New Ribbon from Octava

[jgourd]

I saw a new ribbon mic from Octava at GC last week. I am wondering if anyone has any experience with it yet and would they like to share an impression of these things?

 

[philboyd studge]

Really. How much was it?

 

[chessparov]

It's wiser to buy an Oktava microphone from www.oktava.com
(The Soundroom) as they are hand selected to perform properly.
Guitar Center Oktava's vary in quality or lack thereof.

Chris

 

[philboyd studge]

I don't agree but in this case the Sound Room has what appears to be a good price on the ML-52 at $379. No shock mount yet. Hmmm, this looks like a really cool mic.

 

[chessparov]

philboyd, I went though about 10 cardiod capsules at GC to find
the "best one", and none of them "matched" for the Oktava MK-012. (Three were fairly close)
One of the microphone bodies didn't produce any output either
out of the three or four I checked. YMMV.

If you have the time, inclination to sort them out AND to hope that
it will either break within the 30 day return policy, or work for
years without a problem-go for it.
If and when my Oktava craps out it'll go straight to The Sound Room for replacement or repair (good excuse to get the Lomo!).
Seems a bit like Russian Roulette otherwise!

Chris

 

[Richard Monroe]

What the hell, Philboy, Guitarrgh Center is showing ML52 for $399. At that price point, the Sound Room is annhilating them. You get better quality control *and* the price. Of course, GC will match or beat the price, but who cares? Call Taylor Johnson. I can probably get the mic from GC for $200-$250, but in this case, I would rather pay the nice pro. (spam off)-Richie