On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 15:32:12 +0100, "Mike Gilmour"
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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
James Perrett wrote:
The only other mics with this universal property seem to be the Shure
SM58 for close vocals or the Shure SM57 for instruments or more distant
vocals. They don't sound as good as the Neumann but they'll work in most
situations and they're in your price range.

They may be 'universal' but sound dreadful for speech.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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Agreed.
Any particular mic recommendation for speech, (cardoid sub £100)? We use 4
x '58's 9 x '57's in a band but have no decent speech mic for client
announcements.


Slightly over your budget is the AKG C1000S (110 pounds inc VAT from
Digital Village). This works with either phantom power (preferred) or
an internal PP3 9-volt battery.

I would be interested to hear the recording professionals' view of
this device.


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Chris Isbell
Southampton, UK

Chris Isbell wrote:

Slightly over your budget is the AKG C1000S (110 pounds inc VAT from
Digital Village). This works with either phantom power (preferred) or
an internal PP3 9-volt battery.

I would be interested to hear the recording professionals' view of
this device.

C1000S is awful, just sold both of mine (used to use them for choirs / drum
overheads) and replaced them with Superlix CMH8K.

Best bet for a 100 quid speech microphone is a Superlux CMH8A, needs
phantom power though.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=3735872 532
is where I got mine. He had some cheap phantom power supplies too.


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Slightly over your budget is the AKG C1000S (110 pounds inc VAT from
Digital Village). This works with either phantom power (preferred) or
an internal PP3 9-volt battery.

I would be interested to hear the recording professionals' view of
this device.

I have a pair that are at least 15 years old and I find them useful. I
don't know whether AKG have changed the design over the years because
I've seen many people describe them as dreadful. They don't sound
impressive like the Chinese large diaphragm mics do but they've given me
a usable sound on just about anything I've tried them on. Their standard
polar pattern isn't particularly tight so they are a little more prone
to feedback in a live situation although the newer version comes with a
hypercardiod adaptor which may help. The newer ones also have an adaptor
which introduces some midrange boost when fitted which may be the reason
for many of the comments about its harsh sound that I've seen.

Cheers.

James.