Anyone tried these. The ads in one of the magazines has me curious.

Steve King

"Steve King" wrote:

Anyone tried these. The ads in one of the magazines has me curious.

Steve King

I have one his first dynamic mics and it's great for guitar cabinets.

Harvey Gerst
Indian Trail Recording Studio
http://www.ITRstudio.com/

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"Steve King" wrote:

Anyone tried these. The ads in one of the magazines has me curious.

Steve King

I have one his first dynamic mics and it's great for guitar cabinets.

Harvey Gerst
Indian Trail Recording Studio
http://www.ITRstudio.com/

The ads seem to be touting the mics for broadcast voice. Have you tried
them on vocals?

Steve King

"Steve King" wrote:

"Harvey Gerst" wrote:
"Steve King" wrote:

Anyone tried these. The ads in one of the magazines has me curious.

Steve King

I have one his first dynamic mics and it's great for guitar cabinets.

Harvey Gerst

The ads seem to be touting the mics for broadcast voice. Have you tried
them on vocals?

Steve,

I haven't seen the ad, but the Heil mic I have is better for guitar cabs
than it is for vocals.

Harvey Gerst
Indian Trail Recording Studio
http://www.ITRstudio.com/

"Harvey Gerst" wrote in message
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"Steve King" wrote:

"Harvey Gerst" wrote:
"Steve King" wrote:

Anyone tried these. The ads in one of the magazines has me curious.

Steve King

I have one his first dynamic mics and it's great for guitar cabinets.

Harvey Gerst

The ads seem to be touting the mics for broadcast voice. Have you tried
them on vocals?

Steve,

I haven't seen the ad, but the Heil mic I have is better for guitar cabs
than it is for vocals.

Harvey Gerst
Indian Trail Recording Studio
http://www.ITRstudio.com/

Thanks.

Steve King

"Steve King" wrote:

"Harvey Gerst" wrote in message
.. .
"Steve King" wrote:
"Harvey Gerst" wrote:
"Steve King" wrote:

Anyone tried these. The ads in one of the magazines has me curious.

Steve King

I have one his first dynamic mics and it's great for guitar cabinets.

Harvey Gerst

The ads seem to be touting the mics for broadcast voice. Have you tried
them on vocals?

Steve,
I haven't seen the ad, but the Heil mic I have is better for guitar cabs
than it is for vocals.

Harvey Gerst

Thanks.

Steve King

Steve,

I have the Heil PR20, which kicks butt for guitar cabinets.

Harvey Gerst
Indian Trail Recording Studio
http://www.ITRstudio.com/

Hello all...

You may want to visit http://www.k4qky.com/hamradio/pr30.htm for a review of
the Heil PR-30 and http://www.k4qky.com/hamradio/pr40.htm for the Heil
PR-40.

Bear in mind that both reviews are written from the perspective of an
amateur radio operator since Heil has, up until now, been marketing mics
primarily for that audience. However, it is my understanding that the PR40
works especially well on vocals as well as drums.

Don


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"Steve King" wrote in message
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"Harvey Gerst" wrote in message
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"Steve King" wrote:

"Harvey Gerst" wrote:
"Steve King" wrote:

Anyone tried these. The ads in one of the magazines has me curious.

Steve King

I have one his first dynamic mics and it's great for guitar cabinets.

Harvey Gerst

The ads seem to be touting the mics for broadcast voice. Have you tried
them on vocals?

Steve,

I haven't seen the ad, but the Heil mic I have is better for guitar cabs
than it is for vocals.

Harvey Gerst
Indian Trail Recording Studio
http://www.ITRstudio.com/

Thanks.

Steve King

On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 07:18:56 -0500, Don Snodgrass wrote
(in article ):

Hello all...

You may want to visit http://www.k4qky.com/hamradio/pr30.htm for a review of
the Heil PR-30 and http://www.k4qky.com/hamradio/pr40.htm for the Heil
PR-40.

Bear in mind that both reviews are written from the perspective of an
amateur radio operator since Heil has, up until now, been marketing mics
primarily for that audience. However, it is my understanding that the PR40
works especially well on vocals as well as drums.

Don

Nice guy. I reviewed several of his mics a year or so ago. I think at least
one review is up in my archives.

Regards,

Ty
-- Ty Ford's equipment reviews, audio samples, rates and other audiocentric
stuff are at www.tyford.com

Ty Ford wrote:

Nice guy. I reviewed several of his mics a year or so ago. I think at least
one review is up in my archives.


Is this the same people who made the talkbox tears ago?

"Ty Ford" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 07:18:56 -0500, Don Snodgrass wrote
(in article ):

Hello all...

You may want to visit http://www.k4qky.com/hamradio/pr30.htm for a review
of
the Heil PR-30 and http://www.k4qky.com/hamradio/pr40.htm for the Heil
PR-40.

Bear in mind that both reviews are written from the perspective of an
amateur radio operator since Heil has, up until now, been marketing mics
primarily for that audience. However, it is my understanding that the
PR40
works especially well on vocals as well as drums.

Don

Nice guy. I reviewed several of his mics a year or so ago. I think at
least
one review is up in my archives.

Regards,

Ty
-- Ty Ford's equipment reviews, audio samples, rates and other
audiocentric
stuff are at www.tyford.com

Ty, do us all a favor and see if Heil will send you his PR 30 and PR 40
models for review. The timing could be right, because I've seen recent ads
for these mics. I've just tried out several older RE20s that have been in
storage for a few years. They sounded okay, but cosmetically they're pretty
bad. If the PR30 or 40 is a step up from the Gold Line Pro you favorably
reviewed, they may be a viable alternative to RE20, SM7, and 421 dynamics.
Incidentally, am I the only one that feels that it is a crap shoot to get a
decent sounding early 421. I've recently run into a couple in video
producer's "booths" that sound sorta lifeless--- soft on the top end.

Steve King

"Steve King" wrote in message
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"Harvey Gerst" wrote in message
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"Steve King" wrote:

Anyone tried these. The ads in one of the magazines has me curious.

Steve King

I have one his first dynamic mics and it's great for guitar cabinets.

The ads seem to be touting the mics for broadcast voice. Have you tried
them on vocals?

I had a sample of the first model. It was *extremely* sensitive to p-pops,
also handling noise. And it had a classic boom-and-tizz frequency response,
with poorer articulation (on a dance caller) than an old EV 660. We sent it
back. Possibly the newer ones are improved.

Peace,
Paul

Don Cooper wrote:

Ty Ford wrote:

Nice guy. I reviewed several of his mics a year or so ago. I think at least
one review is up in my archives.

Is this the same people who made the talkbox tears ago?

Yup, Bob Heil of Heil Music, back in Marissa, Illinois. Same guy.

Harvey Gerst
Indian Trail Recording Studio
http://www.ITRstudio.com/

On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 12:48:06 -0400, Don Cooper wrote
(in article ):



Ty Ford wrote:

Nice guy. I reviewed several of his mics a year or so ago. I think at least
one review is up in my archives.


Is this the same people who made the talkbox tears ago?

Given his Joe Walsh connection, I think so

Ty



-- Ty Ford's equipment reviews, audio samples, rates and other audiocentric
stuff are at www.tyford.com

On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 13:35:44 -0400, Steve King wrote
(in article ):

"Ty Ford" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 07:18:56 -0500, Don Snodgrass wrote
(in article ):

Hello all...

You may want to visit http://www.k4qky.com/hamradio/pr30.htm for a review
of
the Heil PR-30 and http://www.k4qky.com/hamradio/pr40.htm for the Heil
PR-40.

Bear in mind that both reviews are written from the perspective of an
amateur radio operator since Heil has, up until now, been marketing mics
primarily for that audience. However, it is my understanding that the
PR40
works especially well on vocals as well as drums.

Don

Nice guy. I reviewed several of his mics a year or so ago. I think at
least
one review is up in my archives.

Regards,

Ty
-- Ty Ford's equipment reviews, audio samples, rates and other
audiocentric
stuff are at www.tyford.com

Ty, do us all a favor and see if Heil will send you his PR 30 and PR 40
models for review. The timing could be right, because I've seen recent ads
for these mics. I've just tried out several older RE20s that have been in
storage for a few years. They sounded okay, but cosmetically they're pretty
bad. If the PR30 or 40 is a step up from the Gold Line Pro you favorably
reviewed, they may be a viable alternative to RE20, SM7, and 421 dynamics.
Incidentally, am I the only one that feels that it is a crap shoot to get a
decent sounding early 421. I've recently run into a couple in video
producer's "booths" that sound sorta lifeless--- soft on the top end.

Steve King



Too much foam in the booth?

Ty

-- Ty Ford's equipment reviews, audio samples, rates and other audiocentric
stuff are at www.tyford.com

"Ty Ford" wrote in message
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On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 13:35:44 -0400, Steve King wrote
SNIP

Incidentally, am I the only one that feels that it is a crap shoot to get
a
decent sounding early 421. I've recently run into a couple in video
producer's "booths" that sound sorta lifeless--- soft on the top end.

Steve King



Too much foam in the booth?

There was some foam, but I don't think that was it. The AKG 414 in the same
booth sounded like I would expect.

Steve King

Is this the same people who made the talkbox tears ago?

Yup, Bob Heil of Heil Music, back in Marissa, Illinois. Same guy.


I remember a book he wrote about sound reinforcement. I have it somewhere.