Posted by Richard Crowley on 05/31/07 02:30

"Max" wrote ...
> lav mics just sound so much worse, being chesty sounding,

And yet the overwheming majority of news/variety shows
you watch on TV were miced with lavs. By people with
relatively unlimited budgets and well-stocked mic closets
to choose from. Go figure.

>then any
> shotgun u'll get i'll guarantee that. as long as you dampen the room
> echoes u'll get great sound from a boom mic.

And yet professional location sound people almost always
use hypercardioids when booming indoors. Go figure.

>an excellent low budget
> mic thats as good as the upper ones, though u'll hear a bit more hiss
> is the audio-technica 835b. or u could go for the sennheiser me 66.

So is this based on your actual first-hand experience?
My AT835 is nothing to brag about.

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