Quote:
Originally Posted by db9091
Toyed around this weekend. I like it. Its a musical mic. Luscious I'd say (in comparison with the more neutral sounding U87)
I've had Rode NT5's before (and many other types of low end mics) an nothing impressed me.
This just sounded nice. A little boomy at 14" pointed at the fretboard, but a 510 is a loud assed guitar, so I may need to just record further back.
Over Christmas vacation I'll record with it more. I got a good deal for a never used one ($505, box, candy) and it's an entirely different tone than the U87 so no overlapping.
About the only thing I'd be interested in trying is, not a new or different mic, but a preamp that isn't colored (I have the BAE 73 paired to a WA2A) so maybe a Millennial or something to have a "transparent" preamp?
Any thoughts on good preamps for the KM184?
|
Neve Portico 5012 pairs nice with the KM184 and they go for reasonable prices used! By the way I've used a U87 with a KM184 on a vintage J45 the other day and they sounded great together. For that recording I used a pair of LA610s for preamps.