Who's Up For A Listening Session

by **Aearth** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 3:50 pm

I want to try out the Beesnezz mics for myself who's in. We are not buyers but users so it's going to be subjective all the way.
We should also try out the following:
Wunder PEQ-1
LTD-1
Peter's BAE 1073 hopefully
I'll try and get a AMS 1073
MICS
All of Peter's mics hopefully if he wants to play.
My mics because I want play.
BEESNEZZ Mics...... Arabella, James, Jade

Looking at near the end of April when my gear gets back from gigging.
I'll supply the BBQ you guys can supply the booze.

nIC

by **TimS** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 5:39 pm

on the long weekend??

by **tunetown** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:53 pm

I'm always in nIC. My new CS-1's are still a month or so away though. I'd love to a/b them against all the others as previously mentioned.

Let me know when you had in mind. And Yes, I'll break out a BAE 1073 for this session.

Cheers

by **Aearth** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:24 pm

TimS wrote:on the long weekend??

What date is that Tim?

nIC

by **Aearth** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:29 pm

Heath said he'll be there and Dave Hammer as well.
Oh I bought another Chandler LTD-1, couldn't help myself. I got Mick Wordley at a weak moment in the morning just after he had his coffee...... I felt good, I mean...I felt bad.

nIC

by **Aearth** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:33 pm

Where is our fearless leader Ryan? He's been pretty quiet lately.

by **TimS** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:57 am

Aearth wrote:
TimS wrote:on the long weekend??

What date is that Tim?

nIC

ANZAC Day is a sat this year... So not sure if that's a great time to have a LS..

by **Aearth** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 10:59 am

TimS wrote:
Aearth wrote:
TimS wrote:on the long weekend??

What date is that Tim?

nIC

ANZAC Day is a sat this year... So not sure if that's a great time to have a LS..

We can have a 2 min silence before we begin and of course a quick game of 2up.

nIC

by **geareyes** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 3:20 pm

Hey guys,

This is my first post,ive been viewing Turtlerock for a while and post on Slutz.

Id be interested in attending,simply for the fun of it :-)

If the day selected is suitable,i sometimes work weekends,i can bring along any of the following stuff if it interests anyone.....

Orig 1073's,La Chapell 992EG.

C12,U47,U67,KH U87.

Some mics may still be in Gunters paws around that period.Most should be available,though.

Thanks,

Mike Longhurst

by **jeep** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 12:58 am

i'm in.

geareyes wrote:Hey guys,

This is my first post,ive been viewing Turtlerock for a while and post on Slutz.

Id be interested in attending,simply for the fun of it :-)

If the day selected is suitable,i sometimes work weekends,i can bring along any of the following stuff if it interests anyone.....

Orig 1073's,La Chapell 992EG.

C12,U47,U67,KH U87.

Some mics may still be in Gunters paws around that period.Most should be available,though.

Thanks,

Mike Longhurst

hey mike

welcome!
come along and meet the gang. it'll be a fun day
where are you based?

by **geareyes** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:33 am

Thanks for the welcome JP !

Im in Sydney,such a great idea to get a small community of ppl who love gear to chat,munch and listen :-)

Mike

by **Aearth** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:16 am

geareyes wrote:Thanks for the welcome JP !

Im in Sydney,such a great idea to get a small community of ppl who love gear to chat,munch and listen :-)

Mike

Hi Mike you are welcome for sure. The 1073 and some of the mics will be cool if you can swing it.
PS With you coming we don't need Peter anymore :)

nIC

by **Aearth** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:20 am

Hey guys
Tim suggested the Anzac weekend, that's fine with me, what about the rest of you.
BBQ and 2up sounds good , bring your loose change lets have some fun.

nIC

by **heathen** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:29 am

Aearth wrote:Hey guys
Tim suggested the Anzac weekend, that's fine with me, what about the rest of you.
BBQ and 2up sounds good , bring your loose change lets have some fun.

nIC

I thought we were going to bet for gear? :) API 2500 on tails.

by **Ausrock** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:33 am

Just for the fun of it, why not include one or two Chinese sourced mics, I mean "reputable" ones............I seem to remember in the dark distant past Rick making nice noises about the SP T3 ;-)

by **Aearth** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:29 am

Ausrock wrote:Just for the fun of it, why not include one or two Chinese sourced mics, I mean "reputable" ones............I seem to remember in the dark distant past Rick making nice noises about the SP T3 ;-)

Let me think about this, um........... NO.

nIC

by **rick** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:56 am

must be my memory or yours chris , but i have never said anything nice about studio projects stuff in my life ... err i think :)

i'll see if i can send ryan along with our tele v76m and an m49
Ryan , you awake yet .. time to go to work :)

by **tunetown** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:03 am

Aearth wrote:With you coming we don't need Peter anymore :)

Gee nIC, after all we've been through. Being dumped on a public forum. Not even a text??

I feel so unloved....

by **TimS** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:40 am

nIC,
I just put some NOS (1950's) Telefunken Diamond Plate 12AX7 and 12AT7s in my TNC mics (1200 and 6802) - would they be ok to bring along??

by **Aearth** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:28 am

tunetown wrote:
Aearth wrote:With you coming we don't need Peter anymore :)

Gee nIC, after all we've been through. Being dumped on a public forum. Not even a text??

I feel so unloved....

Come on mate you know you're loved, I was just playing with you. Just drop your stuff over and then you can leave:)

Love nIC

by **Aearth** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:32 am

TimS wrote:nIC,
I just put some NOS (1950's) Telefunken Diamond Plate 12AX7 and 12AT7s in my TNC mics (1200 and 6802) - would they be ok to bring along??

Run it past the 2IC Peter, see what he thinks. If the mics are in they will need to be tested outside, you know how Heath feels about the toxicity of those mics :)

nIC

by **heathen** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:21 pm

Aearth wrote:
TimS wrote:nIC,
I just put some NOS (1950's) Telefunken Diamond Plate 12AX7 and 12AT7s in my TNC mics (1200 and 6802) - would they be ok to bring along??

Run it past the 2IC Peter, see what he thinks. If the mics are in they will need to be tested outside, you know how Heath feels about the toxicity of those mics :)

nIC

Yeah exactly, heh, hmmmmm you just tripled thier value Tim. :) :) :) :)

by **heathen** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:29 pm

rick wrote:must be my memory or yours chris , but i have never said anything nice about studio projects stuff in my life ... err i think :)

i'll see if i can send ryan along with our tele v76m and an m49
Ryan , you awake yet .. time to go to work :)

Hmmmm I wish I could get my Tele v676b's racked before the session to compare with the v76m, I know tube verse solid state but would still be interesting.

Actually will be very interesting to hear the v76m compared with Nic's Mercury m72s.

by **Ausrock** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:47 pm

[quote="rick"]must be my memory or yours chris , but i have never said anything nice about studio projects stuff in my life ... err i think :)

Rick,

It could go way back to the old forum format but there was a comment that mildly "surprised" me at the time which is why I remember.........anyways mate, no matter. What "amuses" me more than either of our memories failing is the "closed door" attitude towards throwing a cheaper Chinese mic into the mix.

by **Kurt** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:09 pm

It seems strange to me that it's acceptable, even desirable, for an american company (or a lot of them!) to directly knock off classic designs and sell them for very high prices. Prices that in no way reflect the fact the manufacturer has done little actual R&D. But a chinese company does it much more cheaply and it's something to be ashamed of. If a design is a knock off, it's a knock off regardless of price.

Ausrock wrote:What "amuses" me more than either of our memories failing is the "closed door" attitude towards throwing a cheaper Chinese mic into the mix.

by **Ausrock** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:21 pm

For the sake of discussion, please define "classic design" and who has legal rights to said designs.

by **Kurt** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:34 pm

1073 perhaps?

by **jkhuri44** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:52 pm

you guys have to hear Pete's soundelux.

im in love.

it sounds stupidly good.

by **musikwerks** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 3:07 pm

Have to agree with Kurt there.... very true.

I bet Neumann could re-badge a chinese mic, triple the price and everyone would wet their pants. Even if it didn't sound as good...."but it's a neumann!" they would cry.

Personally, after trawling the various forums for too long now I'm really over the "which is better/which is best" style comparisons and the various degrees of "neve-like" questions and how close is xyz knockoff to the real thing. It's like people are spending 99% of their energy looking for 1% that will bring them closer to a non existent electrical utopia. Yaaaaaaaaawn.

What's best? Whatever does the damn job.

But of course, that's just an opinion.

by **Ausrock** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 3:37 pm

Kurt wrote:1073 perhaps?

That doesn't answer my question regarding mics.

musikwerks wrote:I'm really over the "which is better/which is best" style comparisons and the various degrees of "neve-like" questions and how close is xyz knockoff to the real thing. It's like people are spending 99% of their energy looking for 1% that will bring them closer to a non existent electrical utopia. Yaaaaaaaaawn.

What's best? Whatever does the damn job.

But of course, that's just an opinion.

Sounds like a damned good opinion ;-)

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