Product: ADK A 48 Price Paid: US $600
Submitted 01/10/2005
at 08:40pm
by Anonymous
Reviewer Background
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Singer/Songwriter
3 years experience in home studio recording mostly vocals and acoustic guitar
I use cubase se, and a 2 track teac reel to reel
Overall Rating
:7
Please test out this mic purchasing it. I agree with the previous reviewer that it is great for acoustic guitar. However, I found that vocals came out muddy sounding. I did not get the crispness and clarity that I desired. I tried it with vintech, fmr, and grace preamps and still could not get a decent sound. The best sound, believe it or not, came by using the mackie preamps on my mixer. Do not buy into the hype on this mic about being comparable to mics 5 times the cost. That is shyte. I'm sure there are certain vocalists that would sound good with this mic but I have yet to find one. I always end up reaching for my Rode NT. It gets the job done every time. I also give this mic 7 for how it sounds with acoustic guitar. Otherwise I'd give it a 3.
Product: ADK A 48 Price Paid: US $800.
Submitted 12/26/2004
at 09:41am
by abandofme
Reviewer Background
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Musician, singer/songwriter. 35 years audio engineer.
mainly analogue all around with some digital outboard gear.
Overall Rating
:7
There are a lot of valve mics out there these days. More than I can count. This one is another one built by the Chinese and one listen and you can tell. All the Chinese mics I have heard have the same shrillish sound to them. This can be dealt with, with some masterful eq'ing, but who really wants to deal with that every time you set the mic up? I don't.
All in all the mic does impart a very nice low end and the mids sit on the harsh side as well.
The build quality is decent as well the shockmount. The nine polar patterns come in handy for various situations. But let me tell you, as a vocal mic, look elsewhere. There are many vocal mics that do a heck of a lot better job than this will for the $$! You will like it on bass and acoustic guitar. This is where the mic really shines. That said, I give it a 7 for those two reasons alone.
Product: ADK A 48 Price Paid: US $700.00
Submitted 05/02/2004
at 08:13am
by Rich Lodato
Reviewer Background
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34 years making music
28 years recording & engineering audio
I started out with reel tape machines: ( tascam, sony..) I now use mostly Adats and some reel, dats, cd
Currently using Analog Soundcraft 36 comsole, bang for buck you can't touch em!
Overall Rating
:No Opinion
9 pattern tube condenser
I use it for male vocals mostly 3" and straight on from talent.
I was going to get an Neumann M149 but decided to try out this mic even though I never heard anything about it but alot on the a51's and they were all good reviews. So, I went with the A-48 for cost reasons alone and wanted the best I could get for the buck.
I like the build quality of the mic. It's beefy and solid. The shock spyder shockmount it comes with is well built and does it's job very well.
The sound of the mic is warm and open with a slight rise in the low mid range. The highs are a little hard for my taste but fixable with a touch of eq. The mic does have it's own color to it and I guess you could call it vintage but doesn't remind me of the classics...u47...m49-50...c12...251......you know, the classics.
Over all, I like the mic and it is well worth the $700.00 I put out for it. I think a G note is a fair prise for this mic! I wouldn't have it as my only mic if I had only one mic, but I do recommend it. It's a good value and a solid contender!
Product: ADK A 48 Price Paid: US $1200
Submitted 02/09/2004
at 11:39pm
by carloff
Reviewer Background
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10 years
I got hard experience
DAW with cubase
ADAM P22
Overall Rating
:10
valve condeser, 9 pollar patterns, great for vocals,I tried neumann M147,U 87..ADK is better...Its warm, detail reall high end
The best for female vocals and the second best for male...
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