Will a Joe meek pre cut down noise from a marshall mic?

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I've been thinking of doing that.

I 've been thinking of doing that. Is there another good mic you can could recomend from the $99.00 to $150 price range? I know it not alot of money as mic's go. But I'm limited on funds. How are Nandy mics? I want something that has as low noise as I can get.
 
Im sure everyone is going to have a diff opinion. (kinda why everyone is saying the mic thread is not useful)

Anyway here's some ideas of what I (yes this is MY OPINION, everyone) would do. If you can only get credit, I don't think there are many options...I looked at the samash website.

The closest thing I would buy from samash is the rode nt1, at 199. But if you're spending 199, you can spend 219 and get the marshall v67g which I've never heard, but everyone reall likes. (I think that marshall is cheaper, just not at samash) If you can have them match it, do that.

If they won't match it, I'd wait and save your money. I think the general opinion of nady's is about the same as the mxl2001.

If you can get your money back, GOOD. find the marshall for a cheaper price, or you can always check out the oktava mk219 for $99. (at gc) It's decent as long as you test them and find the best one. How to test mics you might ask?
Harvey has a thread with pointers...check it out:
https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?s=&threadid=38175

If you have some time, you might want to wait for that b1 from studio projects, or save $$ for the c1. It seems on this thread is not cool to say the c1's a good mic but I'm a dork anyway. It REALLY is a great mic.
 
Executivos


Its cool to say the C1 is a good mic...just not to Wally :D

no disrespect Wally :eek:

Be careful on Octava, it is hard to get the right one, but they are fine, The V67 is also very good, but it does not have a pad and hi-pass filter. The new B1 is very good, but that is at the end of January.

If funds are the issue, you might want to wait because the B1 will be about $79.00 in the stores, and you can even get the B3 multi-pattern with pad and hi-pass for about $159.00 in the stores...so check you're pocket and decide from there.

The C1 is...well the C1. It has caught the attention of many high end users, so take it for what its worth
 
I have one of the $80 nady condenser mics musix. It sounds a little bit harsh....gives you a bit of a nasel sound. its better on guitars than vocals. I dropped it on a hard wood floor one time and it worked like a champ (passed the "stoned in the studio...trippin' over mic cords" test with flying colors!) LOL. The c-1 blows it away on vocals (which it should given the price difference). But, I have been experimenting with the c-1 and the joe meek pre-amp and haven't even tried the nady thru the meek. I would be willing to bet that the eq on your joe meek would smooth out the nady quite nicely (im gonna try it next time im in the studio). Oh yeah...one thing i like about the nady is that its pretty quiet, but, i gate most ot the signals going in anyway.
 
jimistone said:
man, this takes the cake. someone asks questions about joe meek and wants to know where to get a c-1. and people give alan a bunch of shit about replying. I am fairly new to this site, and i have learned alot just reading posts. i bought a c-1 and a joe meek british channel and my recordings have improved 100%. I for one am DAMN glad that alan hangs around and reads posts concerning his products. Thats convieniance and service in my book. Plus...i think he ought to push his products as they are excellent and affordable. So, i guess you can put me down as agreeing with the "asshole" tag.
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Can you read?

The original poster asked about a meek pre and a 2001 he just bought.

He was anwered with "my 99 dollar chinese mic, is better than your 99 dollar chinese mic, buy it"

It's cool that Alan hangs out here and answers questions about his products, but thats all he should do. He should not be pushing product. The guy has no ethics.
 
yes i can read...can you?
looks to me like in a nutshell what he was saying is that the meek pre is quiet with a $200 mic (c-1)...so the $90 mic your using (marshall) could be the problem. So I guess the correct translation would not be "my $90 chinese mic is better than your $90 chinese mic"
it would have to be "my $200 chinese mic is better than your $90 chinese mic" (well yeah...i agree with that)

I don't have a problem with him recomending his mic line to people....they ARE in the market for a mic and i haven't seen anybody that has a c-1 say the weren't satisfied. I've seen several post's where he talks about other products beside joe meek and studio projects. Lighten up man, nobody like his post's to be answered with a bunch of smart ass metophors about spamming.
I just think he (and everyone else who post's here) deserves some common courtesy.
 
Hey. This is getting kind of fun.

I guess the answer to the original question...

...I just bought a marshall mxl 2001p and a joe meek pre. by using the pre will it decrease the noise? Or make the signal to noise raicio higher. I knew this model is more prone to noise than others. but for $99.00 It was a steal. Please send me some feedback...

Is.... (wait for it!)... No!

heh... heh... heh...
 
musix, my vote is for you to get either the B1 if you are a "solo artist"
or the B3 if you play instruments (omni could be a handy pattern),
or record more than one vocalist at a time (figure 8/omni).
 
jimistone said:
yes i can read...can you?
looks to me like in a nutshell what he was saying is that the meek pre is quiet with a $200 mic (c-1)...so the $90 mic your using (marshall) could be the problem. So I guess the correct translation would not be "my $90 chinese mic is better than your $90 chinese mic"
it would have to be "my $200 chinese mic is better than your $90 chinese mic" (well yeah...i agree with that)

I don't have a problem with him recomending his mic line to people....they ARE in the market for a mic and i haven't seen anybody that has a c-1 say the weren't satisfied. I've seen several post's where he talks about other products beside joe meek and studio projects. Lighten up man, nobody like his post's to be answered with a bunch of smart ass metophors about spamming.
I just think he (and everyone else who post's here) deserves some common courtesy.
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It's obvious you have a misunderstanding of the english language. Re-read the posts.

If you all want to fall prey to the marketing hype, feel free.
 
ametth....would you buy a marshall mxl2001? Not trying to be mean, I'm just curious.
 
This whole thread is lame shit.... I see many people with fuck all else to do in there lives.....

I get my kicks from Songwriting, Recording, Banging the wife and playing catch with my kids.... (and not all at once ;))

You guys really get off on this flaming shit.... HA!

This thread would have been about 4 posts long if you all didn't flame him....

In the future just ignore the spammy posts... there are a few here and there but im sure your life is not ruined by them.....

If you all actually used your brains instead of your "flame-buttons", you would realize that you have just made this thread like a hundred posts long, making the offending product even more well known....

Oh and here is a lesson on Flaming...

Come up with new points..... You all just keep yelling the same crap back and forth, but a bit louder each time...

Never seen so much one-up-manship, on a hobbyists site before...

Funny.......and lame..... :)
 
Bleeding Gums...........

Did you just try to one-up everyone?
You just wrote a post telling other people what they should give a shit about.
You must just be smarter than everyone else.
Please forgive us, MasterFlamer.
LOL,
C
 
Re: Bleeding Gums...........

CarmenC said:
Did you just try to one-up everyone?
You just wrote a post telling other people what they should give a shit about.
You must just be smarter than everyone else.
Please forgive us, MasterFlamer.
LOL,
C
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According to this thread, I felt the offending parties needed one-upping...

And yeah I am fucking smarter!

;)
 
Well, actually..I would buy one to modify it. But they are shit microphones otherwise.
 
Bleeding Gums said:
This whole thread is lame shit.... I see many people with fuck all else to do in there lives.....
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The 'lame shit' started with the second post.

Bleeding Gums [/i][B] You guys really get off on this flaming shit.... HA![/B][/QUOTE] I haven't seen any flames in this thread. [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Bleeding Gums said:
This thread would have been about 4 posts long if you all didn't flame him....[/B]
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It would have been 2 posts long had he answered the question and not pushed his product.

Originally posted by Bleeding Gums
In the future just ignore the spammy posts... there are a few here and there but im sure your life is not ruined by them.....
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Yes, there are far too many. No my life is not ruined by them, but ot's really lame to see Alan pushing his mics like that.

Originally posted by Bleeding Gums
If you all actually used your brains instead of your "flame-buttons", you would realize that you have just made this thread like a hundred posts long, making the offending product even more well known....
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Again, I have not read any flaming in this thread. This thread did not make the offending product more well know, Alan does a fine job of that every chance he gets.

Originally posted by Bleeding Gums
Oh and here is a lesson on Flaming...

Come up with new points..... You all just keep yelling the same crap back and forth, but a bit louder each time...

Never seen so much one-up-manship, on a hobbyists site before...

Funny.......and lame..... :)
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The points are always the same, because it's Alan doing the same shit. It's not really on-up-manship either. It's just pointing out sleazy selling tactics.

Cheers.
 
I thought what Alan actually said was that he didn't want to comment on their mic because he is coming out with one in the same price range...

No wonder he got pissed. He actually was trying to play by your rules and you still slagged him.

He also asked an adroit question -- which model? I think he was genuinely trying to help. Which is the obvious opposite of many of the posts that followed.

Even the guy who asked the question was embarrassed by the level of vitriol.

Amazing. Utterly amazing.
 
ametth

I try to help and I do make many posts without mentioning my mics, and it seems to me I have answered several questions you have had over the months.

If there is a post where I am asked an opinion, then I give it, even if it means I suggest my mic. Like Harvey says, I don't hide...I tell you all what I am about. I take all of this as flattery, it must mean the microphones have become very successful, to which I am pleased.

I am sorry you just think that I am a Spammer, but that is you're opinion. I am glad that most on the group think otherwise, but we are all entitled to our opinions.... :D

Chill out man, I am not you're enemy... :D


Alan Hyatt
PMI Audio Group
 
Ametth,

I read somewhere else about modifing this mic with (I believe) the 'royer mod'.

What is this all about? Can any mic be modified, or does this model lend itself to this. What does the modification buy you?
 
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