[Fran Guidry]

On Nov 13, 7:49 am, Boris Lau wrote:
Hi all,

sorry to bother you again with this ever repeating topic. But last time
your advice helped me a lot to narrow down the options. Again I want to
order some mics, compare then and keep one pair.

I want to record percussion, acoustic guitar and piano in my homestudio
or on location, so I need a versatile mic that can stand high sound
pressure levels but still has low self-noise for recording quiet
instruments. People in this group seem to like the AT4051, but in
Germany it's not available, only the AT4041.

Here's a list of mics that I currently consider, along with the pair price:

Ottava MK 012-01 (320 EUR)
Rode NT5 (350 EUR)
Audio Technica AT4041 (400 EUR)
Audio Technica AE 5100 (540 EUR)
AKG C 451 B (700 EUR)
Sennheiser E 914 (700 EUR)
Shure KSM 137 (800 EUR)
Neumann KM 184 (1100 EUR)

I don't want to spend more than the price for a pair of KM 184s. Cheaper
is good, if it's a high-value-for-money product. Can you help me to
narrow down this list to three or four? Am I missing a nice model?

Thanks for any help

Boris

I haven't used them myself, but a number of posters on various
recording forums (fora?) are enthusiastic about the Beyer MC930 that
Tardman recommends in another post. It is often described as sounding
very much like a vintage Neumann KM84.

Just for the record, I preferred the AT4041 to the AT4051, although I
now have neither.

Fran