On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:27:10 +1000, "Phil Allison"
wrote:


"Laurence Payne in the Arse "


I find the Rode NT-1 a useful workhorse.
http://www.dv247.com/invt/10229/


** I am particularly familiar with that mic and know
personally the folk who make it - ie the Freedmans
of Sydney, Australia.

The Freedmans made their name as the importers of
"Dynacord" valve PA gear into this country in the 1960s.

A name that will live on in infamy ...

Peter Freedman (son of Henry) is the proprietor of " Rode " mics
- a silly German sounding name he made up to HIDE the
Chinese origin of the mic capsules and other parts that
are used to make the thing.

In NO WAY SHAPE or FORM is the NT-1 a vocal mic !!!!

Using it for that purpose will very soon RUIN it !!

BTW:

The Rode NT-1 has a nick - which is suggestive of a rat.




..... Phil




The capsule of the NT1-A (unlike that of the NT1) is entirely
Australian made. As for vocals - well you would not use it for stage
work with your mouth buried in it, but from six inches away behind a
pop shield (as you would use it in a studio), it is an exceedingly
good vocal mic.

How the company started out is a matter of neither interest nor
importance. What matters is right now they are manufacturing the state
of the art.

d