In Reply to: condensor mic without "hot" high end? posted by hollywood_steve on February 9, 2002 at 19:42:36:
The smoothest condenser I've ever used was a AKG C12 tube. It's rather pricey. All condensers I've used are rather strident and brilliant in the highs. It one of the few tube mic that is devoid of silicon. The Sennheiser RF series are overly brite to my ears. The Milab DC-96 is a stellar performer and is the most uniform pattern with frequency. Your two KM184 have noticable proximity effect used close up. Decent ribbons with high output and extended accurate highs are a rarity. The laws of physics are working against each other. To get good highs the ribbon has to be snall. To get good output the magnets have to be large. Ribbons will offer better signal to noise or should. Buy as used RCA 77DX. All the best! Jim
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