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Old 12th April 2007   #103
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Just got a shipment of Cascade FATHEADs in from Bayview Pro Audio. We ordered a stereo pair which came in nifty wooden boxes inside padded briefcases. One sounded really great, reserved top end, thick bottom end - great drum overhead mic. The other (same mic, different serial #) seems to be giving us a problem...overloading quickly with small amounts of gain applied.

Contacting Bayview to do an exchange for the bad one. We'll see how their customer service is...so far great, so I'm optimistic.
I have their Victor ribbon, and it sound perfects on acoustic bass paired with an ADL 600. I am liking it alot for under $200. Similar to the Fathead but longer ribbon.

As I understand it, Cascade takes Chinese hardware and replaces the ribbon and electronics with American parts.

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