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1st October 2007, 04:02 PM
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| el Diablo Mercenary Edition Super Strength Ribbon Mic with Roswellite Shipping The revolutionary, innovative, disruptive and super strong ribbon mic by Crowley and Tripp. Preserves all of the great ribbon tone and volume, yet can take wind blast, extreme SPLs and plosives like no other ribbon microphone, ever. Designed for the studio and for the road! Guaranteed for life. Made in USA of USA components, including Roswellite tm advanced nanomaterial. el Diablo Mercenary Edition available right now online through here Soundwave Research Laboratories / Crowley and Tripp Microphones :: Ribbon Microphones The no haggle price in the US is $2750 - everyone gets the same deal, just like Saturn used to do before GM ruined it. No "list" price in the US. Outside the US, check with your dealer for price and availability. Also available through our other dealers, of course. See it and hear it at AES. Booth 772 Last edited by Crowley; 1st October 2007 at 05:32 PM.. Reason: added booth number |
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1st October 2007, 06:42 PM
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| Probably a great mic. Wish I could say the same for the design........
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1st October 2007, 08:17 PM
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1st October 2007, 08:28 PM
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I'm only referring to the colour choice; that for me, is a little tacky. Just personal taste, that's all. That's not to say I wouldn't check it out. Can't judge a book by it's cover,...right?.....peace?
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1st October 2007, 08:41 PM
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| Yeah...its a little 'bitchin'' looking, isn't it? It is made of Roswellite TM, though.    |
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1st October 2007, 08:49 PM
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1st October 2007, 09:19 PM
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| Looks like it should cost $20 tops. It is probably the ugliest mic I've ever seen. Probably sounds fantatic though so that shouldn't matter!
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1st October 2007, 10:12 PM
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| Yup, gaudy is the word I would use. Especially coming from a high end and generally classy company. |
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1st October 2007, 10:19 PM
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| I cant say I'm too fond of the looks either. The naked eye mic is really sharp looking though  |
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1st October 2007, 11:00 PM
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| Damn that thing's ugly! |
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1st October 2007, 11:42 PM
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| Cosmetics do matter. Food that looks better will have its testers say it tastes better, even if it doesn't. So I can imagine a prettier looking microphone will be thought to sound better and possibly even elicit a superior performance than an ugly microphone. A vintage looking microphone will be said to have more character. A double-blind test of these factors would have to hide the microphone from the player as well as the listener from what microphone was being played back. All that said, I don't think this microphone is all that ugly. I think the photography and web design for it is truly miserable. The mic itself might be OK in context. |
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1st October 2007, 11:54 PM
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| - looks kinda like a macho energy drink...  |
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1st October 2007, 11:56 PM
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| It's very Mercenary looking. Some folks go for that kinda thing. Others don't. - c |
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2nd October 2007, 12:45 AM
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| It looks like it should come with a poseable Fletcher action figure. Brad
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2nd October 2007, 01:06 AM
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  | it sho is puurrrrrty
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2nd October 2007, 01:08 AM
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| Who the frak cares what it looks like? The Fairchild is the single ugliest piece of rack gear ever, and it goes for $30K. Why? Because it works. Frankly, I could give a shit if it was painted bright pink and had a blue LED blinking on the top, as long as it did what it says it will do. |
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2nd October 2007, 01:21 AM
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2nd October 2007, 02:25 AM
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To each his own, I think Fairchilds are beautiful! The CT gear/logo has a bit of an alien vibe already, and roswellite kinda fits with that - but you throw in the gold/yellow ME wanna-be biker thing, and it just doesn't work for me. I don't think the ME logo is this big and obtrusive on the other gear. | |
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2nd October 2007, 03:56 AM
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2nd October 2007, 04:43 AM
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2nd October 2007, 04:57 AM
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|  the Price is quite high .... ... probably due to the availability of crashed alien space-craft metal .... |
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2nd October 2007, 08:14 AM
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| ha, "no hassle pricing"! thats a euphanism if ever I heard one! I'm demoing one as soon as it arrives at my dealer, I love the possibility of kick micing with this thing narco
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2nd October 2007, 10:41 AM
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| how can we get this fletcher action figure made into a reality? obviously this should come with a miniature case of beer.. |
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2nd October 2007, 02:03 PM
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2nd October 2007, 03:15 PM
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| Now THAT'S funny!!! 
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2nd October 2007, 04:55 PM
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| Call me crazy, I actually think it looks pretty cool.....
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2nd October 2007, 04:57 PM
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2nd October 2007, 05:35 PM
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i emphasize sound, because isn't that what really matters? i understand the whole aesthetically pleasing nature of cool looking mics and whatnot, but let the quality of what comes out the other end speak for itself. i think it looks rad as hell, and very unique, and i've really been enjoying reading the C&T blog's regarding its progress (among other interesting info.). excellent stuff. -ryan
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2nd October 2007, 06:03 PM
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2nd October 2007, 06:11 PM
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| Ugly, expensive, hi-tech materials inside. Should be sounding really good to justify all that |
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