tube mic Opinions
Gary & Paula Reynolds
thanks
gary
Alan
pattern, large capsule, sounds like $6K+.
Harvey Gerst
>Could I get opinions on the best tube mic for under $2000?
gary,
I can give you some ideas, if you'll define "best" for me.
Harvey Gerst
Indian Trail Recording Studio
http://ITRstudio.com/
drum...@animail.net
The Alesis GT am61 and am62 are nice as is the Audio Technica 4060 and
the Rode NTV. I've heard them all and thay all sound good.
Tony
Shiny on Top Records
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Before you buy.
Rick Knepper
> Could I get opinions on the best tube mic for under $2000?
>
> thanks
> gary
Some mics between $1000-2000
ADK A-51TT
AKG Solid Tube
AT 4060
Blue The Blueberry
BPM TB-95
CAD VSM1
CAD VX2
Groove Tube MD2a
Groove Tube MD3a
Lawson L47MP
Lawson L47C
Lawson L47S
Lawson L47SH
Neumann M147
Rode NTV
Rode Classic
Schoeps M 222
Soundelux U99
Judging from newsgroup discussion, the three most popular on this list
would be:
Lawson L47MP
Neumann M147
Soundelux U99
I own the M147 and plan to buy the U99 very soon. After these two, if
the Lawson still fills a hole, I may consider it also.
Best? Please chile.
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nuke
>
>
>I can give you some ideas, if you'll define "best" for me.
Why, the prettiest one of course!
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Mike Rivers
> Could I get opinions on the best tube mic for under $2000?
Probably. In fact, surely. What opinion would you like to get? We
have a special this week. Buy one, the three for free.
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Carlo Hoskins
>
>ADK A-51TT
>AKG Solid Tube
>AT 4060
>Blue The Blueberry
>BPM TB-95
>CAD VSM1
>CAD VX2
>Groove Tube MD2a
>Groove Tube MD3a
>Lawson L47MP
>Lawson L47C
>Lawson L47S
>Lawson L47SH
>Neumann M147
>Rode NTV
>Rode Classic
>Schoeps M 222
>Soundelux U99
Hello Rick. The Lawson L47S and SH are FETs.
The Sound Room has tube mic called the VM100 for $849.00. Taylor says it's a
particularly good room mic, but I've never actually heard it.
Carlo Hoskins - AntiHerbie
I'd rather be recording.
Scott Dorsey
Well, what are you recording, and why do you want a tube in it? How
do you work?
--scott
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Rick Knepper
> >Some mics between $1000-2000
> >
> >ADK A-51TT
> >AKG Solid Tube
> >AT 4060
> >Blue The Blueberry
> >BPM TB-95
> >CAD VSM1
> >CAD VX2
> >Groove Tube MD2a
> >Groove Tube MD3a
> >Lawson L47MP
> >Lawson L47C
> >Lawson L47S
> >Lawson L47SH
> >Neumann M147
> >Rode NTV
> >Rode Classic
> >Schoeps M 222
> >Soundelux U99
>
> Hello Rick. The Lawson L47S and SH are FETs.
>
Ooops. My apologies.
BTW...
I was viewing the graphs for the Lawson L47MP on their web page and all three
patterns have a boost of some sort between 20 Hz & 1K.
The graph for the Neumann M147 (cardioid only) illustrates an attenuation up to
500 Hz and then flat to 1k. Kinda the opposite. (I do not claim to be a very good
graph reader or interpreter.)
Many comments concerning the M147 (including my own) has pegged it as having a
"robust" lower mid-range in spite of the graph. Would the Lawson be even more
pronounced in the lower mids than the Neumann? I do not recall seeing comments to
this effect though. Not having one to compare to the M147, I wonder what others'
experiences have been.
Usually in a dense rock mix (or even some folkie mixes) where there is a
convergence of frequencies at 200-300, from kick & toms, bass guitar, bass freqs
of most stringed instruments, and the lower registers of most voices, I routinely
attenuate EQ on the vocals at those freqs as well as other adjustments to sit
them down in the mix. Would the Lawson contribute to the build-up at this freq in
such a mix and/or present EQing problems in such a mix? I realize I can fit any
mic into any mix with enough tinkering...
galli...@hotmail.com
>Could I get opinions on the best tube mic for under $2000?
Audition a Gefel M990, a cardioid only tube mic for around $1600.00
USd. Outstanding. You will be amazed that this mic doesn't cost over
$5000.00. Also, Gefel service is great.
Gallimhabu
>thanks
>gary
Gary & Paula Reynolds
AT 4050. I was looking for a good tube mic primarily for vocals. I am
familiar with the M147, Soundelux U99, Lawson, AKG Solid tube and rode
classic and classic II. To narrow it down how about comments on these
mics.
thanks
gary
Gary & Paula Reynolds wrote:
> Could I get opinions on the best tube mic for under $2000?
>
> thanks
> gary
Mark Plancke
>Gary & Paula Reynolds <greyn...@uswest.net> wrote:
>
>>Could I get opinions on the best tube mic for under $2000?
>
>Audition a Gefel M990, a cardioid only tube mic for around $1600.00
>USd. Outstanding. You will be amazed that this mic doesn't cost over
>$5000.00. Also, Gefel service is great.
>
>Gallimhabu
>
Is the marketing department at Gefel working overtime?
It's funny but someone else told us that you couldn't tell
it apart from a mic costing $6K. So which is it? $5K, $6K
US dollars, Canadian Dollars, EuroDollars? Which mic?
Mark Plancke
The music industry is sinking under the weight of it's own cheap technology.
- Glenn Meadows
SOUNDTECH RECORDING STUDIOS
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
http://SoundTechRecording.com
Harvey Gerst
>Actually, I record rock music. I already own a U47 fet, AKG 414buls and
>AT 4050. I was looking for a good tube mic primarily for vocals. I am
>familiar with the M147, Soundelux U99, Lawson, AKG Solid tube and rode
>classic and classic II. To narrow it down how about comments on these
>mics.
>thanks
>gary
>
>Gary & Paula Reynolds wrote:
Ahhh, much better. Before you jump on the tube mic thingy, consider a Coles
4038, an RCA 44 or 77, and the RTT VM100. The first three are ribbons, and the
last is a new russian tube mic which I think is well worth considering. Also the
Lomo M1 head on the Oktava 012 body is not bad either.
Scott Dorsey
Gary & Paula Reynolds <greyn...@uswest.net> wrote:
>Actually, I record rock music. I already own a U47 fet, AKG 414buls and
>AT 4050. I was looking for a good tube mic primarily for vocals. I am
>familiar with the M147, Soundelux U99, Lawson, AKG Solid tube and rode
>classic and classic II. To narrow it down how about comments on these
Okay, so you want a vocal mike. What _kind_ a vocal mike, for what kind
of vocals? And why necessarily a tube mike? What does the singer sound
like, and what do you want it to sound like?
Ramin Zamani
>
> Gary & Paula Reynolds wrote:
>
> >
> > gary
>
> Some mics between $1000-2000
>
> ADK A-51TT
> AKG Solid Tube
> AT 4060
> Blue The Blueberry
> BPM TB-95
> CAD VSM1
> CAD VX2
> Groove Tube MD2a
> Groove Tube MD3a
> Lawson L47MP
> Lawson L47C
> Lawson L47S
> Lawson L47SH
> Neumann M147
> Rode NTV
> Rode Classic
> Schoeps M 222
> Soundelux U99
>
> would be:
>
> Lawson L47MP
> Neumann M147
> Soundelux U99
>
> I own the M147 and plan to buy the U99 very soon. After these two, if
> the Lawson still fills a hole, I may consider it also.
>
> Best? Please chile.
>
The M-147 is not in the same league as the other two you're comparing
them to. I've ABd the 147 against the other mics on a couple of
occasions on both vocals and instruments, and it sounds too little if
you know what I mean. It does not have a good low end response and also
has a bump in the mids, which I don't care for.
You might want to check out Rode Classic, although the supply of that
mic is most of the time too noisy. I like the overall sound though.
Good luck.
Ramin
Gary & Paula Reynolds
the way Paul Mccartney's voice sounded on Martha my Dear and Hey Jude ....
Gary & Paula Reynolds
gary
Harvey Gerst wrote:
> Gary & Paula Reynolds <greyn...@uswest.net> wrote:
>
> >Actually, I record rock music. I already own a U47 fet, AKG 414buls and
> >AT 4050. I was looking for a good tube mic primarily for vocals. I am
> >familiar with the M147, Soundelux U99, Lawson, AKG Solid tube and rode
> >classic and classic II. To narrow it down how about comments on these
> >mics.
> >thanks
> >gary
> >
> >Gary & Paula Reynolds wrote:
>
Scott Dorsey
>the way Paul Mccartney's voice sounded on Martha my Dear and Hey Jude ....
Okay, so you want a mike that is intended for a single vocalist, so you
have a lot of freedom to pick something that is very optimized for your
own voice, rather than something that is good on a range of voices.
Find a studio in your area with a good mike cabinet. Call them up, tell
them what you want to do, and plunk down a couple hundred bucks for an
hour of studio time. Go in, take a DAT, and have them record you onto
every possible microphone they can find. Then go home and listen, and
you will know absolutely and for certain what your voice sounds like
through all those mikes.
It might seem like a lot of money, but it's nothing compared with the
cost of getting a microphone which, though a good mike, is the wrong mike
for your voice, and then having to get a replacement a couple years down
the road.
Chris Milanko
>>Some mics between $1000-2000
>>
>>ADK A-51TT
>>AKG Solid Tube
>>AT 4060
>>Blue The Blueberry
>>BPM TB-95
>>CAD VSM1
>>CAD VX2
>>Groove Tube MD2a
>>Groove Tube MD3a
>>Lawson L47MP
>>Lawson L47C
>>Lawson L47S
>>Lawson L47SH
>>Neumann M147
>>Rode NTV
>>Rode Classic
>>Schoeps M 222
>>Soundelux U99
>
>Hello Rick. The Lawson L47S and SH are FETs.
>
The Blueberry is not a tube mic.
Chris Milanko
Paul Jenner
not pop in the video and watch closely. I don't think there was a tube
mic within reasonable distance from Paul in Hey Jude. It's that funny
curved tube with some sort of small light bulb at the end.
Must be more than one oldtimer around here who knows what I mean.
If I remember correctly, the Hey Jude vocals were taped live on that
occasion
Paul.
A splendid time is guaranteed for all ...
A T
Paul Jenner wrote in message <. It's that funny
>curved tube with some sort of small light bulb at the end.
a solidtube? naahhhh
Garthrr
>a
>"robust" lower mid-range in spite of the graph. Would the Lawson be even more
>pronounced in the lower mids than the Neumann?
My experience is that the Lawson doesnt have enough low mids. On a full
sounding voice it can be beautiful but often it's just too mid-heavy for me,
but then I like "warm".
Garth
"I think the fact that music can come up a wire is a miracle."
Ed Cherney
Garthrr
>sounding voice it can be beautiful but often it's just too mid-heavy for me,
>but then I like "warm".
>
>Garth
I should have said that the mic is too heavy in the _upper mids_ at times for
my taste. I dont mean to give the impression that I dont like the mic, because
I do, just not on everything.
mg...@earthlink.net
DS
--
"...nothing is real."
Garthrr
mg...@earthlink.net writes:
>The Soundelux U99, but it's only $1 under.
>
>DS
I heartily concur. I am loving the U99!