Cable Guy wrote on Fri, 17 August 2007 14:39 |
ADK A6 has really set the bar for condenser microphones under the $500 price point. Being big believers in getting the sound correct before it hits the hard drive is why we chose to try out the new A6. It was absolutely ?neutral? in tone and texture. We used the A6 on acoustic guitars, djembes, vocals and various other instruments in our studio and this is the first mic that was well suited for every task. It was absolutely astonishing how well it captured all the little nuances with great detail, clarity and without adding any artifacts to the sound source. We also found that the A6 had a very low noise floor. When recording, the A6 was transparent when tracking vocals and softer acoustic sounds. This made recording and tracking these instruments a pleasure. It was so nice to finally set up one mic and be able to record with the confidence that ?what you hear is what you get!? At Accusound Cable we strive for that same pin point accuracy and take the same approach in designing and manufacturing our products for the working professional. If you?re only able to purchase one condenser microphone to handle many different recording applications, we recommend that you try an ADK A6. The company and it founders are passionate about sound and it shows |
Cable Guy wrote on Fri, 17 August 2007 14:39 |
ADK A6 has really set the bar for condenser microphones under the $500 price point. |
Hank Alrich wrote on Sun, 19 August 2007 20:25 | ||
The style in which you have written is in keeping with someone from a marketing department, and not from a serious recordist genuinely enthused by a product. But if you're for real and serious, I suggest that unless you've run that mic against the MCA SP-1, which costs forty bucks, you may have spent more than necessary for an inexpensive but decent condenser mic. |
ShakesTheClown wrote on Mon, 20 August 2007 13:13 |
I don't trust anyone who wants to sell me a 20' mic cable for $112. |
sdelsolray wrote on Mon, 20 August 2007 23:18 |
I'm not a reviewer, and I don't have a stake in ADK, but I had an ADK A6 mic here for a couple of weeks to evaluate. I only record solo acoustic guitar. It's a nice, neutral mic, similar in character to the Hamburg or Vienna, but it has a flatter response and is slightly smoother. It is likely capable of many different uses, in a similar way to a AKG 414. It's cardioid only. Decent build. |
vegas4ever wrote on Mon, 20 August 2007 11:21 | ||
Check this one out: http://www.audioadvisor.com/prodinfo.asp?number=CRGRSP yeah, Im buying 3 pairs HAHHAHAH LOLOLOL |
CHANCE wrote on Tue, 21 August 2007 08:17 | ||||
I have those same cables shown. Cardas used to be close to me in Upland and they gave me several different samples to try out. When I went to return them, I discovered that they moved out of state. I really couldn't justify spending that kind of $ for little or no improvement in sound quality |
Ashermusic wrote on Wed, 22 August 2007 12:01 |
I simply am not going to buy anymore Chinese gear, no matter what a bargain it is, until they get serious about using their influence on Sudan to stop what is happening in Darfur. |
vegas4ever wrote on Wed, 22 August 2007 19:17 | ||
http://ga6.org/campaign/china_embassy_petition/ |
Larry Villella wrote on Thu, 23 August 2007 10:55 |
Thanks Harvey! I didn't start this thread, a really well intentioned guy who builds Made in USA Accusound XLR Cable did. If he's (or I) aren't experienced in the protocols of posting, we'll certainly try to learn. Long story short, I like his cables, and he likes our new mics. I'd call that transparency, not conspiracy!! The mandate for the A6 is simple - "if you had to be left on a desert island with a single mic" (under $300). the A6 is designed to cover the greatest amount of acoustic applications possible. All the early Reviews and recent End-Users tell me the A6 exceeds expectations. So OK - I'm proud of the Quartet of New Mics that JP has developed. You can decide for yourself if that's hype or honest acclaim. I typically say nothing online. Once in a while I try to clarify something . . . and usually wish that I hadn't !!! Yet if you want comparisons, the A6 has 10dB more headroom than a U-87, and - so far - we've sold 300 A6 without a single return! If you like the Hamburg Edition, the A6 is it's BIG Brother!! We've got a New factory (Not 797), a New capsule, New Belgian-Designed electronics. JP spent a month helping to set up the new factory (must have flown 15,000 miles!). At ADK we work diligently to try to make things sound better! We can get Harvey an A6 and let him decide 'ears-on' as it were. Until then, there's a review in September Recording Mag. Thanks !!! |
Larry Villella wrote on Thu, 23 August 2007 14:22 |
The answer is I don't know yet. The S-7 is a more likely candidate. We've been working with Don Harris, Harris Brother's Horns, who just finished the John Tropea album with Steve Gadd. Don is currently testing the S-7 for Trumpet and I hope to hear soon. My instincts tell me a two mic set-up with a Ribbon and an S-7 would be very interesting . . . |
CHANCE wrote on Sun, 19 August 2007 03:57 |
It could very well be an excellent mic. It's made by 797 audio which is one of only three QUALITY manufacturers in China. |
Larry Villella wrote on Thu, 23 August 2007 07:55 |
We've got a New factory (Not 797), a New capsule, New Belgian-Designed electronics. Thanks !!! |
JP Gerard wrote on Fri, 24 August 2007 12:46 | ||
And who told you that????? That's so fucking far for the truth it's laughable!!! |
hargerst wrote on Fri, 24 August 2007 19:13 |
Ok, before we all get our panties in a wad, J.P. Gerard is one of the ADK designers. Larry's sending me an A6 and an S7 to test. If it sucks, I'll tell everybody; if they don't, I'll tell everybody that as well. I'll also, with Larry's permission, send them to any regular here that wants to try them for a week. |
Trumpetman2 wrote on Sat, 25 August 2007 07:55 | ||
Harvey: Please try them on TRUMPET!!!! |
hargerst wrote on Sat, 25 August 2007 11:50 | ||||
How 'bout instead, I send them to you after I test them, and you try it on YOUR TRUMPET in YOUR ROOM and you post a report? |
JP Gerard wrote on Sun, 26 August 2007 00:37 |
Harvey, sorry for losing my temper here, I just wish folks would check the FACTS before posting, epspecially when they talk about someone else's products. |
CHANCE wrote on Mon, 27 August 2007 00:15 |
797 is no doubt the best China has to offer. |
Larry Villella wrote on Mon, 27 August 2007 19:25 |
There are four things that matter to me in building gear: Tonality Utility Durability Affordability For ADK-Built products from San Diego, Seattle, or Shanghai, we have the same mentality. And Yes - Nine and a half years later we've finally created a Great Space in two NEW Asian Factories. Yet if ADK were made in Switzerland by the elves in the woods, with a chassis made of unobtainium, with black-hills gold diaphragms, and a phase-correcting algorithm in the circuitry - it still only would matter if you like the sound of it!!!!!! "Think with Your Ears!" |
Larry Villella wrote on Mon, 27 August 2007 11:25 |
There are four things that matter to me in building gear: Tonality |
Ashermusic wrote on Tue, 28 August 2007 12:04 | ||
Larry i am sorry to be the skunk at the picnic but is there really no alternatives to China to get good products at a decent price? I really am reluctant to help subsidize their human rights practices not only in China but around the world. I am not going to lie and say that if comparable products are twice as much money that I advocate buying them but I certainly would pay i.e. $750 for a non-Chinese one to i.e. $500 for a Chinese made one. |
Trumpetman2 wrote on Tue, 28 August 2007 17:42 | ||||
I wish it were THAT easy - I would also rather pay $750 for an American-made product versus $500 for a Chinese-made one; the problem is that it is usually more like $2,000.00 for the American-made product, versus $300 for a similar Chinese made product!!!!!! I am not THAT patriotic!!!! |
Ashermusic wrote on Tue, 28 August 2007 12:53 | ||||||
1. I understand that and believe me I am also forced to be very price-conscious in my gear buying decisions. That is why I am seeking to get educated here on the economic realities. 2. Also, there are a lot of countries in the world besides the US and China so are there not other alternatives to China that may not be so blatantly bad as China? 3. For me, it is not a matter of patriotism, it is a matter of humanity. I hope we are human beings first and audio professionals second. I do not want to believe that in the audio community there is a prevailing attitude of "As long as I can get the gear I want at a price I want I don't give a damn about whether people suffer." |
compasspnt wrote on Tue, 28 August 2007 14:07 |
Yup. I just bought some Daewoo Mini-Split AC's, and sure enough, the Korean company's product came with a "Made In China" label. |
CHANCE wrote on Tue, 28 August 2007 18:11 | ||
Yeah,, those "mini-split's" are great. I only wish they made the for heat. |
CHANCE wrote on Tue, 28 August 2007 18:11 |
Yeah,, those "mini-split's" are great. I only wish they made the for heat. |
compasspnt wrote on Wed, 29 August 2007 08:41 | ||
Still off-topic: They do make that. Many manufacturers have models both either heat and cool (but not at the same time). Just push the right button. |
compasspnt wrote on Wed, 29 August 2007 16:40 |
I didn't think to mention it before. Here we have no heaters at all. Now, back to ADK... |
hargerst wrote on Wed, 29 August 2007 15:30 |
OK, back to ADK. They arrived today, nicely packed. The black wooden presentation cases have a high dollar look to them and both mics are pretty hefty. The A6 looks similar to the Hamburg/Vienna models. The S7 is about the size of a Neumann TLM103. |
antoniosolo wrote on Sat, 08 September 2007 23:56 |
That adk a6 is a wonderful sounding mic. I had the mxl and "at" budget mics and I sold them to friends after buying the area 51s and later, an a6. A few more bucks and you have a keeper. |
hargerst wrote on Sun, 14 October 2007 17:50 |
Alex has used both mics now. I'll get some preliminary impressions from him today. I haven't heard them yet. |
Trumpetman2 wrote on Tue, 23 October 2007 20:14 |
This has been going on for about four months now....and seems like no one has actually tried these mics and/or is actually coming up with an opinion on these mics....meanwhile, I went ahead and bought a Telefunken RFT AK-47 about 3 weeks ago....so, not really interested in the ADKs anymore....great marketing Larry...! |
hargerst wrote on Wed, 24 October 2007 14:00 | ||
Look, when you send stuff for evaluation to a studio, it takes a while to find time to check it out. In our case, we've been booked heavily for months. It's not fair to groups (who are paying for an album) for us to play with mics on their time. Testing mics takes time; we hafta set up several mics and try them on different sources. It takes at least two people to evaluate a mic properly. Now, when you consider that the manufacturer's reputation is at stake, you wanna make sure your test is as fair as possible. If I agree to test something, I wanna make sure I get it right. And I wanna make sure the testing is complete, warts and all. |
Trumpetman2 wrote on Wed, 24 October 2007 14:15 |
...you got me...! I do have 25 trumpets after all!!!! Didn't mean to come off as a P****, although I did, but I needed a decent condenser mic soon....so, I was in a rush...and as often happens, ended up spending a lot more than I had planned- $1600 on the Telefunken...I do like it though, and I guess if the ADK pans out as a good mic down the road, I might just buy that one too.... |
Larry Villella wrote on Wed, 21 May 2008 08:05 |
Thanks Bill / Leto II ! I also like Transformer-Coupled Mics - for vocals, reeds, many guitars. By virtue of it's 'relative' linearity, the A6 is EQ-Friendly!! When given the chance, Suzy Bogguss chose the A6 over the S-7 for guitars (track soon with zero EQ). http://www.myspace.com/adkusers That said, I like transformerless mics on many percussion sources, as well as grand pianos, where transient-response is critical. Enjoy! Larry V / ADK))) |