Originally Posted by justanoldmuso
ive used 57's for donkey ages.
its a very VERY old one. ive used it on vocs on many different songs.
good mic. but imho there are better alternatives these days as the market is flooded with mics.
its hard to keep up...lol.

check out these CAD mics sometimes...
CAD has a good rep from what ive seen over the years.
eg M179.
see the net for audio tests etc etc.
Better perhaps, but again the key for me is consistency and expectation - we all know exactly how a 57 sounds, and a 57 is something that generally "works" either live or when recording, meaning it's easier and faster to get the sound we want. Same can be said for other big name mics.

Same can be said of anything really. I tend to buy Thinkpad laptops for my rare PC use, not because they're objectively "better" than anything else out there (their specs are often lower than other brands at the same price), but because I know what to expect. I know how their keyboards feel, how the mouse nub works, etc, and I know exactly what kind of abuse it can handle. Same with cars, I sold my BMW to get a Toyota because the objectively "better" BMW couldn't handle my scenario.

I've owned some CAD microphones. Sold or gave away all of them, as I did with quite a number of other mics. It's not that they were objectively bad, it's because they weren't reliably good enough on a variety of sources, meaning it was difficult to regularly find a place where I wanted to use them over anything else I have.

Originally Posted by Matt Finley
Yep, I wouldn’t use that Royer on a gig.
Lol neither would I, don't think I'd ever use a ribbon on stage, or any mic of that price level. But then again, the kind of gigs I do....

Originally Posted by Matt Finley
Shute VAI-58, now with AI. Helps you remember the words.
Except possibly the wrong words, or with words added or removed.

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