Product: Heil Sound PR-30
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted
07/20/2008
at
11:16am
by
Mark Bram
Reviewer Background
:
I have been playing and recording for 39 years (since I was 11)
I have recorded and produced in major studios as well as my home studio
At present I'm using Cubase 4 and high end tube gear - mics (like the Soundelux 251e and AT4060) and tube preamps (like the UA LA610 for one)and other preamps like Focusrite, Presonus, Joemeek, etc.
I am monitoring through KRKs, Event 20/20 BAS, JBL L36 and pyramids
Overall Rating
:
10
Large Diaphram Dynamic Microphone
Using it in my studio on my guitar cabs
Replacing Audix i5 dynamic mics and RSM4, RSM5 and Cascade Fat Head ribbon mics. I was going to have my RSM5s modded until I tried the PR30. I own one am I'm in the process of buying four more
THIS MIC ROCKS!!!! I have never heard a mic capture the detail and nuances of my guitar sound like this mic. It is clean, puncy and articulate. It has a nice detailed high end, a forward and present midrange (without being annoying)and a tight big bottom that you can "feel" (and absolutely no mud). It's like getting a Royer ribbon mic for $249 instead of $1300. If you are fussy about your sound, and have never been able to get what you hear in the room recorded, this mic is for you. I did some emailing to Bob Heil before I bought it, to find out if this was right for me. What a great guy! He answered all my questions...the same day! He aims to please and is very proud of his mics (and rightly so)
