| Barry Hufker wrote on Sat, 06 March 2010 00:13 |
If I may point out the obvious, J.J.'s posting is not about the worthiness of one make of U87 versus another. It is about its owner not understanding what the high pass filter on the mic actually does. And then not understanding what the high pass filter on the preamp does. Then the owner wants "professional guidance" to tell him what he should do because he can't make an aesthetic decision for himself.
The point of the posting being then, "why do people purchase gear they can't appreciate or understand?"
Barry
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Further to this.
Why is it that in a forum which has members with the skills and experience that one could almost imagine they could make a decent recording by hand scratching a groove on a piece of vinyl with a rusty nail, do threads so often descend into being an exchange about which piece of expensive vintage gear is great and how xxx sounds like shit?
Then you all seem surprised when someone just starting out asks a question along the lines of "what XXXX do I need to make my recordings sound more YYYY?". What fools these youngsters are to think it's all about the gear! Where could the possibly get that idea?
(As for the original post, I agree it seems silly to have such expensive gear and not have the first clue about how to use it, but maybe daddy's rich).
