[mcp6453[_2_]]

Does anyone have an idea why AKG would have made a D310? It is a very plain,
unremarkable mic that doesn't sound to me like it would be the best choice for
anything in particular. I have two of them.

[Peter Larsen[_3_]]

mcp6453 wrote:

Does anyone have an idea why AKG would have made a D310? It is a very
plain, unremarkable mic that doesn't sound to me like it would be the
best choice for anything in particular. I have two of them.

Since you have two they must at some point in time have appeared to you to
be cost-efficient.

Some of the time the best choice is something that you can afford to break
and that is reasonably sturdy so that it doesn't break too frequently.

Kind regards

Peter Larsen

[mcp6453[_2_]]

On 10/29/2011 6:11 PM, Peter Larsen wrote:
mcp6453 wrote:

Does anyone have an idea why AKG would have made a D310? It is a very
plain, unremarkable mic that doesn't sound to me like it would be the
best choice for anything in particular. I have two of them.

Since you have two they must at some point in time have appeared to you to
be cost-efficient.

Some of the time the best choice is something that you can afford to break
and that is reasonably sturdy so that it doesn't break too frequently.

Not quite. I inherited them.

[Peter Larsen[_3_]]

mcp6453 wrote:

On 10/29/2011 6:11 PM, Peter Larsen wrote:
mcp6453 wrote:

Does anyone have an idea why AKG would have made a D310? It is a
very plain, unremarkable mic that doesn't sound to me like it would
be the best choice for anything in particular. I have two of them.

Since you have two they must at some point in time have appeared to
you to be cost-efficient.

Some of the time the best choice is something that you can afford to
break and that is reasonably sturdy so that it doesn't break too
frequently.

Not quite. I inherited them.

OK, it made sense to somebody to get them. Anyway, they are the cheap one in
a range of three mic models, ie. the one you buy if you want the costly one
but can't afford it.

Also it has a nice low sensitivity and a slightly rolled off (by being on
the other side of the presence-hill) treble, both properties fit the
suggested use, closemiking of brass, well. A point made in the info-sheet
easily found on AKG's website is the sturdy design, ie. it is a stage
microphone that has made some quality trade-off's to be likely to also
function well on show 100 in the grand tour.

Kind regards

Peter Larsen

[Mike Rivers]

On 10/29/2011 5:52 PM, mcp6453 wrote:
Does anyone have an idea why AKG would have made a D310? It is a very plain,
unremarkable mic that doesn't sound to me like it would be the best choice for
anything in particular. I have two of them.

Because there are people like you who will buy them.

And sometimes it's a good idea to have a few mics that
aren't the best choice for anything in particular but that
work OK on whatever you need to use a mic on. What's bad is
if it's a mic that sounds bad on anything you use it on. But
I take it that's not the problem.

If all you had was special purpose mics, you would be pretty
limited in what you could use them on.


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[mcp6453[_2_]]

On 11/2/2011 2:18 AM, Trevor wrote:
"mcp6453" wrote in message
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Does anyone have an idea why AKG would have made a D310? It is a very
plain,
unremarkable mic that doesn't sound to me like it would be the best choice
for
anything in particular. I have two of them.

I guess you could best answer the question why the hell you bought two of
them then.

As I posted, I inherited them. That means I didn't buy them. Therefore, your
guess is not valid. Thanks for your input, though.

[Peter Larsen[_3_]]

mcp6453 wrote:

On 11/2/2011 2:18 AM, Trevor wrote:
"mcp6453" wrote in message
...

Does anyone have an idea why AKG would have made a D310? It is a
very plain,
unremarkable mic that doesn't sound to me like it would be the best
choice for
anything in particular. I have two of them.

I guess you could best answer the question why the hell you bought
two of them then.

As I posted, I inherited them. That means I didn't buy them.
Therefore, your guess is not valid. Thanks for your input, though.

His guess remains valid even if it was someone else that bought them. Some
of the time there is a place on a stage for a microphone that is solid,
cheap and not worth stealing.

Kind regards

Peter Larsen