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Originally Posted by J.S.Vega III  ^ You were with Rustic?! Cool guys  I was a judge at the Beijing Global Battle of the bands who put them through to the China finals (and subsequently world finals!!).
Oh yeah, I recorded them too ;-) |
Hey Martin - I forgot to say thanks for stopping into this thread! Because I'm sure you've got a lot of stories to tell. I'll be in Beijing next May for PALM so we should get together. I have a client in Beijing who is a Gearslut as well who will be at the Show as well.
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Originally Posted by Tomer1 That broadbase mic body is a bit like the EV RE20 ,The grill design is slightly different and only 6 slots instead of 8 |
Its really a beauty. But I was a little disapointed that while it uses a large diaphragm dynamic element it is a solid state design - transformerless. But it was a stand-out at the show and I'm sure we'll see some major re-brander pick it up.
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Originally Posted by hankdrummer the real question is : what the hell were you doing here ?  |
I attented the Pro Light + Sound Shanghai Expo, its like a NAMM and AES show combined. Then I toured three different microphone manufacturing companies and had detailed technical meetings with the folks producing my MJE - Michael Joly Editions line of mics.
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Originally Posted by Les Thanks for posting, Michael.
It makes me think of back when Shure manufactured all mics in the U.S.
Almost all factory workers were women.
Looks similar. Our press operators weren't as cute.
I've never been to Shanghai. It must be a very modern cosmopolitan city.
Did you have to eat any of those fried bugs on sticks? |
Oh yeah, that press operator was really sweet. This particular company is a family-owned so there are lots of brothers, sisters, uncles and aunts involved. I can only speak about the three companies I saw, but the working conditions, compensation and general respect of the workers made me feel good about working with factory owners. That was an important part of trip - to inspect working conditions. My grandparents were French-Canadien textile mill workers so I'm aware of the joys and challenges that factory work entails. In fact I've done my own stints of factory work and understand well the "no-mind" bliss of repetitive work that can be cultivated. Factory production work can be an honorable path for family progress if workers are respected and given opportunites for advancement.
Shanhai is a city of the future. When I was last in China (Beijing and Guangzhou) twenty years ago I saw parts of cities where people lived as if it was 1899. Now China has 7000 miles of MagLev rail connecting airports to urban centers and between centers. The US has no real high speed rail.
Food was great. Had an amazing lunch at the Chairman Mao-theme restaraunt "Hi I'm comrade Zhen and I'll be your server today!" This particular restaurant had a huge slab of ice with all kinds of fresh seafood on it. The organizer of the meal would walk around with one of the female comrades (those are costumes, there are no Mao-style comrades in China now) and put together the meal. Probably twenty diffrerent baskets in bubbling salt water tanks plus an aquarium wall of fresh water seafood.
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Originally Posted by tapehiss i imagine he was making sure his products were going to be produced at a high quality.......... which is not always common practice for a company...some just tell the factory to make 'so and so' according to these specs, then pays them and waits for the shipment....there are a few great mic dealers/producers that check out the factory production quality before going into business with them, such as advanced audio,,,,and it appears oktavamod is doing this as well....
however, these are just my assumptions because i have no idea what michael does in his personal life (besides recycling what might be cheap quality, into a pro piece of gear), but it appears from the pics that he is going over some sort of spec/document....
and this makes a concerned consumer like myself much more interested in a product..............
also, i thought that mic looked like a RE-20 body with the head of a heil pr40, |
Oh, yeah. My new line of mics is not going to be ordered from a catalog and re-branded. I've found a particular company that is hungry to do highest quality work and differentiate themselves from other manufacturers.