Violet Mics

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mikey@thecave

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heres the web site www.violet-design.com
PS, These are short descriptions of Violet and JZ microphones

VIOLET:


Flamingo ME large ear capsule tube preamp large output
transformer smart psu - vocals - very warm, sweet, full
low frequencies

Flamingo STD VD67 capsule (a'la Neumann U67) tube preamp
large output transformer smart psu - universal/vocals -
warm, wide spectrum

Flamingo VINTAGE VD47 capsule (a'la Neumann U47) tube preamp
large output transformer smart psu - vocals - warm,
sweet

Globe STD VD67 capsule (a'la Neumann U67) super quality
discrete semiconductor preamp transformerless -
universal/vocals - warm, wide spectrum

Globe VINTAGE VD47 capsule (a'la Neumann U47) super quality
discrete semiconductor preamp transformerless - vocals -
warm, sweet

Amethyst STD VD26 capsule (original JZ, no analogs, sounds like AKG
C12) discrete semiconductor preamp transformerless -
universal/instruments - bright, very wide spectrum

Amethyst VINTAGE VD67 capsule (a'la Neumann U67) discrete
semiconductor preamp transformerless - universal/vocals -
warm, wide spectrum

Dolly STD (white) VD27 capsule (no center screw, rather linear)
discrete semiconductor preamp transformerless - universal -
wide spectrum

Dolly SE (violet) VD27 capsule (no center screw, rather linear)
discrete semiconductor preamp transformerless - universal -
wide spectrum

Black Dolly (black) VD27 capsule (no center screw, rather linear, -2
dB low frequency) discrete semiconductor preamp
ransformerless - universal - wide spectrum

Pearl STD maza kapsula discrete semiconductor preamp
transformerless - stage vocals/universal, like other stage
condensers

Pearl VINTAGE VD47 capsule (a'la Neumann U47) discrete
semiconductor preamp transformerless - vocals -
warm, sweet

Finger maza kapsula discrete semiconductor
preamp transformerless - stage and studio -
instruments

Black Knight VD27 capsule (no center screw, rather linear)
discrete semiconductor preamp transformerless -
universal - wide spectrum

Junior VD26 capsule (original JZ, no analogs, sounds like AKG C12)
discrete semiconductor preamp output transformer -
universal - bright, very wide spectrum

THE MONITOR 8 - very masssive separated birch enclosure
2.5 cm thick (front 7.5 cm thick !!!) Dynaudio special 8" LF
woofer ; 1.1" HF tweeter separated custom crossover ready for biamp /
direct biamp shockmounted enclosure rounded front of
enclosure large gold plated connectors near field / mid
field monitor

- STD - internally acoustically damped

- VINTAGE - internally not damped



JZ:

JZ-1 VD26 capsule (original JZ, no analogs, sounds like AKG C12)
discrete semiconductor preamp output transformer -
universal - bright, very wide spectrum

JZ-2 VD26 capsule (original JZ, no analogs, sounds like AKG C12)
discrete semiconductor preamp transformerless -
universal - bright, very wide spectrum

JZ-3 changeable VD47 / VD67 / VD26 capsules very quality
discrete semiconductor preamp transformerless -
universal

JZ-4 VD26 capsule (original JZ, no analogs, sounds like AKG C12)
very quality discrete semiconductor preamp
transformerless - universal - bright, very wide spectrum

JZ-5 VD47 capsule (a'la Neumann U47) tube preamp output
transformer smart psu - vocals - warm, sweet

JZ-6 VD27 capsule (no center screw, rather linear) discrete
semiconductor preamp transformerless - universal - wide
spectrum


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ralfs Niedra [mailto:sales@calbs.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005
 
Funny how all these mics look a lot like BLUES. Even the logo on the front of the mic looks like a blue logo. The globe looks like the mouse and the Dolly is a dead ringer for the baby bottle. Is this a blue company? In fact looking at the stats of the "dolly" its identical in freq range(most are) but its also identical in max spl and dyn range, 133db and 128db. I'd be pissed if I were BLUE.
 
they are not for the poor like me,
but the don't speck with that stupid 5-7 K boost you see in most crappy mics.
 
well i dont want to get into someone elses business pending legal actions.. but i'll just say the man JZ says he designed all Blue mics except bluebird... and him and Blue have parted ways and he never sold the rights to his Blue designs so i guess hes selling them on his own..He JZ has signed all of the blue mics that he made...
 
giraffe ---i think he has some that are not so high priced you should save up to get better stuff ---now i'm not recomending these i've never even used the blue mics
 
Blue statement

We at Blue Microphones would like to make a statement regarding the ongoing speculation over the original design of Blue’s product line and Blue’s current business dealings. We have not commented on these subjects until now simply because our legal advisors have specifically recommended that we not participate in the rumor mill. However, we now believe that the amount of time and misguided speculation that has been invested on these subjects by forum visitors requires a response.

This statement is intended to set the record straight and will be the one and only comment offered by Blue Microphones. Skipper Wise, Martins Saulespurens, and all of the dedicated and hard-working people at Blue sincerely appreciate those who have supported us throughout the years and those who will continue to support Blue Microphones in the future.

First, the design issue:

At the onset of Blue’s incorporation, we hired a Latvian medical manufacturer called Scruples to manufacture certain metals parts and perform the final assembly of certain microphones. Scruples, which is owned in part by Juris Zarins, signed a non-compete agreement with Blue and used their manufacturing expertise to construct our product.

As the Blue line caught on, our relationship with Mr. Zarins became strained as he fought for a bigger piece of the pie. Mr. Zarins began attempting to leverage our manufacturing relationship with Scruples to assert claims to our products. Mr. Zarins attempted to circumvent Blue by creating a company called ParaBlue that would sell Blue products directly to customers. In conjunction with these activities, Scruples became less and less interested in cooperating with Blue’s efforts to manage production flow and quality control. Since Scruples would not continue to meet our needs, we found new manufacturers – right here in America – who could.

After Blue terminated all business relations with Scruples in October of 2004, Scruples violated our non-compete agreement by supplying microphones to a new company of Mr. Zarins,’ Violet Designs, whose trademark infringes on Blue's trademark. Mr. Zarins began creating unauthorized duplications of our products under the name JZ Equipment, which was in clear violation of both our intellectual property rights and the non-compete agreement. Mr. Zarins has also made a deceptive attempt to register Blue’s microphone designs with the European Union.

So, did Scruples make choices in what techniques and technologies should be used to manufacture Blue’s products? Of course, that’s what they were hired and paid to do. Did Scruples or Mr. Zarins somehow establish a vision and actually design the Blue product line? Absolutely not, which is why we’ve already begun legal action in the European Union, Latvia, and soon in the U.S.

Some other matters of interest:

As stated above, Blue has moved the manufacturing operations for most of its core product line to the United States – specifically Southern California, where we are headquartered – and whatever is not made here is made in Latvia. None of our microphones are made in China. We do, however, source some of our non-critical parts, such as shock-mounts and cables, from Chinese manufacturers. This enables us to cost-effectively increase the value of our product line by including free shock-mounts with each of our mics.

Make no mistake, it was a huge challenge to move manufacturing to facilities that would allow us to maintain the same quality craftsmanship recordists have come to expect from Blue over the last decade. After an intense search and a couple false starts, we settled on hiring a milling company from the U.S. military contracting world, a finishing company from the aerospace industry, and an assembly house skilled in hi-fidelity audio...all located close to home in California, all highly capable of meeting our ultra-high
standards.

Keep in mind that all our ball-shaped microphones are still made in Latvia. Our circuit boards are also still made in Latvia. Our capsule assembly and tuning is still done in Latvia, and our Bottle mic is still made entirely in Latvia. All these aspects of Blue production, as well as most of our research and development, are still managed by Martins Saulespurens in Latvia. Most importantly, all our products are still Blue's unique designs.

Finally, Juris Zarins and Scruples had nothing to do with Blue’s restoration service. Our restoration service particularly inhibited the production output of our Bottle microphone; we therefore discontinued the service in order to fully concentrate on the Bottle and other Blue products. We can only guess that JZ Equipment says they offer restoration services because that’s what Blue had done.

We hope this information has proven helpful, and would like to thank you all very much for your interest in what the future holds for Blue Microphones. For our part, we are very proud to have served this industry for ten years now, and can’t wait to bring even better solutions to the recording industry for another ten years – and beyond!
 
That's a lot of posts . . . one would have sufficed.

Anyway, I'm keeping my old BB, that's for sure. I don't think I'm interested in either new Blue or JZ products for right now, until somebody else is the guinea pig first. Some of the new Violet mics looks interesting . . . anybody wanna try the Pearl for me :o
 
MadAudio said:
"Scruples." Someone should show JZ what the definition of that word is! :D
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Well, in Latvian it means "acting exceedingly unprofessional." BLUE should have seen this coming. :D
 
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