Should I trade my NT1 for 2 MXL 603?

[SHEPPARDB.]

Seriously, you can get a pair of Samson CO2's that will sound a million times better than the 603's for $120. And you would still have the NT-1. I would trade you the CO2's for an NT-1 in fact lol.

A million times better?I dont think so.The CO2'S are not useful at all.
Bought a pair when I first started shopping for SDC's.Took them back the same day.Went to a different store and bought a matched pair of MXL 603's.
For what they cost,they are good mics.I've gotten excellent results using
them to record my acoustic guitar.I've gotten good results using them as O.H.'s,which I'm sure would have been much better if I had more experience
micing up a kit.

 

[smtcharlie]

Let me answer your question with a question. Are you unhappy with the sounds you are getting right now?

I've gone through this too...trading budget mics for other budget mics, or trading budget pre's for other budget pre's. It's something that a lot of us find fun around here. But it's been my experience that I get the best sound out of the stuff that I know and use a lot.

If your current mics work fine for you, then don't sweat it.

anyone else?

 

[Soundmind??]

Folks, lets get real here...the question is....are two mxl 603s worth one older chinese NT1. Quality wise, they are similar, and for the price they do a good job. The question wasn't "Should I sell my bubget mics and buy Josephsons or Microtech Geffell or Neumann SDCs?'' If the NT1s aren't matched, and the 603's are, it may be worth the added diversity. You can do better with a matched pair and an extra spot mic than you can with an unmatched pair of similar quality SDCs. I'd say go for it under the condition that you can change you mind within a period of time if you don't think it was a fair deal.

 

[Soundmind??]

Ooops, I just noted that the 603's aren't matched. Not as good an option. I'd keep the rode and save for a matched pair of C02s or 603s if higher priced ones are not an option. I use Shure KSM109s with good results, about $280 per pair

 

[Hollowdan]

A million times better?I dont think so.The CO2'S are not useful at all.
Bought a pair when I first started shopping for SDC's.Took them back the same day.Went to a different store and bought a matched pair of MXL 603's.
For what they cost,they are good mics.I've gotten excellent results using
them to record my acoustic guitar.I've gotten good results using them as O.H.'s,which I'm sure would have been much better if I had more experience
micing up a kit.

Everyone has their opinion granted,
I would love to hear a recording done with 603's.
I would gladly let you hear recordings done with CO2's in return

 

[SHEPPARDB.]

Everyone has their opinion granted,
I would love to hear a recording done with 603's.
I would gladly let you hear recordings done with CO2's in return

What do you mean?Why do you need to hear the 603's,when you already
know so much about them?
The fact that you and I both have some really low end mics is nothing to
get excited about.You could take both of our opinions,mix them up in a bag,
and the pros are still laughing at us.
The truth of the matter is,you have about as much biz as I do commenting
on mics.If we were any sort of authority on the subject,we would have much
better mics in our collections.
Anywho,I will post a clip of the 603's tomorrow.

 

[Tim Brown]

Seriously, you can get a pair of Samson CO2's that will sound a million times better than the 603's for $120.

Are you on Crack?!?!

I heard a pair of those Samsons and didn't like them at all.
The 603's I can put up as a pair of overheads, and just cut some midrange centered at 750 hz, and they sound really good.



Tim

 

[Tim Brown]

Came on guys! I know a lot of you use the 603 as OH..! Let me know what you think... Thanks

I love the 603's as overheads.

I had a pair of Earthworks that I intended to use as overheads, but they were too sensitive to me for home recording. They were picking up freaking cars outside. That's probably great for a pro studio, but in my homestudio - I don't want to hear a great drumtrack with "whoooom whooom whooom" in the middle of it (Rap-daddy car in the background).

I originally had a pair of SM81's, and we recorded a CD that got shelved using them.
They sounded really brittle on the cymbals. Granted - I bought the mic's used, so they could have been damaged, but they sounded fine on things like acoustic guitar.....but I had other mic's to cover those cases, so I sold them and picked up four 603's and stands with the money I got out of the Shure's.

Plsu, I'm on an anti-Shure microphone kick - now I do not own a single Shure Microphone.

Yeah!!


Tim