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I've recently rediscovered the C414 B-ULS. It has more weight than let's say a KSM 141 and sounds more open than a M201 and it's sound is more balanced than a Beta98. I like all of the mics mentioned above, I've just neglected the 414 too often. I've also used M88s, AT4050s or MD441s for snare drum ...

It's a good microphone, a standard mic in many studios.
Whenever one of mine crackles, I unscrew the capsule and clean the connection with a q-tip and alcohol I use for the tape heads. It helped so far.

That's crazy! I had four of them and they all had switsches. Crazy!

Yes, they have on/off switches.

I paid about 500 Euros for a pair of 451es about two years ago. That's a bit less than 700 USD.
In most aplications I prefer them to Neumann Km184s which can be had for $1200-1300 new.
Single 451s usually sell for about 300-350$ on ebay.
There's pair on ebay right now.

When I've read small, simple, cheap my first thought was JBL Control One, but I don't know if you want to go for anything that cheap. For the money they are really nice.
I've used mine with a Bryston 3B recently and they sounded good.

I have always been happy with 456 on my TSR-8 and my MS-16. Now that it's not avaible anymore I had to switch over to RMGI 911 and can't complain so far. You'll have to re-bias your machine though. I think it runs a bit smoother on the tape heads but I've also heard people's complaints about bad bat...

I've been using my Shure KSM137 a lot, lately. It's probably my favorite snare mic. I also like Beyerdynamic M201s, M88s and AKG C451s. Shure Beta98s have a nice snap and a lot of top end. Sometimes that's just what you want. I also think that the Beat87 is a pretty decent snare mic. I haven't tried...

Hi, at the moment I'm in the market for a power amp to drive our Quested HQ210 outfield monitors. I'm looking for an amp in the 2x350-500 @ 8Ohms region. Ideally I'd like to buy a Bryston, but a new one is out of the budget and the used market is fairly small here in Germany. I'm not rich and can't ...

How much does a Brauner Phantom C cost in the states? You can get one for 1K here in Germany. It's a very open and modern sounding mic. Not "modern" in harsh way, it has a very pleasend and transparent top end. Great for glossy pop voices. The old GT MD1 is very different. I'd say it's more of a roc...

My mobile recording set-up is one of them Isa 428s, a 002rack and some Sytek and Neumann pres. No complaints here.

Oktava just anounced a tube body for their MK-012 capsules at Musik Messe: http://www.oktava-online.com . Wow, I hope it sounds good and the price is right. I've four different capsules for the MK-012 body and a tube body would be sweet. Their fig.8 stereo mic with the Mk012 capsules and their inte...

Don't worry.
If the mic's character would be changed, it would mean that the ribbon was streched and that you should have it re-ribboned.
A guitar won't harm your Royers.

Is your cab loaded with two 16 Ohm 15" speakers? If yes, your speakers are wired in parallel and there's not much you can do exept for replacing the speakers with two 8 ohm speakers. Wire those in parallel and you'll get 4 Ohms.

I use these not just for my Oktavas:
http://www.oktava-online.com/sm.htm
They are pretty solid and cheap as well.