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Originally Posted by ABGen  would you consider it worth an extra $2K to up the ante from the u195 to the e251c? |
well i have only used the ELUX251, but the e251c is supposed to be nearly identical to the ELUX251 but cardioid-only and with a few other additions.
the ELUX251 blew me away. that is a stellar microphone.
if the e251c sounds nearly as good as the ELUX251, i think it is worth the $3k.
there were some listening tests done at AES last year using the ELUX and the Mercury M72s preamps that impressed nearly everyone that was there (at the Dangerous Music/Soundelux/Mercury party).......
i wouldn't trash the U195 though; it's a great microphone...
but if you have the money, the e251c looks like a great thing to me:
~j.d.