Perhaps my post was a little vague. Here's the story.

Exhibition, Messe etc.
Loads of people visiting the halls and stands.
Demo mics.
People singing through them one after the other.
Even the maker is there.
You sure want to have a conversation with him now you have the chance.
But there's noise coming from all directions, so you come in close to hear the guy and make yourself heard.
Well, maybe there was closed booth?
But still.

This was just a couple of months ago.
Could take a while before this sort of thing is possible or allowed again.
So Chris may have been among the last who got to meet Mark in the wild and under these conditions.
I know that is not the worst of our concerns.
It simply crossed my mind.

Anyway, I guess this is not the right place, so back to the locker.

It's totally OK. (as you know too) It's great to meet those, who are passionate about what they help to create.
Chris

Family picture!

...just one part of the locker, but a fun one!

That's almost EVerybody!

Ah I love dynamic omnis, great collection!

I keep coming into deals on Electro-Voice mics. Recent acquisitions:

1 x Electro-Voice RE-10
1 x Electro-Voice RE-16

And not here yet, but I just came into:
1 x Electro-Voice RE-18

The RE’s are super-cardioid and reject room noise very well. The 16 is brighter than the 10, and my understanding is the 18 will be kinda like the 16 but with dampeners and a hum buck circuit.

Dynamic super-cardioid are intriguing me lately. The RE-10 is vibey and spectacular on recording acoustic guitar (vocals, too). Also a Heil PR30 on acoustic is a bit fuller, but still excellent at room rejection.

I have an Electro-Voice 635a Omni, but it picks up way more room than I’d like.

Wish I had more time to play. Moving soon, and hoping to put super chunks in new home studio, so hopefully room noise will be moot.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Weave, I'm always within 3 inches, on an EV 635a. Here's a clip below, done in an untreaded room...
Chris
P.S. I did add some Plate reverb.

Sweet! Sounds great (as usual)!

I will definitely give the EV 635a another go after I move - I was pondering doing a cleanout and getting rid of some mics that don't seem to inspire at the moment, but since I am moving soon and will have a different space, have decided to wait it out and see how the new room works with what I have. Finally, instead of my box, I will have a rectangle. Maybe it will help.

I am feeling I can do 2 super chunks on the forward wall and I have a 12" deep 3' x 2' gobo bass trap for the back wall, so once my new space gets sorted, I am totally looking forward to trying our all my mic again and seeing how they do in the new space!

Moving - because I just got married! And the wife likes microphones, so I guess we are a good match!

And for what it's worth, chessparov2.0, I very much appreciate your willingness to share clips... It is very helpful and it kinda puts you out there (although you sing VERY well)!

Good music to all!

My trusty get it done mic.

Current lineup:

Roswell Mini K47
Blue Bluebird
Shure SM57
Shure SM58

...my mic locker really needs some sprucing up.

sE Gemini II
sE Icis
sE R1
Ev RE11
Sontronics STC-1S matched pair
Sennheiser E865
AKG D7
Rode NT1A
AKG C1000S

Nothing flashy, but they all do their jobs well. Love the sE gear and have been using their mics for close to 15yrs. The RE11 is a one trick pony, but it's a very nice trick for certain tasks. The Sontronics are flat-out superb for very little money, the E865 is a decent live condenser, the D7 is my favourite live mic as it will handle anything from a whisper to massive SPLs without ever sounding less than musical.

My NT1A has earned its keep a thousand times over and is the mic I take on tour with me for demoing new material in hotel rooms/green rooms etc. I've owned it for 15yrs+ and it still punches way above its weight. It's made the cut for final vocals on a few tracks I've released over the years, it's not flashy but will always sound serviceable on 99% of sources.

The C1000S is terrific for knocking hooks into the wall in the studio for hanging pictures...

Added a Warbler MkIV.

So now it’s six “proper” mics, and a few other things that can capture audio.

Looks ok - have wanted pic of mics for awhile - my wife can definitely work this better but... here is what I have currently:



Top row: MXL 990, MXL V67, Oktava MK-319, CAD Equitek E-100, CAD M179, Audio Technica AT4050, Audio Technica AT4033

Middle row: (2) iSK Pearl, Warm Audio Wa-87, (2) Behringer C-2,

Bottom row: Electro-Voice 635a, Electro-Voice RE-10, Electro-Voice RE-16, Electro-Voice RE-18, Shure SM58, Shure SM57, Heil Sound PR 40, Heil Sound PR 30, Sennheiser e906, CAD D82

No aspirations for anything more at present, but sometimes things come and sometimes things go.

Having fun when I can...

Royer R10 (coming soon)

797 Audio CR998 (multi-pattern tube mic)
3U Audio Warbler MKII
3U Audio CM1 Teal

Sennheiser e914
AT 4041
Oktava MC012
MXL 603s
Naiant MSH-1 pair

Shure Unidyne III 545s
EV664a
AT 871UG

Shure SM58s 1
Shure SM57 2
Shure SM58 2
AKG C414 1
AKG D112 1
Sennheiser MD441u 1
Sennheiser MD431 1
Shure Microflex MX418 1
Shure Microflex 183 1
Shure Microflex 184 1
Shure Microflex 185 1
FBT Switched 1

Not all listed, but I also do a bit of live work too.

Got a bit carried away at rehearsal ..but still works!

As of right now:

LDCs:
2x CAD M179
1x Behringer B2 Pro
2x iSK BM-600 (at least one will have the circuit rebuilt later, if not both)
1x AT4050

SDCs:
2x iSK Pearl (planning to get a couple more)
4x MK-012 (all hypercardioid, two are Chinese bodies with Russian capsules)
1x Superlux ECM999 omni measurement mics
(I may buy some Behringer B5s after I go back to work)
*1x Deity S-Mic 2
*1x Synco Mic D2 (been meaning to get rid of this one, might just use it for a back up)
(asterisked ones are shotgun mics, including them because they use small capsules)

Dynamics:
1x iSK ICDM

Some stuff was sold off, or broke (due to user error on my part, didn't secure a stand arm enough, a couple things died in modding attempts)

How's the 797 CR998? I've considered some of their mics. I'm really interested in the massive shotgun mic they make. But a lot of their SDCs and multipattern LDCs have higher self noise than I care for (plus the NT2S would be bright af).

This mic is from around 2004, so I'm not sure they even make them anymore. It was their flagship. Quiet and smooth, it has a nice Neumann style capsule, nice transformer, Wima caps, etc.

I have not encountered any of their recent stuff, so not sure what to expect.

Good luck on the search!

I'm a live sound engineer, but I'm occasionaly doing some recording too.

AKG c411pp
2x AKG C214
AKG d112
Audiotechnica pro70
2x Audix D2
2x Audix D4
Beyerdynamic m201
3x Beyerdynamic tg153c
Electrovoice RE20
2x SE Electronics X1D
3x Sennheiser e604
1x Sennheiser e904
Sennheiser md421n
Sennheiser md422
Sennheiser e609
Sennheiser e845
3x Sennheiser e914
Sennheiser e614
2x Shure sm58
3x Shure beta58
2x Shure beta57
Shure beta87a
Shure beta52a
Shure beta91a
Shure beta91
2x Shure sm57
Shure sm7b
2xStudio Projects b1
Studio Projects c1
Telefunken M82

2x Radial J48
Radial JDI
4x Radial ProD2
Radial SB2
Radial JDX48
Palmer pan01
Palmer pan02
3xRupert Neve Designs RNDI

1x Neumann U87 AI (y. 2017)
1x AKG 414 (y. 2005)
2x AKG C214
2x AKG C451
2x Rode NT5
1x RODE NT2a
2x RODE NT1A
4x Senn 906 (love it love it gutar cabs)
10x Shure Beta 57A (snare drum both top & bottom)
8x Shure Sm57
1x Shure Beta 91A (love it)
1x AKG D112
1x SHURE Beta 52
1x Senn 441 (love it bass cab and live vocals)
2x ASTON Origin (love it !!!! drums overhead)

And some budget ribbons.

Best, Tom

Always making changes (more addition than subtraction ), but here is my current inventory. There are a good 20-25 mics on this list that will probably die in my arms. Maybe ~10 I rarely use, and may sell some day. And the rest have there place, until something better comes along.

2 - AKG C414XLS
1 - AKG C214
1 - Blue Blueberry
2 - Blue Darogonfly
1 - Blue Mouse
1 - Soundelux U195
1 - Blackspade UM17R
1 - Pearlman TM2
1 - Stellar CM6
2 - AKG P17
2 - Josephson C42
2 - Neumann km184
2 - Shure SM81
1 - AKG D112
4 - AKG P4
1 - AKG P2
2 - Beyerdynamic M201TG
1 - Electro-Voice Pl80a
1 - Heil PR40
2 - Sennheiser e609
1 - Shure SM7B
1 - Shure 55SH
1 - Shure SM58
3 - Shure SM57
2 - AEA R84
2 - Nady RSM5
2 - RM BIV1

I’ve only gotten serious about recording about a year ago so I’ve tried to accumulate mics that have a lot of different uses to cover as many bases as I can.

2 x AEA N8
1 x AKG D112
2 x Beyer M160
1 x Beyer M201
2 x Beyer MC930
1 x EV RE20
1 x Golden Age Projects R1 active
1 x Josephson e22s
1 x Mojave MA-201 FET
1 x Mojave MA-300
4 x Oktava MK012 w/cardioid + omni
1 x RCA SK-46
2 x RM BIV-1
1 x sE2200
2 x sE8
1 x Shure beta 181/c
2 x Turner 500

Couldn't resist adding one of those rogues' gallery shots, though the lighting is a little funky:



Top row: 2x Earthworks QTC-1, 2x AT 4051b, Beyer M260, 2x EV ND468, 2x Shure SM57, 4x Shure SM58

Middle row: Soundelux U195, AT 4047, Sennheiser MD441, Vanguard V-13, 2x AT 4040, AKG D112

Bottom row (aka the "deep bench"): 2x AT 33R, EV 635a, EV PL11, Sennheiser MD918, Nady SP5, AT DR-VX1, 2x EV 666 "Mark of the Beast" -- I've never actually used these, because I don't have the right connector, and they probably sound ghastly anyway. But they're fun to look at.

666's-if working properly- sound a lot like a RCA 77 ribbon...
Chris

Interesting. I was basing my assumption on the sound sample at coutant.org, which sounds quite peaky in the mids and a bit bass-shy to my ears. Also perhaps on the looks -- they look like something salvaged from a WWII battlefield communications unit!

Would they be worth anything if they're working properly? I wonder if it would be worth jury-rigging a test cable just to verify that they're functional.

Oh yeah. Check listings and sales, and you'll be in for a pleasant surprise.
Chris

If I am recalling correctly, as I researched old EV mics for my own curiosity, gearslutz’ own Brent Hahn has talked quite favorably about the EV 666 here and there. Every time I see what’s available I find they are going for a bit more than I can justify at the moment, but I’d really like to try one someday...

The EV line historically, has a knack of having "sleepers". One of the newest, is the EV 767a IMHO.
Chris