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Post by michaelcleary on Jan 29, 2023 16:51:03 GMT -6
Stam 251. First impression: holy smokes: Whatever Floats (demo).wavThis is recorded through a newly-acquired Great River MP-4. Processed with a couple of UAD compressors in parallel and SSL G-bus and ATR-102 on the two bus. This mic—wow! The GAS is strong. Great purchase getting that MP4 as well. Lovely tune!
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Post by michaelcleary on Jan 27, 2023 20:59:17 GMT -6
I just had a chance to hear one and it was glorious. The bottom end was amazing and made my chest tingle when singing into it. Super warm and definitely a crooners mic. It is a different flavor than what I have but I am not a crooner and luckily I didnt get the "gotta have it" feeling that usually happens when I hear something stellar. My wife and family will thank me later....
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Post by michaelcleary on Dec 29, 2022 20:05:27 GMT -6
Had my baby grand piano tuned for my xmas present. First time in a couple years.
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Post by michaelcleary on Dec 19, 2022 12:05:07 GMT -6
As mentioned, E904 are great, They are made of metal so can take a stick hit and have a wider freq response than the E604, which are plastic. Also I second the E902 on floor tom.
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Post by michaelcleary on Dec 9, 2022 10:23:23 GMT -6
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Post by michaelcleary on Dec 4, 2022 11:58:10 GMT -6
Same here. I thought my beloved white face mp2 was having a noise issue and he checked it out, turned out the issue was on my end, but he upgraded the input connectors from the original plastic ones and sent it back no charge. Mind you it is at least 20 years old. best service ever.
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Post by michaelcleary on Nov 27, 2022 21:01:32 GMT -6
Not my go to for vox, but it certainly works fine and is great on most instruments, drums, amps etc.
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Post by michaelcleary on Oct 1, 2022 20:52:52 GMT -6
I generally prefer the TLM 102 over it. Less bright/fuller Mid Range IMHO. For le$$. Chris This. I much prefer the TLM 102 as it works well on a variety of sources. I had a 103 for a minute long ago and it just wasn't right for my voice but it worked great on an acoustic in a dense mix as Martin had mentioned.
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Post by michaelcleary on Sept 26, 2022 11:34:57 GMT -6
I keep thinking of The Faces (& Rod) live in their heyday. Fantastic! Chris Yeah, someone else mentioned early Rod. I covet that vocal sound and the whole rock and roll happening in a room thing. The acoustic guitars always killed me as well. Cat Stevens had quite a few quirky mixes that you dont realize on first listen because the songs are so good. But really weird drum sounds and patterns. Obnoxiously loud hi hats at times. Amazing vocal sounds, like the early Rod records. Mostly dry and intimate. Plenty of Bad/good Stones records, too many to mention. Anything where Keith sings lead is so bad it's good. A lot of early Metallica, Megadeath, etc. Plenty of quirky bad/good Yes mixes. I can go on and on but I love all of these recordings and still try and fail to reproduce any of the things I love from them. Please tell me how to dial in a vocal sound like early Rod or Cat Stevens without saying to get them in the studio...lol.
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Post by michaelcleary on Sept 19, 2022 19:00:14 GMT -6
Sweet. Just curious, where did you order them from? Did they come from the dealer or were they drop shipped directly to you?
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Post by michaelcleary on Sept 19, 2022 17:33:48 GMT -6
FYI, the first batch of M49 have landed and they are on their way to dealers this week. Landed where? Landed at Sennheiser/Neumann USA.
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Post by michaelcleary on Sept 19, 2022 12:23:31 GMT -6
FYI, the first batch of M49 have landed and they are on their way to dealers this week.
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Post by michaelcleary on Sept 2, 2022 8:51:30 GMT -6
ah, sorry I missed. I'll join next one. thanks, mc
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Post by michaelcleary on Aug 31, 2022 15:09:19 GMT -6
FYI, The first batch of M49 will be shipping from Germany soon and probable landing late next week, early the following week.
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Post by michaelcleary on Aug 19, 2022 12:04:37 GMT -6
Yes, that whole part is weirdly-worded; I imagine on purpose. I noticed how he said that in the prototype, what it was not, but also did not say what it was, even though he also said that he knew. It also does NOt say the second delivery or the release version is or is not a 6S6B So, you're saying there's a chance......
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Post by michaelcleary on Aug 19, 2022 11:00:05 GMT -6
... I was on the Beesneez site and I noticed Ben is using the 6S6B tube in his M49 mic. Makes me wonder if Neumann got the idea of using that tube from Ben. ... Klaus says it is not a 6S6B tube. However, it is possible with FleA and Beesneez (and others) using the 6S6B, this may have led Neumann to a similar tube. To be fair, he said the tube in his 1st sample was similar but not a 6S6B. The tube in the next sample was different but he could not identify it so it is possible that it might be a 6S6B, at least thats how I read it. Quote below. "Though the tube in my prototype specimen in March looked similar to a 6S6B, a Russian military type, it was not a 6S6B (Neumann did not fully rub out the label, so I could clearly identify it). That tube was changed out on the mic's second trip to Oregon. As the i.d. on the new tube was completely removed, I cannot confirm whether it’s the same or a different type that will be used in the serial M49V (see above)."
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Post by michaelcleary on Aug 17, 2022 14:34:26 GMT -6
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Post by michaelcleary on Aug 14, 2022 13:51:21 GMT -6
Posts have slowed as the speculation is over, credible high praise was posted, the release has occurred, over 200 initial orders were revealed AND it is very likely the tube was accurately identified based on the pictures. “The tube pictured is 6s6b soviet miniature tube.” Next events that will generate widespread interest should be official tube confirmation, samples, and the report from Klaus. As with the 67 Reissue, I am not in a hurry, I can cover 49 ground with my other mics. As I did enjoy many things about my Flea 49, I would like to buy a 49 Reissue (the price is fair for me) in a few years after the initial demand is fulfilled. Do you have a link for this quote?
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Post by michaelcleary on Aug 8, 2022 19:22:27 GMT -6
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Post by michaelcleary on Aug 6, 2022 19:47:27 GMT -6
Wha? They are making these by hand and only three people are building them. Nothing mysterious here. Perhaps those same three people are helping to build other mics as well since there is a back log of the most popular models? Do you have any idea how many thousands of mics they build a month? FYI, they are a company that has no debt. m49v.neumann.com/I think what Michael has been trying to explain is this. The 3 people who build these have been building them for a while in order to supply the whole world. This is so that their is at first enough product to fill some orders and keep them truly falling behind. Everyone does this in almost any industry. It’s a typical product introduction. This .^^^^
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Post by michaelcleary on Aug 6, 2022 17:42:45 GMT -6
Just Wondering why the delays then? Only so many per month for reasons unexplained. To me that says they either don’t want to take out credit, will fund as time goes along with proceeds of delivered product. Or there’s problems Wha? They are making these by hand and only three people are building them. Nothing mysterious here. Perhaps those same three people are helping to build other mics as well since there is a back log of the most popular models? Do you have any idea how many thousands of mics they build a month? FYI, they are a company that has no debt. m49v.neumann.com/
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Post by michaelcleary on Aug 6, 2022 17:18:55 GMT -6
thumbs way up, makes too much sense to look at the money being lost vs the short sighted per item margin. I hope Neumann isn’t being silly. Could be parts delays of some sort.. parts that they planned on one price and now are getting quoted new prices and don’t want to play along. Seems to be going around I have not seen any indication of this so not sure where you got it from. There are no parts delays. First batch has already been built and will be landing late this month/early next.
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Post by michaelcleary on Aug 6, 2022 10:31:15 GMT -6
Surprisingly most of the orders request one of the BTO options so this will slow things up a little bit. If ordered standard one will see it sooner. Regarding these BTO options, conversation up here (and "other" sites) have made it seem as if these options can be easily toggled by users savvy enough to open the body to access the two (?) switches. ..but the Neumann product page indicates they do not consider them user accessible: "In the default delivery state, the high-pass filter is set to 30 Hz and pattern switching is activated. The internal switches should not be operated by the user, but only by Neumann Service. The M 49 V can be ordered in the desired switch configuration through Neumann sales partners and dealers (Made To Order)." Sounds likely accessing these would void the warranty, which looks to be 2 years... so I suppose after that it wouldn't matter, assuming you knew what you were doing and didn't damage anything.. Curious what others think of this. Ordered mine stock. Don't need anything <30hz, and definitely plan to use the various patterns... would, at some point, be interested to try to Card only mode, but I doubt that's going to feel urgent, esp. given Neumann's position on users operating the internal switches. I'm sure most will crack the hood on these when they land. The issue is, if you mess it up, it wont be covered under warranty and thats why it is being discouraged.
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Post by michaelcleary on Aug 6, 2022 10:30:19 GMT -6
Surprisingly most of the orders request one of the BTO options so this will slow things up a little bit. If ordered standard one will see it sooner. .. curious about where you gotten your insights into existing orders and the prevalence of BTO options requested. Are you working with Neumann or a major distributor? Not casting doubts about your info, just curious really. Would love to know what BTO options are most commonly being requested. I'd also think a simple switch setting wouldn't hold up ordering.. but I clearly have no idea about any of this. thanks! I know a guy that knows a guy...I do not know what the most common options are, but if you have a pallet of mics in standard configuration ready to ship, but during the allocation process you find that you have to take some of these mics off to reconfig, and then allocate to the correct customer/dealer etc, it slows things down. Otherwise you can ship the mics to wherever you like as is. Make sense?
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Post by michaelcleary on Aug 6, 2022 8:40:14 GMT -6
Surprisingly most of the orders request one of the BTO options so this will slow things up a little bit. If ordered standard one will see it sooner.
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