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2nd June 2007
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Middlebury CT
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Thread Starter | What's that one Mic you just love or would love to own Yes their are plenty of nice mic's out there, from vintage to modern. What is your all time favorite mic or what mic would you just die to own? Everyone has that one special mic that you just love. Maybe it has that certain sound you just go crazy over or maybe just how it look's. Mine is the Sony c800g. I remember year's ago looking at one and i never thought id ever own one. One lucky day i was able to buy one, let me tell you it was such a great feeling when i opened it up. I looked at it for about an hour on the stand. LOL So the guy's out there that were able to get your dream mic, how was the feeling the day you received it  |
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2nd June 2007
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| Gear addict Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kentucky, USA
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2nd June 2007
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: US of A
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| Royer 121. Maybe because I'm had my U-87 for so long and I love the fat, deep sound of the 121. I used it as a mono room mic the other day for a session and it was stellar... On guitars, it's a dream!
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2nd June 2007
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| Gear Guru  Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: The Land of Sunshine
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| for me that'd be a tossup between a 44 and a 67. gregoire del ubk .
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2nd June 2007
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: May 2005 Location: Seattle
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| If price isn't a factor, my vote goes for an original AKG C24. |
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2nd June 2007
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: L.A.
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| MKH800 and CM7. |
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2nd June 2007
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| High End Moderator  Join Date: May 2002 Location: Music City USA
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| a matched pair of Sheffield Labs mics |
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2nd June 2007
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Los Angeles
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| RCA BK-5, I wish I had 2 of 'em. If money were no object, I'd snag a Neumann m49.
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2nd June 2007
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: B'ham, AL
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| Sony C800 and RCA 44. It's a toss up.  |
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3rd June 2007
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| Gear addict  Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Rainbow puddle stumptown
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| A Klaus restored and modified u67. |
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3rd June 2007
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| Gear maniac  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: US - East Coast'r
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| If the question is whats inside... I have found my self liking almost every mic out there with an AC701 Tube. That thing is killer!!!! |
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3rd June 2007
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| Gear addict  Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Chicago
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| My Soundelux 251. Okay, it's the nicest mic I own, so maybe that has something to do with it. But every time I hear it, I think, I want to be buried with that thing. - proxy |
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3rd June 2007
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: May 2004 Location: The Lost Moon of Poosh
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| A long body chrome top vintage Neumann U47  |
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3rd June 2007
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Los Angeles
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| Shure SM57. + |
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3rd June 2007
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| Gear addict  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Montreal, Quebec
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Also equally useful if you've got a nail sticking up from the floor boards and there's no hammer around. | |
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3rd June 2007
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| Gear maniac  Join Date: May 2006
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| brauner VM1 - KHE 5 of them  |
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3rd June 2007
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Palma+Stuttgart
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| My first mic. I was around 14 at the time and completely crazy about music and anything related (like any kind of instruments and gear). One day I finally got some money and bought my first microphone. It was relatively big and heavy, looked a little like a space rocket, and it was build in gorgeous red painted aluminium. Oh, and it didn't plug into anything. The mic had a RF transmitter, so the way to use it was simply to get any radio and tune it to the mic's frequency. Presto. The open door to Rock&Roll. And it sounded like a million euros.  The fact that it worked with RF weas great because back then I only had a stereo Sanyo radio-taperecorder, which didnt have any mic input. I made hundreds of tapes with that awesome setup. If only i knew what happened to this Mic. |
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3rd June 2007
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lund, Sweden
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| Wow. What happened to U47? Didn't it used to be the holy grail? Kalli |
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| Gear addict  Join Date: Nov 2004
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3rd June 2007
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| Gear addict  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Trussville, Al
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 | Sony C800 or MANLEY Gold Ref...OR a real AKG C12 |
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3rd June 2007
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| Gear Guru  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: S.Carolina
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| u47 tube or a u67 |
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3rd June 2007
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA
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| 2nd the AKG C24.  |
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3rd June 2007
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Santa Clara, CA
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| Josephson C700. I have and just love my C617set pair. They make me drool for the big stereo mic. |
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3rd June 2007
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| Moderator  Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Boston,MA Providence,RI
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| I try not to think about gear that I "would love to own"... It's not healthy. I just use whatever I have available. But, put me down for an original ELAM 250/251. |
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3rd June 2007
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| Gear addict  Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Ft.Lauderdale, Florida
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| How about an Elam 260? (stereo 251)? Doesnt Allen Sides have the only known one? That's one mic that would be fun to use in front of a kit....Maybe into a pair of REDD47's, a 670 and finally to a pair of EQP1's. Price tag could be near $70k for fantasy stereo setup ! |
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3rd June 2007
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Middlebury CT
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| Gear addict Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Ft.Lauderdale, Florida
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3rd June 2007
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Middlebury CT
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Thread Starter | I just wanted to ask. Is getting a good vintage u67 much harder to find than a good vintage u47? |
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4th June 2007
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| Gear nut  Join Date: May 2007 Location: Stockholm, Sweden
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I´m thinking about buying one (BK5), could you tell me why you like them so much? Otherwise my favorite so far is my 421, works everytime. | |
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4th June 2007
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Keystone, CO
Posts: 1,497
| Ditto on the Royer 121. I don't have a riibon right now so a shinybox would suffice, but since you asked, the Royer. So much gear so little funds.  |
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