EggHd wrote:

There is no ONE mic or mic pre to suit all
situations.

It makes you wonder how all the classic albums we hear recorded and mixed on
the same console sound so good.

In restrospect, a lot of them really don't. Nor does it matter. Not to look a
sacred cow in the mouth, but I'm sure teeny boppers today are getting just as
much legitimate hormonal thrill out of the latest hypercompressed "No Doubt" or
Jewel tune that we got out of Phil Spector's "Wall of Mush".

Hell, in some ways my standard of recording excellence still hinges around the
sound of Motown coming out of a tiny transistor radio.

-R