Larry
"Uncle Larry"
A top end, multi thousand dollar mic...without a top end, multi thousand dollar Neve or equivalent pre-amp...is it really worth all the extra shekels...if the pre amp is good, but not nearly as great as the mic?
Does the dollar amount spent on expensive mics and pre-amps...yield a more pleasing result than a deft engineer using "lesser" mics and pre-amps...as far as superior sonority goes?
My first thought is no way. Plus any "average" mic deficiencies...there's EQ and "air" can be added. So, are the really expensive mics, used with good but not great pre-amps...gonna deliver noticeably better...than a good but not great mic, on the same pre-amp? You see what I'm saying, right?
I have a matched pair of Neumann K-184's and one U-87. I A/B'd them on recordings I made of my Guru snares, which people buy, and my son gets it all because he did most of the work. I couldn't hear the difference and neither could he between the mics
I'm wondering if I likely wasted my money on expensive mics. They go through a Focusrite Clarett pre-amps.
Not that I'm considering expensive pre-amps, I'm not. I probably wouldn't hear the difference with these ears anyway.
Does a tin ear refer to tinnitus? Hmmmm. If so boy do I have a tin ear.
I just wanted to discuss, so a dollar for your thoughts
(inflation)
Does the dollar amount spent on expensive mics and pre-amps...yield a more pleasing result than a deft engineer using "lesser" mics and pre-amps...as far as superior sonority goes?
My first thought is no way. Plus any "average" mic deficiencies...there's EQ and "air" can be added. So, are the really expensive mics, used with good but not great pre-amps...gonna deliver noticeably better...than a good but not great mic, on the same pre-amp? You see what I'm saying, right?
I have a matched pair of Neumann K-184's and one U-87. I A/B'd them on recordings I made of my Guru snares, which people buy, and my son gets it all because he did most of the work. I couldn't hear the difference and neither could he between the mics
I'm wondering if I likely wasted my money on expensive mics. They go through a Focusrite Clarett pre-amps.
Not that I'm considering expensive pre-amps, I'm not. I probably wouldn't hear the difference with these ears anyway.
Does a tin ear refer to tinnitus? Hmmmm. If so boy do I have a tin ear.
I just wanted to discuss, so a dollar for your thoughts
(inflation)
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