Tell me about valve mics

[Treeline]

I'm looking at this thing after running into some positive comments about it, particularly for female vocals. I'm not contemplating using it as a workhorse mic (the SP C3 comes to mind...) but to get a particularly warm vocal sound. Anyone care to share experiences with tube mics in the $300 range, and with this one in particular? Thanks.

http://www.pacificproaudio.com/m_frame.asp?url=ld2_specsheet.html

 

[TexRoadkill]

That looks like another crappy chinese mic that has been rebranded but I could be wrong. Probably not worth the money. If you want a cheap toob mic than stick with a Studio Projects T3 or a MXL V77. The C1 is a pretty warm sounding mic even though it doesn't have toobs.

 

[H2oskiphil]

But...but...it has sonic integrity "approaching sainthood"!!!!!!!

Funny, I just skimmed through the Bible, and didn't find a SINGLE reference to "sonic integrity". There were some pretty cool stories about locusts, though. And wine...lots of wine...

But no "sonic integrity".

Must be in the King James version...

 

[Treeline]

Yeah, well, I've gotten the wine thing down pretty well. I caught the "sainthood" quip on the site, too; it might have sent me packing except that one member here (I'll have to track him down) said it sounded pretty nice. So there it is. I know its approaching the something for nothing category, but what is it that makes a tube mic attractive, other than a "warm" sound? ("Aint that enough?" they said in unison)