[linux-audio-user] Re: OT: Microphone info

[Mark Knecht]

Paul Winkler wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 07:42:45AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> 
>>I did some reading on some of the places pointed to in this thread. I 
>>need a couple of spot mics for live recording of a large group I'm 
>>recording in a few weeks. I ran across a number of good things said 
>>about the Marshall Electronics MXLV67G
>>
>>http://www.zzounds.com/item--MSEMXLV67G
>>
>>The price looks about right. Any experience with these? Marshall seems a 
>>bit strange though. Just cannot find a web site, so I wonder about 
>>support if needed.
> 
> 
> http://www.mxlmics.com/condencer_mic/condenser_index.html
> 
> Rumor has it that support is pretty responsive, or at least was
> last time i asked a couple years ago. I've never needed to call
> them myself.
> 
> I'll probably pick up one or two of the V67 myself one of these days.
> I don't have it currently, I have the MXL 1006 which is okay but
> to my ears it has a pretty harsh top end and by most accounts the V67G 
> is significantly better than most of the other MXL mics
> (the other oft-reported winner is the 603).
> 

Paul,
    Thanks very much for the link. I couldn't get Google to do that for 
me. I'll be checking it out.

    I've also read that the 603 is good, but frankly I've never used a 
mic from this manufacturer, nor have any of my closer friends, so I know 
very little about them.

Cheers,
Mark