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Old 08-10-2019, 02:07 PM
Fran Guidry Fran Guidry is offline
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Originally Posted by TBman View Post
Either my ears are shot or my system is in the toilet. I'm listening with headphones through my Focusrite to various mics, ranging from a couple of hundred to a couple of thousand and the differences are almost zero.
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:

https://www.gearslutz.com/board/remo...umped-why.html

Name your favorite mic and the odds are very good that you can find someone trashing it in that thread.

Here's a blog post I did with several mic comparisons:

http://www.homebrewedmusic.com/2014/...es-a-mic-make/

With a price spread of a couple of thousand dollars one might expect the differences to leap out at us. Is that the case for you?

Fran
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