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Originally Posted by pegleg  When I demoed the Apex and the Telefunken M16 MKI, my clients noticed that there was little difference. In fact, those two mics sounded almost exactly the same, except for the higher noise floor of the Tele... |
Well, there's your first problem right there. The mkII is a very different mic.
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Originally Posted by pegleg Your example of singing into a Telefunken badged mic is a little exaggerated, I think; Most of my clients would certainly notice the difference between the M16 and a U47, 67 or 251... Nevertheless, I feel sorry for any studio or engineer who so feels the need to impress in that way, that they would use a Chinese mic with a different paint job and pass it off as wonderful. I could not do that and feel good about myself. (If everyone had those feelings, of course, the M16 wouldn't have existed in the first place  ) |
You seem to be missing the point. My point was not "put up a Chinese mic and pass it off as wonderful," nor was it "the M-16 is as good if not better than any U67, 251, etc..." My point was you have to instill confidence in the artist, especially if it is one who has never performed in a studio environment before because it can be quite intimidating. When new or potential client walks into a nice facility, with nice gear, big monitors, and a big television
, that instill confidence. Engineers do the same thing, they check out a room and see maybe like an SSL 4k, some pultecs, api's, a Lexicon 480, NS-10's, a giant Augspurger system with the appearence that every piece of gear is in great working order and everything is well maintained and they think "yup, I can work here." And you can't tell me that they don't do that, because I've seen it, I've seen a real pro walk into a room that he'd never been in before and say "yup, I can work here," scrictly based on what he saw. Even seasoned artists do the same thing. They might walk into a room with an engineer that they have never worked with before, go into the booth and see that they've put up a C-12. The artist thinks "hey, I've sung into one of those before and it sounded pretty good, this guy knows what the **** he's doing." In the end, maybe that particular mic isn't right for the artist, but at least you didn't put up a trashed 57, even though that might end up being the mic that sounds the best on that artist. The first impression is the most important and if you can give a good first impression, the rest should be a breeze. (I do realize that most seasoned artists know what works on them, but sometimes they don't).
Obviously, the M-16 is not for everybody, and most of the people who are going to own one are the people who cannot afford a more expensive microphone. Does it make them a terrible purchase, no. People who are just starting out must get what they can afford, and then work their way up. Anyways, we don't need to get back into this discussion...