[Don Pearce]

On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:52:27 GMT, Mike Rivers
wrote:

jtougas wrote:

Hmm... all things considered, I'm going to run with an inexpensive
ribbon mic, maybe one of those Cascade Fat Heads, and an RNP...

Is one of the things considered that if it wasn't either a very
expensive or very inexpensive mic, it wouldn't be "interesting?" The
RNMP has never really been recognized as a good preamp for ribbon mics,
mostly it makes SM57s sound better than they should. At the time that
preamp was designed, most "cheap" condenser mics were still in the $500
range, so that wasn't really its target application.

I'm not guessing. I don't even claim to be able to recognize an SM57
into a Mackie mixer with any reliability.

I would go further. If this is a ribbon, and I strongly suspect it is,
then the preamp is definitely not an RNP. The noise would certainly be
audible.

d

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