bikefvcker wrote: Fri Feb 17, 2023 4:40 pm Univox phase 3 bass refinished in red for 600

yard barf wrote: Heil Pro30B.

I have an sm7 and an m88 and an m201. Seems like I have plenty of nice dynamic mics for being a home recording guy. So why do I keep thinking of buying this cheap Heil mic?

Garth wrote: Mon Feb 20, 2023 11:34 am

bikefvcker wrote: Fri Feb 17, 2023 4:40 pm Univox phase 3 bass refinished in red for 600

That seems like a lot of scratch for one of these to me but I may be way more rooted in the past where these Japanese guitars from 60s & 70s would go for $200 all day.

yard barf wrote: Heil Pro30B.

I have an sm7 and an m88 and an m201. Seems like I have plenty of nice dynamic mics for being a home recording guy. So why do I keep thinking of buying this cheap Heil mic?

My only half-assed TMOOI is that $270 doesn't seem THAT cheap to me for a dynamic mic? I mean not when compared to a lot of "standards" like SM57/SM58, e609/e906 anyway.

Also at < half the price I've also been sorta curious about the Rode PodMic to use in music applications. It does tout a slightly wider freq response on the outside of both ends than the Heil but just those are way on the extreme edges of "usable" anyway and who knows if Rode's fudging the numbers. No charts on either. The Rode isn't publishing a max on their SPL either at least not on their site.

Anyway... given the mics you've already listed, I wouldn't expect a dramatic difference in sound between those and the Heil. I'd probably recommend getting something with some more contrast first like an EV 635 & at 1/2 that price. Sometimes that thing is the perfect fit and the omni pattern is fun too. Heck you could get that and that Rode for < one of those Heils.

mdc wrote: Tue Feb 21, 2023 10:09 am I missed out on a pair of M160s went for an extremely good price on a local buy and sell forum ($1200CAD for two!), and now I can't stop thinking about M160s. Should I buy an M160? Is anyone selling an M160? Help.

numberthirty wrote: Mon Feb 20, 2023 11:30 pm

Garth wrote: Mon Feb 20, 2023 11:34 am

yard barf wrote: Heil Pro30B.

I have an sm7 and an m88 and an m201. Seems like I have plenty of nice dynamic mics for being a home recording guy. So why do I keep thinking of buying this cheap Heil mic?

My only half-assed TMOOI is that $270 doesn't seem THAT cheap to me for a dynamic mic? I mean not when compared to a lot of "standards" like SM57/SM58, e609/e906 anyway.

Also at < half the price I've also been sorta curious about the Rode PodMic to use in music applications. It does tout a slightly wider freq response on the outside of both ends than the Heil but just those are way on the extreme edges of "usable" anyway and who knows if Rode's fudging the numbers. No charts on either. The Rode isn't publishing a max on their SPL either at least not on their site.

Anyway... given the mics you've already listed, I wouldn't expect a dramatic difference in sound between those and the Heil. I'd probably recommend getting something with some more contrast first like an EV 635 & at 1/2 that price. Sometimes that thing is the perfect fit and the omni pattern is fun too. Heck you could get that and that Rode for < one of those Heils.

- That Heil feels pretty pricey when I think that I could get a PVM 520, and blow the other hundred and fifty(or maybe more...) on scratch tickets/video slots/used Realistic dynamic microphones.

mdc wrote: Tue Feb 21, 2023 10:09 am I missed out on a pair of M160s went for an extremely good price on a local buy and sell forum ($1200CAD for two!), and now I can't stop thinking about M160s. Should I buy an M160? Is anyone selling an M160? Help.