"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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"Iain Churches" wrote in message


Some time before Christmas, Don made an interesting
comment in that he was "surprised that the AKG C1000s was still in
production due to its poor reputation"

The dealer offered me a pair for extended evaluation.

IOW Iain suggested the C1000 to some unfortunate poster on UKRA without
himself having ever heard it.

You are mistaken. I never suggested or recomnmended this mic to
anyone. The subject came up when we were discussing Keith's AKG
tube mic, and Don remarked that he was surprised the C1000s was
still in the catalogue due to its reputation. I asked a colleague in the
UK, who stated it was good for "groove piano". That aroused my
interest, and it went from there.

Several of us have heard that it is harsh and too bright.

But never used it:-)

With some careful placing, I was able to record a tenor
saxophone sound, which as an an engineer, a saxophonist
and a listener is very much to my liking.

There are other applications for which it is well suited -
celeste, tuned percussion, glockenspiel, bell tree etc.

Iain