
U87 vs. ADK CE
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Trochu off topic. Zrovna vcera nekdo nabidl na Muzikusu U87:
Prodám mikrofon Neumann U87 v perfektním stavu + pavouk 30.000 Kč.
tel.: 777340934, e-mail: sunmusic@seznam.cz
Ja to nebyl
Prodám mikrofon Neumann U87 v perfektním stavu + pavouk 30.000 Kč.
tel.: 777340934, e-mail: sunmusic@seznam.cz
Ja to nebyl

Jestli tem mikrofon opravdu chceš, tak si k němu přijeď ho vyzkoušet.
Má 2, nebo 3 kousky. Jeden chce prodat. Můžeš porovnávat a pak se rozhodneš.
Jinak si dej bacha na výrobní rozdíly: U87, U87A, U87i, U87ai
U některých je starý konektor - Tuchel, u některých XLR,.........
Taky mají rozdílnou elektroniku. Nejlepší jsou tuším starý modely ze 70.-80. let.
Má 2, nebo 3 kousky. Jeden chce prodat. Můžeš porovnávat a pak se rozhodneš.
Jinak si dej bacha na výrobní rozdíly: U87, U87A, U87i, U87ai
U některých je starý konektor - Tuchel, u některých XLR,.........
Taky mají rozdílnou elektroniku. Nejlepší jsou tuším starý modely ze 70.-80. let.
Bubnow von Czinely
Tak tohle me jako majitele ADK CE docela potesilo 
Larry Villella je jeden z tvurcu mikrofonu ADK.
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I happened to sit down with Larry Villella the other day at Starbucks. We ate some pastries and he told me a little about the upcoming Blue TT and Stealth Pro Audio Line!
By the sound of it, ADK won't be competing with less expensive mics like Studio Projects and Rode in the future. They're going after Neumann, Soundelux, highend AKG, and I think they're going to win....if they havn't already. I have yet to hear a mic under $1000 that I like better than the ADK TC on most vocals, and the CE simply has the sweetest, most velvety sound I've ever heard. I love it on vocals, grand piano, drum overheads, and acoustic guitar. That's all I've had the chance to use it on so far.
Larry said he has considered moving production to Mexico, the U.S., and various other locations, but the reality is that he couldn't make the mics in those locations without price increases.
I don't care where a mic was made if it sounds like it came from heaven!
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I hesitate to take part in threads like this, because I always feel there is a "yeah, whatever....." response inevitably (and understandably) from people who haven't yet heard the mics in question.
BUT, having just received an ADK CE mic and fired it up for the first time yesterday, it absolutely knocked me out. I've got to re-iterate this - this mic is not comparable to Rode, Studio Projects etc etc, because it is in a different league altogether.
I'm always wary about comments about the "cheaper" line of mics being comparable to U87s etc, because in my experience (and I've tried all the usual contenders) they simply aren't really. I'm also wary about using phrases like "it blew such-and-such away" but quite simply the ADK CE yesterday pretty much blew anything else I put it up against away!
This was by no means a scientific test. I recorded each mic via either a Buzz MA2.2 or a CLM DB200s pre direct into Radar, and all I tested it on were an acoustic guitar and my (very limited) voice.
I borrowed a few mics and tested against some of my own, but the CE was the clear favourite each time - the differences weren't subtle. I tired a Rode NT2 (still don't like that mic much), a Studio Electronics C1 (?), an AT4033, an AT4040, a Groove Tubes GT67, a Groove Tubes GT44, a TLM 103 and a U87ai (I preferred the TLM103 to the U87 on my voice, but not on guitar. I preferred the CE to both).
It has a huge, rich sound - or rather range of sounds, because the mic sounds very different at its extremes of polar pattern.
I've got no axe to grind here. The ADK is simply the greatest bargain I have found since the RNC - especially in the UK. I understand the mic costs around $1900 in the States, but it costs £699 in the UK, with shockmount and flight case! To put that into perspective, a Soundelux U195 (which I also want) is, what, $1150 in the States, but costs £1050 over here!
It's easy to dismiss lines like ADK as cheap Chinese crap, but it would be very wrong, I think. The CE is a very serious sounding mic!
Zda se, ze ADK a Peluso se dostali mezi absolutni spicku v mikrofonech jako je Soundelux, Neumann, vrcholne modely AKG a dalsi.
A mozna je i predstihli

Larry Villella je jeden z tvurcu mikrofonu ADK.
Jsou to citace z Gearslutz:
Greg
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Portland
Posts: 2
ADK Mics
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I happened to sit down with Larry Villella the other day at Starbucks. We ate some pastries and he told me a little about the upcoming Blue TT and Stealth Pro Audio Line!
By the sound of it, ADK won't be competing with less expensive mics like Studio Projects and Rode in the future. They're going after Neumann, Soundelux, highend AKG, and I think they're going to win....if they havn't already. I have yet to hear a mic under $1000 that I like better than the ADK TC on most vocals, and the CE simply has the sweetest, most velvety sound I've ever heard. I love it on vocals, grand piano, drum overheads, and acoustic guitar. That's all I've had the chance to use it on so far.
Larry said he has considered moving production to Mexico, the U.S., and various other locations, but the reality is that he couldn't make the mics in those locations without price increases.
I don't care where a mic was made if it sounds like it came from heaven!
__________________
Greg Blaisdell
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Scotland
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I hesitate to take part in threads like this, because I always feel there is a "yeah, whatever....." response inevitably (and understandably) from people who haven't yet heard the mics in question.
BUT, having just received an ADK CE mic and fired it up for the first time yesterday, it absolutely knocked me out. I've got to re-iterate this - this mic is not comparable to Rode, Studio Projects etc etc, because it is in a different league altogether.
I'm always wary about comments about the "cheaper" line of mics being comparable to U87s etc, because in my experience (and I've tried all the usual contenders) they simply aren't really. I'm also wary about using phrases like "it blew such-and-such away" but quite simply the ADK CE yesterday pretty much blew anything else I put it up against away!
This was by no means a scientific test. I recorded each mic via either a Buzz MA2.2 or a CLM DB200s pre direct into Radar, and all I tested it on were an acoustic guitar and my (very limited) voice.
I borrowed a few mics and tested against some of my own, but the CE was the clear favourite each time - the differences weren't subtle. I tired a Rode NT2 (still don't like that mic much), a Studio Electronics C1 (?), an AT4033, an AT4040, a Groove Tubes GT67, a Groove Tubes GT44, a TLM 103 and a U87ai (I preferred the TLM103 to the U87 on my voice, but not on guitar. I preferred the CE to both).
It has a huge, rich sound - or rather range of sounds, because the mic sounds very different at its extremes of polar pattern.
I've got no axe to grind here. The ADK is simply the greatest bargain I have found since the RNC - especially in the UK. I understand the mic costs around $1900 in the States, but it costs £699 in the UK, with shockmount and flight case! To put that into perspective, a Soundelux U195 (which I also want) is, what, $1150 in the States, but costs £1050 over here!
It's easy to dismiss lines like ADK as cheap Chinese crap, but it would be very wrong, I think. The CE is a very serious sounding mic!
Zda se, ze ADK a Peluso se dostali mezi absolutni spicku v mikrofonech jako je Soundelux, Neumann, vrcholne modely AKG a dalsi.
A mozna je i predstihli


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Ja bych spis rekl, ze U87 je univerzal, ktery ti sedne temer na vsechno a mimo jine se da pouzit i na vokaly. Ale jako vylozene vokalni mikrofon bych ho nedefinoval. Alespon me prijdou ty vokaly nahrane pres nej trochu studene jak psi cumak (srovnavam s ADK CE).
Precti si treba tohle, kde vokaly zminuji az na poslednim miste:
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Jako specialistu na vokaly maji u Neumanna napr. M149
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Precti si treba tohle, kde vokaly zminuji az na poslednim miste:
http://www.neumann.com/?lang=en&id=curr ... escription
Jako specialistu na vokaly maji u Neumanna napr. M149
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