[nebulax]

On Jul 21, 1:59 pm, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
H. Khalil wrote:
On 21 Jul., 16:59, Ty Ford wrote:

Understand. My M160 is somewhat finnicky as to the mic pre. There are a few
it really does well with. AEA TRP, Neve 9098, Jensen Dual Servo.
Try to get one of them and please let us know how it comes out.

Unfortunately, a new pre is not an option for me right now. I've got
the Metric Halo ULN2 and can only hope it works well with the M160. It
has lots of quiet gain and presumably can drive a ribbon.

Anyway, just ordered the M160 and when it comes I'll let you know how
it fares against the MK41 on my guitar. If possible, I will post audio
samples so you can help me decide :-)

You just ordered it sight-unseen, without actually listening to it? That
is _always_ a mistake.
--scott


I agree, but it can be challenging to find a place to try out mics
before buying, as well. If it's something common like a Sennheiser
421, you can go down to a music megastore and demo it on the spot, or
even rent it from a local PA company, but something more exotic like a
ribbon would be much harder to come across. There are companies in big
recording towns like Nashville and LA who will rent you all manner of
exotic studio mics, but the expense of doing that might outweigh the
benefits after some point.

-Neb