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Originally Posted by
kludgeaudio
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There are people who have said that the PL-series microphones were made to lower tolerances than the rest of the EV line, or that they were fallouts from the rest of the EV line. This might be true for some models at some time, but I have never been able to get actual verification of this anywhere.
FYI:
"Hello, Stan! Good to hear from you. I hope that retirement is treating you well.
Ah, the PLs vs. the REs. It’s a tale of great mics and marketing. At the time the PL Series was conceived, the RE Series was well established as a broadcast and ENG standard. However, people discovered how great these mics sounded on all sorts of other sources in the studio and on stage. So, a decision was made to sort of relaunch some of the RE series in a new line—the PL Series. Most notable of these were the RE20 and RE11, but the 635A was also pulled in and remarketed. There were also some mics that were unique to the PL line (the PL76, for example), but the main pillars of the line were the PL20 and the PL11, which, aside from the prefix and color of the mic itself, were exactly the same as their RE counterparts. For various reasons, the PL line has gone away, but the RE line lives on.
So, at the end of the day, the PL20 is the same as the RE20, the PL11 is the same as the RE11 and the PL5 is the same as the 635A. The only real difference is color and marketing. Some people will claim that they can hear a difference, but that is due to factors other than design and components (age, condition, etc.)
Hope that clears things up. If you need anything else, as always, just let me know.
Sincerely,
Ethan Wetzell
EV Technical Services"
http://www.coutant.org/evre20/index.html