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Old 24th July 2008   #27
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Originally Posted by jslevin View Post
Has anyone else tried these? Interested in the general sonic character and the differences of each of the capsules.

JSL
I own one now (thanks Sean at Merc.). I agree with most everything rstreber said. The 260 is very balanced, and does a good job of sounding unhyped, but not boring. All the capsules are equally impressive, and perform exactly how you'd expect in regard to their patterns. It's just a great mic. As far as sonic character goes, try to imagine an 84 with a tiny bit less transformerish sound, and a tiny bit more tubeish.


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