Re: OT: Recommendations for Microphone and Archtop or Acoustic Guitar

[Raul Bonell <raul.bonell@gmail.com>]

i use a pair of SE3a mics and they perform excellent on acoustic guitar.
although the really big deal with SE mics is the Titan. its street price, years ago, was around 1500€ and today, discontinued, is listed for less than 300€. fantastic on tenor sax, trombone, etc.

2010/3/14 andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>

richard sales wrote:

I've heard good things about the SA stuff.   They may be made in China??? If so, you might have to pick through them for the best sound.

Actually the name is SE,
short for Studio Electronics.

Indeed it's a Chinese company, but if the numerous reviews
and articles are believed they are actually a company that's dedicated to making an excellent product.

http://www.seelectronics.com/whatsnew.html

the particular model in question here is the SE1a.
Small diaphragm cardioid. Like many mics, they have a subtle peak at 10kHz which
brings out the high end details a bit without sounding
harsh. I have a stereo pair (well, you get stereo mounting fixtures
and a flight case in the package). They are well matched.

It may be that the SE1a's sold as separates have the capsules
that didn't match well enough for a pair, but I have
no actual evidence of that.
andy butler

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