"Laurence Payne" NOSPAMlpayne1ATdsl.pipex.com wrote in message
...
On Sat, 8 Sep 2007 14:58:07 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:


(Too late now, but I reckon a check for dry joints in the PS and to
swap
the valve in the mic might have put me on the right road...??)


Well, I got curious and ordered one too. Mine works OK. Not
necessarily any better than a £50 Samson. But it's quiet, and it's
fun playing with the 3 pickup patterns.


Yes, that's really what I wanted...


The tube seems completely
irrelevent.


And to find that out for myself also - I have since bought another one
(not arrived yet):

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWN:IT&ih=011

....and am hoping, having gone a little further up the ladder
*pricewise*, that it'll be OK. I already have a pair of CAD mics and
they are perfectly fine for *cheepies*!


On cardiod setting, it sounds almost exactly the same as
my Rode NT1. My test recordings unfortunately are dominated by the
noisy key-action of my old Bechstein upright piano.


Tell me about it - now I've got to sort out a squeaky pedal:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show/SqueakyPedal.mp3


I find it very
hard to judge technicalities through poor source material, so I won't
ask you to! I've also played with it on a female voice. Quite an
interesting sound using in omni mode it next to the NT1, feeding R & L
channels (I'd hesitate to call this setup "stereo":-). But, again,
though the client's pleased with the result, she's actually so
out-of-tune that the material would get in the way of your judgement.
Let's wait for a better example to turn up.


Always interested in a bit of Show N Tell!



Are these the same mics Thomann are selling under their The T.Bone
label?
http://www.thomann.de/gb/the_tbone_sct2000.htm



That mic's not like the one I had but the PS could be:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show/ValveMic.JPG




*Given that the Seller's real name didn't inspire me with confidence
and
a 'the mic didn't arrive' response will *not* surprise me...

What, payam.kassiri? Do you know something about him, or is this
purely racism? :-)


Purely racism - based on absolutely *no experience whatsoever* of having
been fleeced by anyone 'not of these shores' but having witnessed much
'scallywaggery' in the workplace from such visitors from the 'Land Of
The Airborne Axminster'....

(Ignore me - I posted my fears in the same manner that G.H.Hardy would
take sweaters and an umbrella to a cricket match to ensure good weather!
I'll post again to say so, if the 'lost parcel' scam doesn't happen!!
:-)