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Post by notneeson on Aug 25, 2018 9:55:17 GMT -6
1st time Stam group buyer here. If Joshua emailed me to say my sa-67 mic was going out on Fridays shipment which was yesterday should i be getting a tracking number automatically or do i Need to ask for one?? I don't believe I got a tracking number when my bus comp shipped.
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Post by jtc111 on Aug 25, 2018 10:02:33 GMT -6
I just noticed something on SA-67 product page. On the left side, under "Tech Specs," it lists the Hesierman HK-67 Capsule. In the description under "Better Components," it lists the Hesierman HK-87 Capsule. I'm assuming the 87 is a typo but I sent off a message asking to be sure. I'll post the reply when it comes in ...unless we get the info here first. Eighteen days ago I sent a message to Stam via the website. No answer yet. So much for the improved communications.
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Post by stam on Aug 25, 2018 14:27:14 GMT -6
I just noticed something on SA-67 product page. On the left side, under "Tech Specs," it lists the Hesierman HK-67 Capsule. In the description under "Better Components," it lists the Hesierman HK-87 Capsule. I'm assuming the 87 is a typo but I sent off a message asking to be sure. I'll post the reply when it comes in ...unless we get the info here first. Eighteen days ago I sent a message to Stam via the website. No answer yet. So much for the improved communications. It would be easier if you emailed again instead of waiting 18 days for an answer Your email has obviously not been seen What email did you send it to?
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Post by jtc111 on Aug 25, 2018 15:06:25 GMT -6
Eighteen days ago I sent a message to Stam via the website. No answer yet. So much for the improved communications. It would be easier if you emailed again instead of waiting 18 days for an answer Your email has obviously not been seen What email did you send it to? I sent it via the contact page on your website.
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Post by chessparov on Aug 25, 2018 15:14:53 GMT -6
So Joshua, "which microphone was which?". I guessed B for the Vintage one BTW. Thanks, Chris
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Post by Ward on Aug 25, 2018 16:58:59 GMT -6
Wiz road trip. Sure thing . Do you like coffee? I roast my own beans i could bring up a nice selection. Cheers Roasts his own beans.... do you grow them too? I mean, you all make Australia sounds mighty enticing.
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Post by hadaja on Aug 25, 2018 17:20:22 GMT -6
Australia whats not to like - beach, beer, beans , blokes, bikinis.
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Post by matt@IAA on Aug 25, 2018 17:55:53 GMT -6
Beer drinking bean eating blokes in bikinis on a beach ain’t really my style.
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Post by hadaja on Sept 6, 2018 19:45:50 GMT -6
Email sent Stam. Any updates ?
Thanks
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Post by Ward on Sept 7, 2018 7:59:12 GMT -6
Beer drinking bean eating blokes in bikinis on a beach ain’t really my style. Yeah, beans . . . on a beach? Sounds gassy.
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Post by mike on Sept 19, 2018 10:03:53 GMT -6
As we near our way to October and the last qtr of the year, I'm still wondering when the reveal will be from Stam on the comparison video he posted in early August of his Sa67, vs the vintage and reissue,..... and then also thought how 9 months ago Warm released the WA47 they seem to have sold allot of bringing their clone mic line now to cover the classics 47, 87 and 414,...... Though I haven't heard anything of the kind, with December and January's NAMM coming up,...... I wonder if a Warm WA67 could possibly be in the near future as their next logical mic to clone ?
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Post by Guitar on Sept 19, 2018 10:27:52 GMT -6
setting a new stamdard in communication
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Post by Vincent R. on Sept 19, 2018 13:25:23 GMT -6
As we near our way to October and the last qtr of the year, I'm still wondering when the reveal will be from Stam on the comparison video he posted in early August of his Sa67, vs the vintage and reissue,..... and then also thought how 9 months ago Warm released the WA47 they seem to have sold allot of bringing their clone mic line now to cover the classics 47, 87 and 414,...... Though I haven't heard anything of the kind, with December and January's NAMM coming up,...... I wonder if a Warm WA67 could possibly be in the near future as their next logical mic to clone ? Could be cool, but probably wouldn't be the same level as the Stam, which probably isn't quite the same level as the Bock or the reissue. But hey, if it gets you a 67ish mic in your studio on a budget that you enjoy that's all that matters. For me, if it's as close to a U67 as their WA87 is to a U87, I'll pass.
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Post by popmann on Sept 19, 2018 15:42:14 GMT -6
I assume the lack of reveal is because the Stam was #2.
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Post by Mister Chase on Sept 19, 2018 16:14:09 GMT -6
As we near our way to October and the last qtr of the year, I'm still wondering when the reveal will be from Stam on the comparison video he posted in early August of his Sa67, vs the vintage and reissue,..... and then also thought how 9 months ago Warm released the WA47 they seem to have sold allot of bringing their clone mic line now to cover the classics 47, 87 and 414,...... Though I haven't heard anything of the kind, with December and January's NAMM coming up,...... I wonder if a Warm WA67 could possibly be in the near future as their next logical mic to clone ? Could be cool, but probably wouldn't be the same level as the Stam, which probably isn't quite the same level as the Bock or the reissue. But hey, if it gets you a 67ish mic in your studio on a budget that you enjoy that's all that matters. For me, if it's as close to a U67 as their WA87 is to a U87, I'll pass.Exactly. I haven't heard a mic as bright as the Wa87 in a while. The Peluso isn't half bad comparatively and isn't too expensive, either.
I'd be down for a Stam 67, I think.
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Post by ragan on Sept 19, 2018 16:43:09 GMT -6
Could be cool, but probably wouldn't be the same level as the Stam, which probably isn't quite the same level as the Bock or the reissue. But hey, if it gets you a 67ish mic in your studio on a budget that you enjoy that's all that matters. For me, if it's as close to a U67 as their WA87 is to a U87, I'll pass.Exactly. I haven't heard a mic as bright as the Wa87 in a while. The Peluso isn't half bad comparatively and isn't too expensive, either.
I'd be down for a Stam 67, I think.
Heheh. Something was either wrong with the WA87 you used or you only use ribbons. The ones I demo’d were not bright. They were actually a little less bright than one of the vintage U87s we blind tested. I was sure I was picking the U87 because it sounded a tad smoother but it turned out it was the WA87.
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Post by Mister Chase on Sept 19, 2018 17:00:35 GMT -6
Exactly. I haven't heard a mic as bright as the Wa87 in a while. The Peluso isn't half bad comparatively and isn't too expensive, either.
I'd be down for a Stam 67, I think.
Heheh. Something was either wrong with the WA87 you used or you only use ribbons. The ones I demo’d were not bright. They were actually a little less bright than one of the vintage U87s we blind tested. I was sure I was picking the U87 because it sounded a tad smoother but it turned t.v. out it was the WA87. Nope, use lots of condensers. This was also a studios blind shootout between a Neumann u87, Peluso and the warm. So I'm talking comparatively to other 87 style mics. The warm definitely stuck out in that situation. Could be something was wrong with it, or wrong with the one you tested, or we're both hearing the same thing and describing it differently. Can't say for sure but I just call them like I hear them.
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Post by ragan on Sept 19, 2018 17:12:39 GMT -6
Heheh. Something was either wrong with the WA87 you used or you only use ribbons. The ones I demo’d were not bright. They were actually a little less bright than one of the vintage U87s we blind tested. I was sure I was picking the U87 because it sounded a tad smoother but it turned t.v. out it was the WA87. Nope, use lots of condensers. This was also a studios blind shootout between a Neumann u87, Peluso and the warm. So I'm talking comparatively to other 87 style mics. The warm definitely stuck out in that situation. Could be something was wrong with it, or wrong with the one you tested, or we're both hearing the same thing and describing it differently. Can't say for sure but I just call them like I hear them. All true. Sounds like you’re going off of posted files and not personal testing? Nothing wrong with that of course but it could be that the U87 they used is on the dull side and you’re comparing it to your understanding of what a U87 sounds like based on U87s you’ve used. Or any of the options you listed too. I have no skin in the game either way, the “brightest mic I’ve heard in a long time” comment just stuck out to me and made me suspect something was up. The WA87s I’ve used and heard aren’t even in the ballpark of what I’d call a really bright mic.
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Post by kcatthedog on Sept 19, 2018 17:18:57 GMT -6
For what its worth , I have 2 wa87 here and I can't say I would describe either as really bright at all. I mostly record them with the tone bouton on the wa73 in which switches up the impedance and if anything brings out more high end ?
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Post by ragan on Sept 19, 2018 17:34:50 GMT -6
For what its worth , I have 2 wa87 here and I can't say I would describe either as really bright at all. I mostly record them with the tone bouton on the wa73 in which switches up the impedance and if anything brings out more high end ? Is it different than the ‘tone’ button on the WA12/WA412? Cause on those the tone button significantly attenuates the top.
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Post by kcatthedog on Sept 19, 2018 18:45:34 GMT -6
I’m not certain although I have both? I think of tone out as more vintage and tone in more contemporary?
I think in both pres it’s just changing the impedance?
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Post by ragan on Sept 19, 2018 20:43:49 GMT -6
I’m not certain although I have both? I think of tone out as more vintage and tone in more contemporary? I think in both pres it’s just changing the impedance? It does change impedance yeah. But engaging it rolls off highs and, at least on the WA12/412 does some beefing up of the low mids too. You can see it in the graphs too. I too always preferred the tone in for most things.
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Post by Mister Chase on Sept 19, 2018 23:45:53 GMT -6
Nope, use lots of condensers. This was also a studios blind shootout between a Neumann u87, Peluso and the warm. So I'm talking comparatively to other 87 style mics. The warm definitely stuck out in that situation. Could be something was wrong with it, or wrong with the one you tested, or we're both hearing the same thing and describing it differently. Can't say for sure but I just call them like I hear them. All true. Sounds like you’re going off of posted files and not personal testing? Nothing wrong with that of course but it could be that the U87 they used is on the dull side and you’re comparing it to your understanding of what a U87 sounds like based on U87s you’ve used. Or any of the options you listed too. I have no skin in the game either way, the “brightest mic I’ve heard in a long time” comment just stuck out to me and made me suspect something was up. The WA87s I’ve used and heard aren’t even in the ballpark of what I’d call a really bright mic. That is correct. From a place that does lots of A/B/X type comparisons. FWIW, while I will concede that there is a distinct advantage to using the equipment yourself for comparisons, I have found value and validity in blind A/B/X tests that I have not participated in. That info has transferred fairly accurately into my own experience in the times I have used or purchased the pieces in question.
Just like you, I've no skin in the game. Maybe I do, in a form of bias. I would really like the Warm to perform as it is the most affordable. That would be great. Since you guys seem to be scratching your heads at my comments, perhaps I will get one here to really try out.
As for my comment about it's brightness, perhaps I spoke too hastily and without forethought. It just seemed sibilant in comparison, to me. I understand your comment about the ribbon mics now. Maybe I've just chosen and used darker sounding condensers over the years. Save for my Miktek c7s which I feel do have quite a zing and brighter sound.
Do the Warm 87s do that "midrange" Neumann thing at all?
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Post by hadaja on Sept 20, 2018 0:26:34 GMT -6
I still have the miktek c7e and thought it sounded 87ish. But the 3u warbler mk1d sounded more 87ish when comparing to my vintage u87 then the Miltek so i never worried about getting a wa87. Now back to the Stam sa-67 ...... anyone got one yet?..... And whats the story with Stam only sending out max of 20 items a day per chile post rules or something like?
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Post by chessparov on Sept 20, 2018 1:17:38 GMT -6
Funny, I was hoping B WAS the Stam. I figured it was the Vintage. IMHO it sounded the best... Chris
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