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Elam 251
C12 U47 U67 What other well known mics make this list? What are the approximate prices these days? Real magic wands, these... |
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On 06 Feb 2006 05:49:44 GMT, wrote:
Elam 251 C12 U47 U67 What other well known mics make this list? What are the approximate prices these days? Real magic wands, these... The most expensive mic you will ever find is the one that fails during the live recording of a one-off event. d Pearce Consulting http://www.pearce.uk.com |
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Don Pearce wrote:
The most expensive mic you will ever find is the one that fails during the live recording of a one-off event. Well said. bobs Bob Smith BS Studios we organize chaos http://www.bsstudios.com |
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Pooh Bear wrote: wrote: Elam 251 C12 U47 U67 What other well known mics make this list? What are the approximate prices these days? Real magic wands, these... Most expensive mic I've ever owned was a U87. Graham Oh.... bought as a 'steal' in the mid 70s @ £100 . Sold in the mid-late 70s @ £400 Today would cost easily £1600+. Sounds awesome but not really suitable for my live sound activities. A reluctant sale on my part - the best definition ever I've heard from a mic - but simply a practical choice about my mic collection. Graham |
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I guess that's Murphy's mic, right? ;-(
Tom "Don Pearce" wrote in message ... On 06 Feb 2006 05:49:44 GMT, wrote: Elam 251 C12 U47 U67 What other well known mics make this list? What are the approximate prices these days? Real magic wands, these... The most expensive mic you will ever find is the one that fails during the live recording of a one-off event. d Pearce Consulting http://www.pearce.uk.com |
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I have a Lawson L251, which I like, a friend has the Sound Delux 251, sure
would like to get the "Tele", and do a shootout. I'm not holding my breath though. Tom wrote in message om... Elam 251 C12 U47 U67 What other well known mics make this list? What are the approximate prices these days? Real magic wands, these... |
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Walt wrote On 02/06/06 08:56,: wrote: Elam 251 C12 U47 U67 What other well known mics make this list? What are the approximate prices these days? Real magic wands, these... I've got an SM-57 that I'll sell you for $100,000. That should make it the most expensive mic in the world should you have a desire to own such a thing. //Walt Is it vintage, pre Japan/China/Malaysia, made in America? --Fletch |
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Probably the most expensive mic in the solar system is the one attached to
the Titan probe that landed a year or so ago. Peace, Paul |
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"Paul Stamler" wrote: Probably the most expensive mic in the solar system is the one attached to the Titan probe that landed a year or so ago. Peace, Paul I don't think it's fair to include shipping costs in the price comparison. Is the mic itself that expensive? -Jay -- x------- Jay Kadis ------- x---- Jay's Attic Studio ------x x Lecturer, Audio Engineer x Dexter Records x x CCRMA, Stanford University x http://www.offbeats.com/ x x---------- http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jay/ ------------x |
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"Jay Kadis" wrote in message ... In article , "Paul Stamler" wrote: Probably the most expensive mic in the solar system is the one attached to the Titan probe that landed a year or so ago. Peace, Paul I don't think it's fair to include shipping costs in the price comparison. Is the mic itself that expensive? I doubt it. Sounded a bit harsh in the high end to me. But that could have been due to the liquid methane rain... malachi |
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"Sounded a bit harsh in the high end to me.
But that could have been due to the liquid methane rain... " what is its noise floor ( A weighted 24 bit) |
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Actually, this is an interesting question: when is a pressure transducer
a microphone? Is it a function of its intended use, its frequency response, its pressure range, etc? Every microphone is a pressure transducer...... And: The Sony C800G is quite expensive too.... Richard |
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Vintage wrote:
Actually, this is an interesting question: when is a pressure transducer a microphone? Is it a function of its intended use, its frequency response, its pressure range, etc? Every microphone is a pressure transducer...... But not every pressure transducer is a microphone. Then again, not every microphone is a pressure transducer. Consider this: http://www.bksv.com/default.asp?ID=4000 An accelerometer can be used as a mic. |
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"Jay Kadis" wrote in message
... In article . com, wrote: "Sounded a bit harsh in the high end to me. But that could have been due to the liquid methane rain... " what is its noise floor ( A weighted 24 bit) Actually, this is an interesting question: when is a pressure transducer a microphone? Is it a function of its intended use, its frequency response, its pressure range, etc? That question's too philosophical for me, but the microphone on Titan is usable as a microphone, because several months ago All Things Considered played a recording of the winds on Titan as picked up by the mic on the probe. Sounded like sub-telephonic response, maybe to 1.5kHz at best, but it had better lows. (My car radio isn't exactly a top-grade monitor.) Anyway, perhaps it's not really the priciest microphone in the solar system, but it's certainly mounted on the most expensive mic stand. Peace, Paul |
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Carey Carlan wrote:
wrote in news:43e6e36c$0$27786 : Elam 251 C12 U47 U67 Hearsay: Once upon a time a 251 in very fine condition could draw up to $50,000. Then the very good clones arrived (Lawson, Soundelux, etc) and the price dropped to around $5,000. Also, the Asian currency crisis helped a lot too. Many of those high dollar microphones were going to collectors in Japan who all of a sudden could not afford them. Same thing happened to Fairchild 670s. You can pick one up for $12,000 now. I remember offering a guy $250 for a BK-5, and being told that I was insane and that he could sell them for three times that in Japan. He can't any more. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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In article . com,
wrote: "Sounded a bit harsh in the high end to me. But that could have been due to the liquid methane rain... " what is its noise floor ( A weighted 24 bit) I believe it was either a Knowles or a Gentex capsule. The gold-plated Gentex capsules used to be real favorites for military applications. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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Jay Kadis wrote:
In article . com, wrote: "Sounded a bit harsh in the high end to me. But that could have been due to the liquid methane rain... " what is its noise floor ( A weighted 24 bit) Actually, this is an interesting question: when is a pressure transducer a microphone? Is it a function of its intended use, its frequency response, its pressure range, etc? If it has usable response up to 4 KHz, it's a microphone. If it can't reproduce an intelligible voice, it's something else. That said, you can KIND of get intelligible voice from an oil pressure sending unit. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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Vintage wrote:
Every microphone is a pressure transducer...... No, some are velocity transducers. And: The Sony C800G is quite expensive too.... It's a cardioid, so it's neither a true pressure nor velocity sensor, but a combination of the two. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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In article , (Scott Dorsey)
wrote: Same thing happened to Fairchild 670s. You can pick one up for $12,000 now. Or $150 from Universal Audio. I don't know how close it is to the actual hardware, but it's the only thing I use on vocals now. -Jay -- x------- Jay Kadis ------- x---- Jay's Attic Studio ------x x Lecturer, Audio Engineer x Dexter Records x x CCRMA, Stanford University x http://www.offbeats.com/ x x---------- http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jay/ ------------x |
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"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
... SNIP If it has usable response up to 4 KHz, it's a microphone. If it can't reproduce an intelligible voice, it's something else. That said, you can KIND of get intelligible voice from an oil pressure sending unit. --scott Eureka!!! A new color in the pallet! And, my best laugh so far today. Thanks. Steve King |
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Just out of curiosity, what is the purpose of the question?
Norm wrote in message om... Elam 251 C12 U47 U67 What other well known mics make this list? What are the approximate prices these days? Real magic wands, these... |
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"Jay Kadis" wrote in message ... In article , (Scott Dorsey) wrote: Same thing happened to Fairchild 670s. You can pick one up for $12,000 now. Or $150 from Universal Audio. I don't know how close it is to the actual hardware, but it's the only thing I use on vocals now. -Jay -- x------- Jay Kadis ------- x---- Jay's Attic Studio ------x x Lecturer, Audio Engineer x Dexter Records x x CCRMA, Stanford University x http://www.offbeats.com/ x x---------- http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jay/ ------------x Jay, Which UA model are you referring to for $150? Or did you mean $1500? Thanks, Mikey Wozniak Nova Music Productions This sig is haiku |
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Michael Wozniak wrote: Jay, Which UA model are you referring to for $150? Or did you mean $1500? I think he's talking about a plug in. |
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In article .net,
"Michael Wozniak" wrote: "Jay Kadis" wrote in message ... In article , (Scott Dorsey) wrote: Same thing happened to Fairchild 670s. You can pick one up for $12,000 now. Or $150 from Universal Audio. I don't know how close it is to the actual hardware, but it's the only thing I use on vocals now. Jay, Which UA model are you referring to for $150? Or did you mean $1500? Thanks, Mikey Wozniak Nova Music Productions This sig is haiku The UAD-1 Fairchild 670 plug-in. If you don't have the UAD-1 card already it'll be about $500 more. Don't I wish they had a hardware 670 for $150! -Jay -- x------- Jay Kadis ------- x---- Jay's Attic Studio ------x x Lecturer, Audio Engineer x Dexter Records x x CCRMA, Stanford University x http://www.offbeats.com/ x x---------- http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jay/ ------------x |
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"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message ... If it can't reproduce an intelligible voice, it's something else. So those aren't microphones they use on George Dubya? *bada-ching* |
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Jay Kadis wrote:
The UAD-1 Fairchild 670 plug-in. If you don't have the UAD-1 card already it'll be about $500 more. Don't I wish they had a hardware 670 for $150! You know, I never liked the way the 670 sounded, and it was always a severe maintenance headache. I could see a plug-in version being more useful than the real thing. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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In article , (Scott Dorsey)
wrote: Jay Kadis wrote: The UAD-1 Fairchild 670 plug-in. If you don't have the UAD-1 card already it'll be about $500 more. Don't I wish they had a hardware 670 for $150! You know, I never liked the way the 670 sounded, and it was always a severe maintenance headache. I could see a plug-in version being more useful than the real thing. --scott If you listen to it alone it does sound pretty bad, but in the context of a mix it makes vocals do just what I want. -Jay -- x------- Jay Kadis ------- x---- Jay's Attic Studio ------x x Lecturer, Audio Engineer x Dexter Records x x CCRMA, Stanford University x http://www.offbeats.com/ x x---------- http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jay/ ------------x |
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Scott Dorsey wrote: You know, I never liked the way the 670 sounded, Apparently somebody does. and it was always a severe maintenance headache. I suppose if you can afford one, you can probably afford to have a tech available. |
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Jay Kadis wrote:
In article , (Scott Dorsey) wrote: Jay Kadis wrote: The UAD-1 Fairchild 670 plug-in. If you don't have the UAD-1 card already it'll be about $500 more. Don't I wish they had a hardware 670 for $150! You know, I never liked the way the 670 sounded, and it was always a severe maintenance headache. I could see a plug-in version being more useful than the real thing. If you listen to it alone it does sound pretty bad, but in the context of a mix it makes vocals do just what I want. Hmm... you know, I have only used them as mastering units on the 2-buss, and they are kind of heavy-handed for that. I never thought of using one as a vocal effect... but now it's about 25 years too late for me to try it since I don't have one lying around any more. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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danger wrote:
The Branners ae the cheapest. Becase you dont need some much other stuff when you use them! I figure you're talking Brauner mics, and yes, superb instruments. -- ha |
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Actually, I have the most expensive mics.
I sell my SM 57's for $2400.00 each. Wanna buy one? Matt M In article , says... Elam 251 C12 U47 U67 What other well known mics make this list? What are the approximate prices these days? Real magic wands, these... |
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cruisemates wrote:
My U-67 purchased in 1981 at $1500, today worth ~ $4000+ net cost: a NEGATIVE $2500 - arguably the cheapest microphone one can buy. $1500 seems like a lot of money for a mike whose list price was under $300 just a few years before. Sheesh. I don't understand why every studio doesn't have a great vintage mic considering it is one of the FEW fine audio pieces you can buy, use it maximum benefit, and actually make money on at the same time. Because most studios today are run by folks who started out _after_ the mike prices started going through the roof. The folks who bought their U67s for $300 (and complained bitterly about Gotham's markup in the process) aren't selling them if they can avoid it, too. The reason is that there is a limited and constant supply (in spite of some folks out there making forgeries and frankensteins out of spare parts which are being sold as vintage mikes), and an ever-increasing demand. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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"cruisemates" wrote in
oups.com: My U-67 purchased in 1981 at $1500, today worth ~ $4000+ net cost: a NEGATIVE $2500 - arguably the cheapest microphone one can buy. I don't understand why every studio doesn't have a great vintage mic considering it is one of the FEW fine audio pieces you can buy, use it maximum benefit, and actually make money on at the same time. $1,500 in inflation-adjusted dollars is about $3,375 (+125%) That means your 25 year investment in that microphone has earned a whopping 0.7% (less than 1%) interest compounded annually after inflation. It's still a great investment in terms of value and use. |
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"cruisemates" wrote in message oups.com... My U-67 purchased in 1981 at $1500, today worth ~ $4000+ net cost: a NEGATIVE $2500 - arguably the cheapest microphone one can buy. Only if you sell it. geoff |
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