"Serge Auckland" wrote in message
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Keith G wrote:
I've had some very good advice here on mics and (usual for me) ignored it
a wee bit....!!!

:-)

I have been assured by someone who sells them (??) that Oktava are the
'best by far' cheap mics and have thus ordered an MK319 (the 219s being
out of stock in the UK atm and deliveries from Russia are a bit iffy,
apparently) - anybody able to back that up from experience??

(Or shoot it down in flames...?? :-)




Keith,

Back in 1992, I briefly became the Oktava distributor for the UK.


Streuth! If I had known you then, with your know-how and my 'business
development skills' we'da been *global* by now!! (The Oktava USA boys look
like *easy meat* to me!! ;-)

http://www.oktavausa.com/

(Wonder if I get a shockmount with the 319....??)


The
mics were pretty good, excellent if you factor in the price. However,
quality control was a bit variable, and we had to return a fair few.
However, those that worked all worked pretty well. At the time, the finish
was a bit agricultural, but operationally they were OK.


So I gather!


Do you intend to use them for recording or as measurement mics? I wouldn't
normally use a large-diaphragm cardioid as a measurment mic, hence the
question.


Sure (oops) it's mostly me larking about with a view to recording Swim on
the piano and clarinet!

('Loosely justified' fun and games/****balling about, IOW....!! :-)

Nuffer this - I gotta get some grass seed sown now. (It's been in the
freezer for the last few weeks!!)