROUND mics,
but they do have a special purpose of course...

what i do is :


akg d112 in my bassdrum
akg c414 for vocals
sennheiser md 421 on tomms
shure sm57 on snare

and if i record bassguitars, and if i don't use the direct out of the amp,
then i put that 40 year old AKG d112 in front of the bass-speakers,
same for guitars, if i don't use my outboard FX, then i put a Shure sm57 in front of it

you don't need more than these mics to go kick some ass...
but there's a shitload of other options.....


...oops...gotto go eat....'nouf said about mics

cheers

 

[Richard Monroe]

I think you mean "respected". You know, brand recognition is a result of successful marketing. You might get very different answers if you asked a group of recording artists and then a bunch of recording engineers. The average white collar American workers thinks a BOSE audio system is top of the line. Oh well. My choices, in no particular order:
1. Brauner
2. Schoeps
3. Royer
4. DPA
5. Neumann

If you ask the unwashed masses, they'll likely mention:
1. Shure
2. Sennheiser
3. AKG
4. Neumann
5. B.L.U.E.

Note that the Neumanns make both lists, because of the classic mics of old that are still worth a small fortune, and continued marketing resulting in brand name recognition.-Richie

 

[sdelsolray]

My choices:

Schoeps
DPA
Microtech Gefell
Soundelux
AEA

 

[Han]

The average white collar American workers thinks a BOSE audio system is top of the line. Oh well. -Richie

Richard, I have a thread on another forum about the marketing of Bose, which is great. Now they're pushing another product: surround with two speakers and a (hidden) bass module. This is an old technique from the eighties, Q-sound, which is psycho acoustics.

Here is part of a post from Doug Osborn:
>No, there is no engineer (I'm going out on a limb here, but I'm probably right) that uses any Bose speaker for critical work. Even if you like the sound of a given Bose speaker, it just plain doesn't do what a studio monitor should in terms of neutral frequency, dynamic, and power response. Many facilities use them for QC purposes, as a mass-market, worst-case-scenario speaker. This is funny because most consumers know only one speaker brand (and consider it extremely high-quality), and that is Bose. Of course, 802s can arguably work properly in some commercial applications, but again not for studio monitoring.

Bose is an engineering and marketing company, more so than most consumer speaker companies. The Acoustimass cubes cost them less than $0.50 each to manufacture in Mexico (used to be $0.35), and they find their way into a system that usually sells for $799 at retail.<

So you can see that the only good thing about Bose is the marketing, the products are cheap crap which is sold for more than twice as much as gear that's even better.

 

[chessrock]

I'm very interested in that new live sound system Bose has been developing for smaller to medium-sized venues. The one with the funky "poles." I'm intrigued.

 

[randyfromde]

Bose is an engineering and marketing company, more so than most consumer speaker companies. The Acoustimass cubes cost them less than $0.50 each to manufacture in Mexico (used to be $0.35), and they find their way into a system that usually sells for $799 at retail.<

What's the source of the $.50 statistic? That certainly is interesting (if true).

 

[jnorman]

DPA 4006/4011
Schoeps CMC6/Mk2
Sennheiser MKH series
vintage Neumanns (km84, u47, m50)
AKG C480/ck61

i do chamber music. i've been through a ton of mics, and those above are the ones which have proven themselves to me. a few years ago, i dont know that i would have included the akg, but after using them extensively and comparingthem to my schoeps and DPAs, i have to admit they are as good as anything i have ever used. i was never satisfied with the schoeps mk4 capsules, but the near-field mk2 omni is outstanding. the DPA 4006 omnis, and 4011 cardioids just cant be beat, though the akg c480 sounds almost identical to the 4011. the older km84 is a nearly perfect mic for acoustic sources, though a tad noisier than most newer mics. the senn mkh series are often the best choice for certain instruments, especially quiet sources like harsichords, lutes, etc. i dont know crap about micing drum kits, but i guess i would use maybe royer r-121s on guitar cabs - the royers are very nice mics and very well built.

 

[Han]

What's the source of the $.50 statistic? That certainly is interesting (if true).

http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=27;t=000302

 

[lumbago]

I guess you'd have to separate studio use with live microphone use. In the studio you often get to use expensive condensers, but for live the following work ok.

On an electric guitar amp? SM-57 is usually reliable.
On vocals? Beyer M88, Shure SM-58 or Beta-58 are reliable.
On snare drum? SM-57 is reliable.
On Toms? Sennheiser MD-421 are reliable.
On Kick? Beyer M-88 is reliable.

Home studio?

I'm a big fan of Rode and Audio Technica and Shure.

Pro Studio?

Say "Neumann" again one more time... expensive but worth it.

The recording chain begins with a good mic, but the preamp , EQ and compression all have a bearing on creating a "satisfying" sound.

 

[randyfromde]

Han, you linked to another messageboard about the $.50 production cost...not quite the pinnacle of "proof".

 

[Han]

Han, you linked to another messageboard about the $.50 production cost...not quite the pinnacle of "proof".

Right! But you can ask Doug Osborne where he got this info.
I have yet to hear a good sound come from a Bose speaker, so I think they might be $0.50 speakers. (just jokin')

 

[noisedude]

Bose ... whatever ... as long as people with more credit cards than hours of music listening in their life want a 'top of the range' stereo, they'll be able to pay as much as they want for one from Bose.

Most respected mic brand ... I've yet to hear a bad mic from Volkswagen. They also make the same number of good mics as Nady