Re: Electro Harmonix Microphones

callum · Post by **callum** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 4:14 am

So im a big fan of their effects. But how good are their mics? they seem pretty posh, but i cant really find much infomation except for this PDF

http://www.ehx.com/instructions/EH%20Mi ... _Dec05.pdf

Does anyone have any experience of them? i was looking predominately at the EH-C2, i think it's £145 at hotrox; worth the money?

noirengineer · Post by **noirengineer** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 2:16 pm

I've never tried them.. but they look interesting..
I know this is probably off-topic, but check out this
company http://www.cascademicrophones.com/casca ... 0HEAD.html

I bought two Fat-heads from them (special deal) for $300
Their fantastic! Their really useful for guitar cabs and speakers
I use em in ORTF pattern for drum fronts and they excel..
Also, they perform exceedingly well on clarinets, woodwinds, brass, etc.

Also, check out Blue microphones, they make some cheap mics, but their really cool.

callum · Post by **callum** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 2:23 pm

they do look hella cool actually. thanks!

fuzzjunkie · Post by **fuzzjunkie** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 12:30 pm

i didn't know EH was making mics, but i guess now that they have a pre amp and compressor in line, it makes sense...Groove Tubes has been doing it for a while. they look like the Oktava mics, which makes sense with the Russian connections they have. if that's the case they should be pretty decent for the price.

"Also, check out Blue microphones, they make some cheap mics, but their really cool." well, they make a $300 mic at the low end, but most of their line is $1200-3000! but they are very cool...the Mouse and Kiwi are very nice. I have a Fathead too and I really like it for certain things, wish I had gone for the pair, but a ribbon is quite a bit different from a condenser in both form and function.

eggwheat · Post by **eggwheat** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 1:15 pm

hi callum..they are nothing special just another cheap chinese offering..the market is flooded with them.

glimmertwin · Post by **glimmertwin** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 1:57 pm

My understanding is they are just rebranded version of the stock Chinese mics they churn out of factories over there. See the similarity between the EHX line and the Nady line of mics.

eggwheat · Post by **eggwheat** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 2:16 pm

yup one of those EHX mics looks identical to an octava

chrisjedijane · Post by **chrisjedijane** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 5:05 pm

fuzzjunkie wrote: i didn't know EH was making mics, but i guess now that they have a pre amp and compressor in line, it makes sense...Groove Tubes has been doing it for a while. they look like the Oktava mics, which makes sense with the Russian connections they have. if that's the case they should be pretty decent for the price.

"Also, check out Blue microphones, they make some cheap mics, but their really cool." well, they make a $300 mic at the low end, but most of their line is $1200-3000! but they are very cool...the Mouse and Kiwi are very nice. I have a Fathead too and I really like it for certain things, wish I had gone for the pair, but a ribbon is quite a bit different from a condenser in both form and function.

Yeah, we had a Blue Kiwi in University, and it was a really nice mic. I used it for vocals a lot of the time, very clear but not a whole lot of low-end from it IIRC.

callum · Post by **callum** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 11:16 am

eggwheat wrote: hi callum..they are nothing special just another cheap chinese offering..the market is flooded with them.

A bit disappointing really, oh well!

thanks for the advice guys

callum · Post by **callum** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 12:11 pm

Oh, thanks, im not really after a mic at the moment. And to be honest i don't really know too much about this area - I was more just curious to see what people thought of the EHX mics.

I just record direct for now, and when i get a mic it'll probably be a SM57 or similar - nothing too fancy.

callum · Post by **callum** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:42 pm

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