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Just some very early impressions and a few questions. These were an AEA R84, Royer 121, an Earthworks SR69 sd-cardioid, and ADK A51 ST in fig-8, into RNP's on a female blues/rock singer.
#1 and foremost...
... The high end on both the 84 and the 121 is soooo sweet. One's got to be a keeper. They nail issue #1- a smooth natural choice, and help with #2- size and weight. My previous option for 'smooth and natural' is QTC-1, which it does, but not the weight.
However, also a surprise. Neither seemed to have as much low-end lift (the 'weight and size' thing again) as I expected. (The A51 was "similar") We started at about 24-36", ended up at around 12". (I was expecting 'huge' at several feet...?
On the first two of three songs, the 121 sounded a bit midrangy (800-2k-ish), but we flipped to the backside on the last song and (coincidental to the song???) got a mellower tone that was perfect. The backside is supposed to be brighter?
The SR69 (also behind the same pop screen but W/O the screw-on adaptor) while looking 'flat' on top was actually a bit fizzy. (didn't try QTC-1 this time, but previously, we didn't get that on her.) Also, the low end was too light @ 1'. On this one, I was hoping for a dual-solution -a 'natural' directional SD with proximity, but looks like it's tailored for a closer working distance and I don't want to loose a full sound option @ freefield distance, so...
I know it's early yet, and there's all these other variables (pilot error not being the least of which), but if you got some feedback I'm here to learn.
Feeling like an excited NeuBee again...
Wayne
#1 and foremost...
... The high end on both the 84 and the 121 is soooo sweet. One's got to be a keeper. They nail issue #1- a smooth natural choice, and help with #2- size and weight. My previous option for 'smooth and natural' is QTC-1, which it does, but not the weight.However, also a surprise. Neither seemed to have as much low-end lift (the 'weight and size' thing again) as I expected. (The A51 was "similar") We started at about 24-36", ended up at around 12". (I was expecting 'huge' at several feet...?
On the first two of three songs, the 121 sounded a bit midrangy (800-2k-ish), but we flipped to the backside on the last song and (coincidental to the song???) got a mellower tone that was perfect. The backside is supposed to be brighter?
The SR69 (also behind the same pop screen but W/O the screw-on adaptor) while looking 'flat' on top was actually a bit fizzy. (didn't try QTC-1 this time, but previously, we didn't get that on her.) Also, the low end was too light @ 1'. On this one, I was hoping for a dual-solution -a 'natural' directional SD with proximity, but looks like it's tailored for a closer working distance and I don't want to loose a full sound option @ freefield distance, so...
I know it's early yet, and there's all these other variables (pilot error not being the least of which), but if you got some feedback I'm here to learn.
Feeling like an excited NeuBee again...
Wayne
