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Old 4th November 2006   #22
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Originally Posted by DaveC View Post
I actually started this topic, because I read many posts about the U87 sounding shrill and thin, but I don't get it:
I think an 87 is kinda "hi-fi" in that it's pretty wyhiwhg.

Maybe too much so for our post-tape world.

To me, almost nobody beat Karen Carpenter's vocal sound... and it was 87 all the way.
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