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Everyone's tastes are different. I really hate the relentless bashing of the 184's.
You know what? I did try the m300's, the beyers, akg, josephsons. I went for the 184's hands down. Its a year later and i'm traking with them every week and couldn't see myself selling them.
Depends on the signal path after the mics as well. Certain mics compliment certain signal paths.
What you all should be doing is encouragine trying many of these.. After everything I had read, i was dead set i wasn't going to like the 184's.. shows you how much reading matters in the end because i had to trust my ears. In the end I would have loved to like the beyers or josephsons more.. they have better prices and "sex factor" to them but I did and still do have to trust my ears.
Occasionally i have to pull a little 10-12k out of these mics. You know what? i'd much rather occasionally subtract some eq then always add a high bump.
If you'd like to hear them in context on overheads here's a backing track i was working on recently.. Everyone is different but this does not sound harsh to me. I do not have dedicated mics on these drums for this project. There is an AT4050 picking up some snare and kick for reinforcement in figure 8 but thats it. I haven't done any phase correction on any of the tracks on this, or properly mixed, but i think you get the idea. Sorry for the MP3 quality..
I'm just sick of people bashing a perfectly useful tool which works for some people. Try everything you can and trust your ears.
Russell
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