Originally Posted By: Alan Meyerson on Fri, 04 April 2008
Anyone out there making decent capsules?
I'm looking to augment my collection with another tree option.
Right now I change between my M150's and my (amazing) VM1 KHE's for the Tree, depending on the style and size of the orchestra. Sometimes I wish I had a third option. I tried Senn MKH800's/80"S. Also B&K 4006's. All good, but not the business.
I'd love to investigate having some real basic custom mics built without all the "vintage" casings and PS's. For example, Doug Sax/Mastering Labs made these C-12-like mics a while back where they put all the money into the capsule and the electronics and didn't care about the cosmetics. They were some of the best mics I ever used.
That's what I'd like to investigate. Just great components without all the fancy cosmetics.
Any thoughts?