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Originally Posted by Fran Guidry
But if you visit an audio forum like Gearslutz you'll get the impression that the difference between mics is stupendous and having the "right" mic is absolutely crucial to achieve an acceptable recording. And let's not get started on preamps and a/d converters! But one of my absolute favorite threads over there is one in which people talk about mics they've owned, hated, and dumped:
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It's valid what you say about that other forum, but I'd guess their members would wonder how we hear such significant differences in our various guitars. I remember one of their members listed all the details of his studio's high end recording gear (mics, preamps, converters, etc) but when he got to his available instruments what we feel is so important he simply stated it as an "acoustic guitar".
I'm fine with whatever level of detail we each like to fuss with. What's important to one, may not be to another.