[linux-audio-user] OT: Microphone info

[Brett W. McCoy]

Alastair Couper wrote:

> I am looking into getting a decent microphone, but am having a hard 
> time  wading through all the obviously subjective yet passionately held 
> opinions  that I see in various reviews. I am skeptical that a $1000 mic 
> is 5 times  better than a $200 mic. How much of what I read and hear is 
> simply an arms  race for professional studios ? In talking to pro 
> friends with their  multi-k$ mic/preamps, it seems to end with: "It was 
> either that, or give  the money to the gov in taxes."

What specically are you using the microphones for?  There are mikes that 
are good for stage, mikes that are good for miking electric guitar amps, 
mikes that are good for recording acoustic (non-amplified instruments).

-- Brett

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