On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 02:29:07PM -0800, Brad Fuller wrote: > > The SM58 mentioned before is a perfectly fine mic for those on a tight > studio budget. I would suggest that before the SM57. That's about $100. > Dynamic mics are generally going to be cheaper than condensers or > ribbons when matching quality to quality. But, there are many new > condensers out and the prices are competitive. You might fair better > auditioning several of the lower priced condensers if you are going to > use this for studio singing. Check out the AKG Perception mics. They > are inexpensive. I've never used one, so I don't know anything about > them except they are inexpensive and mfr'd in China. Audio-Technica has > several inexpensive condensers as well. Shure has an all-around rugged > condenser for vocals: SM86. If you want a rugged handheld mic, the SM58 > is good. But, you can't beat the Electro-Voice 635A. It use to be > advertised as being able to hammer nails and still work fine. It'll > never break. I would like a brief rundown on what I will need for each mic setup.. I am guessing: For a dynamic mic: 1) The mic! 2) A mic preamp 3) a XLR-jack and jack to jack lead For a Condenser mic: 1) The mic 2) A phantom power supply 3) a mic preamp (do I need this as well as #2?) 4) a XLR-XLR and XLR to jack lead All these seem to add quite an extra cost to the mic.. Really seems like a waste of time with a SBLive, but I guess they would give a better upgrade path than buying an all in one condenser/USB mic. Thoughts? James
