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Post by iamasound on May 30, 2024 8:01:16 GMT -6
 I bought them all at this price!!! Get your Realgear discount before it's too late. |
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Post by basspro on May 30, 2024 8:14:01 GMT -6
It’s getting to a point where it might be cheaper to build a Time Machine than to buy all of my favorite vintage mics…
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Post by Ward on May 30, 2024 9:44:53 GMT -6
Average used selling price now is $2780 in great but not pretty condition, and up to $7750 in mint or near-mint condition.
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Post by crillemannen on May 30, 2024 9:48:24 GMT -6
Average used selling price now is $2780 in great but not pretty condition, and up to $7750 in mint or near-mint condition. Not in Sweden. More like 1.7-2k tops. I don't mind this crazyness though because I have 3 in mint condition plus 2 km86s, parallel #  |
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Post by Ward on May 30, 2024 9:51:42 GMT -6
Average used selling price now is $2780 in great but not pretty condition, and up to $7750 in mint or near-mint condition. Not in Sweden. More like 1.7-2k tops. I don't mind this crazyness though because I have 3 in mint condition plus 2 km86s, parallel # Ok, I should buy some off you! HAHAHA . . . . everyone knows Neumans are more expensive over here. Hungary is a great place to guy.  IYKYK |
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Post by drbill on May 30, 2024 10:44:06 GMT -6
IMO, mostly worth the going rates. Not the crazy prices, but the going normal rates. They have not inflated anywhere near the percentages as the big name mics, but IMO are used as much and sometimes more. Still a bargain.....
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Post by ragan on May 30, 2024 11:27:28 GMT -6
Gear fetishizing is rampant. Good for collectors looking to retire, not very good for the craft of making music.
Although, something’s gotta thin the herd. People disappointing themselves by chasing sonics with $$$ instead of experience and skill will probably eventually give up.
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Post by chessparov on May 30, 2024 12:04:08 GMT -6
It’s getting to a point where it might be cheaper to build a Time Machine than to buy all of my favorite vintage mics… I almost bought a Vintage DeLorean last week. (Someone beat me to it!) I was only going to drive it... From time to time!  Chris P.S. Maybe I'll get another ton of mint VF-14 Tubes again... Next April 1st. |
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Post by sean on May 30, 2024 14:37:54 GMT -6
Average used selling price now is $2780 in great but not pretty condition, and up to $7750 in mint or near-mint condition. I’d say $1750-$2000 is a realistic price…at least that’s what I sold 4 of them for earlier this year. And they were all in great shape I think they are worth that. I have 6 and they are the only mics I use every session, at least 4 of them |
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Post by bossanova on May 30, 2024 14:47:26 GMT -6
Remember, $230 in 1966 is roughly $2,225.80 today |
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Post by wiz on May 30, 2024 15:56:04 GMT -6
I have a great one I could let go…..
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Post by christophert on May 30, 2024 17:16:41 GMT -6
I'm waiting for Warm / or Behringer to make them for $70
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Post by bossanova on May 30, 2024 17:53:02 GMT -6
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Post by ericn on May 30, 2024 21:09:21 GMT -6
Remember, $230 in 1966 is roughly $2,225.80 today Damn you, why would you intentionally interject logic😁 |
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Post by mcirish on May 30, 2024 22:14:52 GMT -6
I'm waiting for Warm / or Behringer to make them for $70 Don't wait. It's here already. Bill will probably back me up on this, and I sound like a broken record. An Oktava MK-012 is as close as you'll ever get to a KM84 IF you are close mixing acoustic instruments. You don't have to believe me but I've done the AB test. No one could tell where my punches were between the two mics. I do love the KM84 but the MK-012 does that thing very well. Closer than anything else I've ever used. |
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Post by ragan on May 30, 2024 23:00:23 GMT -6
Yeah the Oktavas are good. I miss mine.
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Post by christophert on May 31, 2024 1:58:37 GMT -6
I should have known (facepalm)
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Post by drbill on May 31, 2024 10:58:05 GMT -6
I'm waiting for Warm / or Behringer to make them for $70 Bill will probably back me up on this I will. Consider yourself backed up. They are even better modded. Remember I did the AcGtr overdub where I cut back and forth 13 or 14 times randomly and neither I or the guitarist could hear where the edits were? Then Michael Joly used that as a contest to give away a pair. Hundreds of people completely and randomly messed up. The guy who won used an analyzer and there is a bit of sub bass that the 012 picks up. But yeah, close mic'd they are as close as it gets. The big difference is in the off-axis response. In normal use they are interchangeable. |
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Post by bossanova on May 31, 2024 11:38:24 GMT -6
I should have known (facepalm)
It's not a bad mic. Very neutral sounding if you need to tame something with touch of fattening from the transformer design. Very sensitive to plosives and sharp consonants so a pop filter and/or good placement is a must. I think it fell out of what favor it had when Carlos came out with his Serrano 84. |
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Post by chessparov on May 31, 2024 11:39:18 GMT -6
Remember, $230 in 1966 is roughly $2,225.80 today Damn you, why would you intentionally interject logic😁 I mainly use my Audacity instead. (It's Geico Caveman approved) Chris P.S. Although the price to be Free has risen too. |
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Post by ragan on May 31, 2024 11:42:29 GMT -6
I demo’d the WA-84 and thought it was pretty nice sounding, but there was a low mid bump I didn’t like.
The 3U Warbler 127 (with the ‘cardioid flat’ capsule) is really close to a KM-84. I posted blind clips here and on GS it was about 50/50 what people preferred.
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Post by crillemannen on May 31, 2024 11:47:12 GMT -6
Neumann will release a very small batch of Km84s build from NOS parts. I think they even posted themselves that 25 pairs would be made and that's it. Price; noone knows but my guess is 4-6k€
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Post by ragan on May 31, 2024 11:48:00 GMT -6
lol
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Post by sam on Jun 1, 2024 13:08:19 GMT -6
I have a pair that is one serial number apart and sound virtually identical. I am always so tempted to sell them but I think they’re gonna be buried with me
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Post by chessparov on Jun 1, 2024 13:18:44 GMT -6
Even deep down they're just exceptional mics.
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