The hypercardioids were very useful for conferences (the main use, with a bit of radio), and the omni capsules came in handy on ensemble/choir type jobs. The small diaphragm ones I bought in large quantities were copies of AKG 451s, and even had the horrible fine thread on the capsules. If you compare them to something like AKG414s, then there is a big difference - but with eq, you can tame them perfectly well, and they are good at distances. The large diaphragm types were all quite nice, but if you had to find a generic term to describe the sound, they were all bright - like the Audio Technica sound, and none were mellow like the old original Oktava 319s I still have somewhere. In around 700 sales of condensers only one was dead on arrival, and two had higher noise figures. I used to sell loads of Chinese sourced microphones, but I don't any longer. The SM57/58 really don't sound that much different to Betas - I'm not certain the extra top end is that much use - and a twist of the eq knob makes that kind of difference to the Beta non-Beta Shures, but they really are still mellow mics, with not much at the top - switching to a Beta 86 for 87 is a BIG change, not the subtle one with the Beta 57/58.ĭynamics are great for sticking on your lips, but so much of what we record nowadays stretches the preamps quite a bit once you start moving back and trying to record acoustic guitars.
I think we must agree to disagree on this one.
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