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Originally Posted by redddog  Hmmmm. Your initial impression seems a hell of a lot better than your second. |
where's you get that from? I read the same things in both posts from the same guy, just more detail in the second post.
Anyway, I think that the salesman who said the fathead is better than the 121 is full of it or ignorant. it's not true, they're both good mics. maybe both great mics. but the royer stuff is amazing and used professionally every day, so I doubt it's lacking anything at all. THe fathead has a different response and sounds better on some things. I expect the fathead sounds similar to a modded apex 205, which is also a great mic but again only on the right source in the right room, and dare I say, if you're in the right mood it sounds great on everything but if you're in the wrong mood it doesn't?? I think many strong character mics are like that...
But also, to suggest that the 121 should sound better because it costs a lot more is sort of elitist IMHO. As long as you're not using cardboard and sticky tape to make a mic, you can make one that sounds great, and it's more how much you know about designing than what materials you use to build it that matter to the main sound of the mic. That's been proven many times. I wouldn't say a 121 is a better mic than an SM57. But it costs a ton more. They're just different. And a fathead costs a LOT more than a 57 (at least from what I've seen). So I think any single microphone that costs anywhere from $50 to $20,000 can sound better on certain sources etc than some other mic from $50 to $20,000. So I wouldn't be dissing the fathead based on price or assuming the 121 is better based on price.
Not sure if that's what was intended a few posts earlier but just thought I'd get on my soapbox for a sec. I'm done now! No harm intended, I think probably I misinterpreted the meaning earlier. I also get funny about things like this sometimes (such as price versus sound quality). :-)
Cheers,
Don