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JoeyM · 8th December 2007

Are we in agreement the K2's tube is an impedance converter and not a gain stage?

If I didn't also buy an NT2a I'd never grasp how exact those mics sound, the K2 and NT2a. At least with female vocals in my case.

My neice did two takes of Cheryl Crow's Always on Your Side and every syllable we either destructively cut out the less nice ones, or if the vocals were both good I left them in for doubling.

Recorded through an RME Fireface 800 and into Nuendo @ 88.2 khz -

I can not for the life of me tell a difference in the K2 against the NT2a.

They both sound very nice and I'm glad I bought those two mics.

---edit update---
The room sound is warmer and rounder with a K2 than the coldness (useable and EQ-able coldness) with the NT2a, but lead vocals in a mix? I cannot find the least bit of difference.

8th December 2007	#18
JoeyM Lives for gear Joined: Dec 2007 Location: Audioland Posts: 1,106	Are we in agreement the K2's tube is an impedance converter and not a gain stage? If I didn't also buy an NT2a I'd never grasp how exact those mics sound, the K2 and NT2a. At least with female vocals in my case. My neice did two takes of Cheryl Crow's Always on Your Side and every syllable we either destructively cut out the less nice ones, or if the vocals were both good I left them in for doubling. Recorded through an RME Fireface 800 and into Nuendo @ 88.2 khz - I can not for the life of me tell a difference in the K2 against the NT2a. They both sound very nice and I'm glad I bought those two mics. ---edit update--- The room sound is warmer and rounder with a K2 than the coldness (useable and EQ-able coldness) with the NT2a, but lead vocals in a mix? I cannot find the least bit of difference.