"David Light" <!dplight@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 12:34:39 -0500, "Soundhaspriority"
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>>Good mikes? The user reviews of the Pelusos are mixed.
>
> Reviews of all mics are mixed. I read a lot of mic reviews over the
> last few months. I saw more negative about the C4's than CEMC-6's.
> There were quite a few buyer reviews saying that the C4's they got
> were not matched well, were noisey, or DOA. I'm sure Studio Projects
> made good on them though. Even with that the C4's were next in line
> as far as my choices went. In the end I decided to go with capsules
> put together a matched up by hand a few hunded miles from my house.
Dave, I don't have a problem with that. But you should know that all
capsules are made by hand. A few companies have invested in equipment that
removes part of the variability of the individual craftsman with a machine
that operates in a more repeatable fa****on. These are the high end
companies, not the small makes. Mr. Peluso makes his diaphragms the same
way
Beijing 797 does: one at a time. Peluso likely is using chinks to do it,
too.
I'm a bit of an asshole on this group because I see a widely held
prejudice.
Most people aren't even aware that they are prejudiced, but the mikes they
prefer are:
1. Made by Europeans or Americans.
2. Have famous names.
3. Cost a lot of money.
This prejudice has destroyed my recording career, because not only are the
recording engineers prejudiced, but so are the clients who want to be
recorded with "expensive name" mikes.
This was the same problem I encountered with my film career - I spent tens
of thousands on the best camera, lenses, lighting equipment, even the best
kind of table for craft service. And I've directed and acted as
cinematographer on many quality films. But Hollywood is only interested
in
"name" actors, "name" directors, "name" cinematographers. Essentially it's
a
closed shop of jews that even other jews like me can't enter.
Musicians have more of a tendency in this direction, because, with musical
instruments, there is a very strong association between price, brand, and
sound. No so with microphones. I've got lots of cheap-ass mikes that
sound
perfect to me, but the winos and other losers that I've recorded sound
terrific. But the closed-minded music industry isn't interested in
quality,
which I can provide. They insist on "name" mikes, because they're
prejudiced against the chinese.
Bob Morein
(310) 237-6511
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