Product: Red5 Audio RV10
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted
06/05/2009
at
09:36am
by
ivan
Reviewer Background
:
Its me back again 3 years later
Overall Rating
:
10
what an excellent piece of kit this is!
After three years of regular use it just sits there and does its job.
The more I use it, the more applications I find it works for.
Not one single hiccup so far and even the shockmount is holding up just fine.
Oh and the shockmount is actually better built than the one I got with my Rode Classic!
About to see them about an SDC mic next.
Product: Red5 Audio RV10
Price Paid: 100 (UK pounds)
Submitted
06/22/2006
at
02:28pm
by
IvanSC
Reviewer Background
:
Beenworking in music since I was about 10 years old. Still at it 52 years later. Mostly a live gigging musician but with a lot of pro studio experience in the USA and UK.
Currently using an old Allen & Heath desk into a hard disk recorder and of course a DAW. *sigh*
Monitoring is via Tannoy dual concentrics powered by a Quad 405 amp.
Overall Rating
:
9
This is a large capsule, side address, multi pattern condenser mike.
It comes also comes with a -10dB pad.
It is also delivered in a neat aluminum pseudo-flight case and has a wind sock AND a decent quality elastic mount included in the price.
Construction is as good as any other chinese mic I have seen and according to Red5 they set their own specs AND do their own quality control in the UK.
What I love is that (for UK customers at least) they will ship you the mike on sale or return - try it for up to fourteen days and if you don`t like it, you get to return it for a full refund.
What I like is that it sounds way better than it should - certainly better than the Rode NT1 it has replaced for most projects.
What I don`t like is that it still isn`t a vintage C2...
I have only ever used it on three or four different vocals (both amle and female but it gives a honest, clean sound with none of the thinness I got from the Rode on female vox.
