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Fred Bloggs

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$4000 Budget for mic & pre -plz recommend.
« on: February 15, 2007, 05:23:43 PM »
I need a stereo pre & a mic that will cover as manyy bases as pos. Down the road i will buy a second mic  or a pair of mics for stereo micing of our yet to be purchased grand piano...
So for right now i want a great pre/DI & a mic primarily for vocals & acoustic guitar.
I'm looking at A-Designs PACIFICA & a Lawson L47MP MKII.
Whaddya say?
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J.J. Blair

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Re: $4000 Budget for mic & pre -plz recommend.
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2007, 05:31:42 PM »
Not a fan of the Lawson 47 on anything that requires low end.  Very deficient in that regard, unless they have corrected that in the last year or so.  

Here's the new sleeper, guys: Chameleon Labs TS-1 tube SDCs.  I've recently ben testing these and they are awesome on drum OH and piano (the only things I've tested so far).  I'm REALLY impressed.  The MSRP is only $499 each, too!  Go get a pair of these things now.  I'm serious.  I did a spaced pair with the omni capsules on the piano, and it was glorious.

There are many choices for pres.  You need to try them for yourself and see if they meet your needs.
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Re: $4000 Budget for mic & pre -plz recommend.
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2007, 07:50:45 PM »
If it were me, i would snag two Daking 52270B's...and
a nice U87.

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« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2007, 07:58:26 PM »
I concur with getting a pair of Dakings.  You'll also have a great set of EQs.  You can see these on eBay sometimes for around a grand each.  A terrific value.

We part company on the U87s, though, which I consider the most overrated mic in history.  They are versatile, but never anywhere as good as other choices for those applications.  
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They say the heart of Rock & Roll is still beating, which is amazing if you consider all the blow it's done over the years.

"The Internet enables pompous blowhards to interact with other pompous blowhards in a big circle jerk of pomposity." - Bill Maher

"The negative aspects of this business, not only will continue to prevail, but will continue to accelerate in madness. Conditions aren't going to get better, because the economics of rock and roll are getting closer and closer to the economics of Big Business America." - Bill Graham

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Re: $4000 Budget for mic & pre -plz recommend.
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2007, 08:03:27 PM »
J.J. Blair wrote on Fri, 16 February 2007 11:58

We part company on the U87s, though, which I consider the most overrated mic in history.  They are versatile, but never anywhere as good as other choices for those applications.  


JJ, can you please give examples of other choices? Thanks.
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« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2007, 08:04:29 PM »
Oh, I'm guessing Gefells, right?
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Re: $4000 Budget for mic & pre -plz recommend.
« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2007, 08:18:51 PM »
So a pair of dakings, or one for now would leave me around 2000 so any more mic recommendations?
Thanks
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« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2007, 08:29:15 PM »
Find a pair of Langevin CR3As.  They kick the crap out of U87s and you'll have a grand left over.  (Actually, you might wind up paying more like $1,200 for the Dakings.)  Don't know if they have gone up or not, but I got mine for a grand.
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"The negative aspects of this business, not only will continue to prevail, but will continue to accelerate in madness. Conditions aren't going to get better, because the economics of rock and roll are getting closer and closer to the economics of Big Business America." - Bill Graham

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Re: $4000 Budget for mic & pre -plz recommend.
« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2007, 09:41:25 PM »
You could probably get a pair of Dakings and a pair of Gefell UM-70s, which is what I'd do.

or see if you can find a used UM900 and one Daking.



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Re: $4000 Budget for mic & pre -plz recommend.
« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2007, 03:34:38 PM »
Thanks for your help guys!
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Re: $4000 Budget for mic & pre -plz recommend.
« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2007, 08:36:41 AM »
I recently used a pair of Rode NT's and a universal Audio 6176 and liked the results. Ya can get that setup for about $3g. With the extra grand leftover you could maybe grab API EQ's
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Re: $4000 Budget for mic & pre -plz recommend.
« Reply #11 on: March 19, 2007, 09:17:47 AM »
dcgzr wrote on Mon, 19 March 2007 08:36

I recently used a pair of Rode NT's and a universal Audio 6176 and liked the results.


NT what?  They are all NT something.

(Except the Classic II, the best one, and the K2, the almost best one.)

There's a big difference between an old NT-1 or 2, and a new NT-2000, for instance.
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Re: $4000 Budget for mic & pre -plz recommend.
« Reply #12 on: March 20, 2007, 02:50:03 PM »
you always see the glass as half NT
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Re: $4000 Budget for mic & pre -plz recommend.
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Re: $4000 Budget for mic & pre -plz recommend.
« Reply #14 on: March 22, 2007, 12:16:21 AM »
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