Thanks for the replies folks, I hadn't quite realised there was such a range of cheap "shotgun" mics (though quite a few are just regular mics in long tubes it seems) available, presumably as a response to all the low budget youtube video production. I have a couple of good shotguns already but not ...

I haven't looked at the world of new microphones for quite some time so I could use some advice from people who keep up with this sort of thing. I need to buy several mics for an installation/performance project. They will need to be:Directional, ideally hypercardioid at a minimumPreferably dynamic ...

Eliya is 100% correct.

bishopdante wrote:If you need all-analogue, John Dent at loud mastering taunton (UK) will not digital your signal and willingly accepts reel to reel media.John cut a record I engineered that is 55 minutes long on a single LP and made an excellent job of it. He is worth the money.He also did a bunch ...

I'm going to take a guess and assume you don't have a surface DC voltmeter but if you did I'd put some money on it telling you something if you held it over that spring/tailpiece combo and waggled the spring about. I reckon that is probably static charge discharging to earth. When you're holding the...

Teacher's Pet wrote:What now?Disconnect the mains transformer secondary from the power supply PCB, insulate the ends (if they're not already in insulated connectors) and switch it on. If the fuse goes then the transformer or mains switch is dud.If it does not go, power off, reconnect the transformer...

Their website lists a Doncaster phone number (which is where music ground were based).If you like I can have a look at what it'd cost to put one together but I can't promise it'll be bargain basement pricing...

ImDADA wrote:Anyone come across any of the brand new (2013-14) Hiwatts?Not sure who's actually making them now, until recently at least they were being manufactured by the folks that ran the Music Ground chain of shops, who by all accounts were a bunch of crooks (widespread allegations of fraud and ...

Nate Dort wrote:Evanc521 wrote:I don't understand the purpose of the voltage divider in the power supply... nothing appears to be connected to the half point.Ground (technically the zero-volt reference) is connected to the "half point." This effectively creates a +-4.5VDC bipolar supply for the 4558...

Major wrote:http://mute.com/mute/17-piece-vinyl-box-set-including-unreleased-material-announced-out-2-december 300 apparently. Has anyone seen anything about there being separate versions of these LPs? It'd be nice to have the box but if I'm honest it's not like I'll get a ton of use out of much of ...