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gitrokr
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im looking at shreveaudio.com, looking for 603s but saw 600's instead, are these the same mic or what? im looking to use them as overheads, and i wanna find a good price...
Innovations
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No direct experience but looking at the MXL site the 600 has a 3 micron thick head and a 'cardoid' pattern and the 603 has a 6 micron thick head and a 'wide cardoid' pattern.
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gitrokr
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so what exactly does the thickness of the micron and the size of the cardiod pattern hav to do with how the mics will sounds as overheads for rock drums???
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ScienceOne
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just get the 603's, you havent heard people raving about the 600 have you? No. get 603s....... go!
Gidge
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from Harvey Gerst's famous Marshall mic review:
Marshall MXL-600 $270 Veiled top end and exaggerated low-mid, compared to the Oktava MC-012. About 1 dB lower output than the Oktava. It just sounded very dull and lifeless. Very easy to bottom out as well.
Marshall MXL-603 $99 This was a flat-out winner, folks. Almost identical to the MC012 in sound, with a wide cardioid pattern, almost approaching omni. We used them as drum overhead mics, and they did a great job. The diaphragms are easy to bottom out on voice, but with a pop filter (and positioned above the singer's mouth), they wouldn't be bad as a vocal mic on some singers, and they'd probably do fine on acoustic guitar, and many other instruments. They were also a perfect match to the Oktava MC012 - they sounded nearly identical.
Marshall MXL-600 $270 Veiled top end and exaggerated low-mid, compared to the Oktava MC-012. About 1 dB lower output than the Oktava. It just sounded very dull and lifeless. Very easy to bottom out as well.
Marshall MXL-603 $99 This was a flat-out winner, folks. Almost identical to the MC012 in sound, with a wide cardioid pattern, almost approaching omni. We used them as drum overhead mics, and they did a great job. The diaphragms are easy to bottom out on voice, but with a pop filter (and positioned above the singer's mouth), they wouldn't be bad as a vocal mic on some singers, and they'd probably do fine on acoustic guitar, and many other instruments. They were also a perfect match to the Oktava MC012 - they sounded nearly identical.
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DJL
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gitrokr said:
Their two different mic's. Check-out the Marshall Electronics web page... http://www.mxlmics.com/condens.html
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12bass
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I bought an MXL 600 with a bunch of other mics. It was basically thrown in as part of the deal. I traded it in for an MXL 603, which I think sounds much better (the store couldn't understand why I wanted to give them a "better" mic!).
The MXL 600 has a dull, low-mid honk to it that I didn't like very much. The MXL 603 sounds much more open and detailed, something I really noticed on the ringing sound of guitar strings.
MXL 603 - cheap, sounds good
MXL 600 - not so cheap, doesn't sound good
The MXL 600 has a dull, low-mid honk to it that I didn't like very much. The MXL 603 sounds much more open and detailed, something I really noticed on the ringing sound of guitar strings.
MXL 603 - cheap, sounds good
MXL 600 - not so cheap, doesn't sound good