Never would I try to suggest that the C4 would come close to the sound of
the Gefell. To be honest, a mic like that I will probably never lay eyes
nor ears on.

But just like you have found a little budget gem with the AT2020, the C4
pair is in the "increadible bang for buck" catagory. I believe the C4s puch
well above their weight.

To be dead honest Ty, I am comparing the C4s with mics in similar price
regions like the NT4, NT5, etc. To me the C4 is a league above mics in that
range. So to my somewhat uneducated ears they have a "wow factor" that my
other SUB $1000.00 mics don't. Hopefully that puts my comments into
perspective.

Bill Ruys.

"Ty Ford" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 7 May 2005 07:37:40 -0400, Bill Ruys wrote
(in article ):

It was actually a number of posts from Ty himself over the years that
mentioned that the high-end of the C1 was distorted. Just do a google
group
search on "c1" and "ty".

Bill.

"Papanate" wrote in message
...
Bill Ruys wrote:

If you've previously been
put off by the distorted high end of the C1, don't be put off.

I think you may have a bad mic or a mismatch on your mic pre if you hear
the top
end of the C1 distorting.

PapaNate

Gentlemen (and Ladies),

Let's make it real simple. Send me a C4 and I'll try to get a m296 back
here
to do a real comparison.

Of the C1, C3, T3 mics sent me some years back. The C1 appealed to me
more.
All were slightly edgy and more noisy than I like. I spoke about it to the
folks at SP back then.

Mr. Casey and I have spoken on several occasions. It was he who suggested
that his company was putting pressure on the Chinese to manufacture mics
without these flaws and I wished him good luck. I also urged him to
continue
hammering the Chinese for the benefit of us all.

I greatly appreciate the attentions drawn to Mr. Casey's comment. He has
stepped over the line before and has apologized. I took it openly and
write
his comments off to him having a bad day and seeing my post didn't help.

Having said that, the (more expensie) m296 Gefell omni may be the most
stunning omni I have heard in an end address. Through my GML preamps, I
was
not prepared for the purity of this mic.

There is no review of the m296 on my site, either because I couldn't get a
commission to write it, or by accident. I'll have to look into it.
Regardless, for those of you who have found the Schoeps cmc641 as "right
sounding" as I have, the M296 will not disappoint.

Regards,

Ty Ford





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