AKG D880

[mcp6453[_2_]]

Scott said some time ago that he likes the AKG D880, so I bought one for voice
over. While Scott can hear things infinitely better than I can, I really do like
the sound of this mic, especially for the price. Since it's discontinued, which
AKG mic replaced it? Isn't there likely a current model that's virtually
identical? Same capsule?

I got it for $46 including shipping AND a Shure Popper Stopper, which sells for
$35, so I'm impressed. If I can find a few more for cheap, I'm probably going to
buy them. Once again, the SM58s are my least favorite mic of all in this
category. Thanks, Scott!

[geoff]

mcp6453 wrote:
> Scott said some time ago that he likes the AKG D880, so I bought one
> for voice over. While Scott can hear things infinitely better than I
> can, I really do like the sound of this mic, especially for the
> price. Since it's discontinued, which AKG mic replaced it? Isn't
> there likely a current model that's virtually identical? Same capsule?

D5 . Similar capsule but not same. Si,milar sound, better feedback
rejection.

geoff

[mcp6453[_2_]]

On 8/6/2011 9:40 PM, geoff wrote:
> mcp6453 wrote:
>> Scott said some time ago that he likes the AKG D880, so I bought one
>> for voice over. While Scott can hear things infinitely better than I
>> can, I really do like the sound of this mic, especially for the
>> price. Since it's discontinued, which AKG mic replaced it? Isn't
>> there likely a current model that's virtually identical? Same capsule?
>
> D5 . Similar capsule but not same. Si,milar sound, better feedback
> rejection.

I just got my second D880. This one was $36 shipped. Maybe I'll stop at 4. That
seems like a good number for a mic locker.

Now, does anybody know why AKG made a D310? Would it ever be considered the BEST
mic for the application? It seems quite vanilla to me.