With a thousand dollars to bid farewell....

[wheelema]

Damn Gentlemen! I'm getting excited!!

 

[DJL]

Here's the (wannabe) lineup:

Sennheiser MD441-U dynamic
Oktava ML-52 ribbon
Studio Projects C3 condensor
Oktava MK-319 condensor
Studio Projects C4 matched pair small condensor (for maximum accuracy)

Have you auditioned the 797 Audio/Studio Projects mics or are you just going on what you've read about them... you might want to call the studio's near you and see if any of them have some you can hear before you buy any.

 

[wheelema]

DLJ,

The Sennheiser and the matched C4s are going to be my reference mics, the first on the list. The girls and I will get real comfortable with how they sound on those. Then we will get down to Gutar Center for the Oktavas, take 'em back to the 'studio' (hopefully the italics can come off by summer), and see what we think. The C3 will come last. If we don't like it, well, maybe I can use it as a credit to getting a KSP8 (pant pant!).

 

[DJL]

Humm, a Sennheiser MD441 and 797 Audio/Studio Projects C4's as reference mic's... good luck. Personally I think you'd be better off using something like Shure SM81's as reference mic's... and a Shure SM57 is a good mic to use as a starting point to compare other mic's with.

 

[wheelema]

The Shure's look very nice, and would be much easier to audition, but I am bumping against the budget here.

 

[Rev E]

Have you given any thought to the Shure KSM series? The KSM 44 gives you a decent mic (from what I understand) with multiple polar patterns. Add a couple small diaphram condensors, a 57, perhaps an SM7 or one of the Sennheisers (MD 421 or 441) and you may have something for $1k. (assuming those SD condensers are a pair of Oktava MC012s).

 

[wheelema]

Yes, I chose the Sennheiser over the Shure. Have to start someplace.