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John Stumbles wrote:
On Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:51:00 +0000, Don Pearce wrote:

Behringer is your friend here. Fine performance, and cost bugger all.

What about their mikes? The only thing significantly under fifty squid on
http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/produc...hure-sm58.html is their
offering, and you get 3 for £33!

I'm sure they wouldn't measure up to an SM58 head-to-head, but for the
sort of money the Shures go for one could have a mixer and enough mikes
to do a couple of vocals and an acoustic simultaneously rather than
multitracked, and if they bork a mic it isn't the end of the world.

And they can buy their own SM58s when they start getting paid for gigs
;-)

There was a mic looking a bit like a '58 in the local pound shop. Quite
heavy, too. I should have bought it just for the hell of it.
The best sounding cheap types are electrets. Often not too good at
handling high SPL, but can sound quite nice at normal levels.


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The best sounding cheap types are electrets.

There are inexpensive mics that are externally biased and accepted in the
US as being "good sounding".

Several models from MXL come to mind.

By traditional standards, even mics from Rode are "inexpensive".

Often not
too good at handling high SPL, but can sound quite nice
at normal levels.

Isn't it pretty well known that the idea that electret mics can't handle
high levels is actually a myth?

One mic that violates that rule is the DPA 4007.

Arny Krueger wrote:
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Often not
too good at handling high SPL, but can sound quite nice
at normal levels.

Isn't it pretty well known that the idea that electret mics can't handle
high levels is actually a myth?

No, that's just a legend.
http://www.linkwitzlab.com/sys_test.htm#Mic

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Arny Krueger wrote:
Often not
too good at handling high SPL, but can sound quite nice
at normal levels.

Isn't it pretty well known that the idea that electret mics can't handle
high levels is actually a myth?

It's certainly not a myth with some of them. But I am talking cheap as
less than about $20.

One mic that violates that rule is the DPA 4007.

I'm sure it's possible to make one which can.

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Often not
too good at handling high SPL, but can sound quite nice
at normal levels.

Isn't it pretty well known that the idea that electret
mics can't handle high levels is actually a myth?

It's certainly not a myth with some of them. But I am
talking cheap as less than about $20.

Are those really even microphones, in a professional sense?

One mic that violates that rule is the DPA 4007.

I'm sure it's possible to make one which can.

I have a bunch of CAD vocal mics with electret elements that have proven to
be very resistant to overload, even in the hands of some pretty robust
vocalists.