tmbg
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with some helpful coaching from Gus, I have been messing with these MXL mics, I have two 603s and a 991 (which seems to be identical to the 603s except for the mogami wire )
One of my 603s's is completely stock, one has panasonic V's in place of the monoliths in the amplifier and in place of the rf shunt caps, but it has the stock monolith capsule to gate cap.
My 991 has both the pan V's and a polystyrene (I think, it's that green pillowy one I stole from that mixpak) in place of the capsule to gate cap.
The upgraded 603s sounds marginally better than the stock 603s, but the 991 blows them both away, in terms of lower noise and high end clarity. I'm guessing that when I get my polystyrene cap order from mouser tomorrow and put one in the upgraded 603s, it'll blow away the stock 603s by a large margin.
Next to tackle the MXL2003
One of my 603s's is completely stock, one has panasonic V's in place of the monoliths in the amplifier and in place of the rf shunt caps, but it has the stock monolith capsule to gate cap.
My 991 has both the pan V's and a polystyrene (I think, it's that green pillowy one I stole from that mixpak) in place of the capsule to gate cap.
The upgraded 603s sounds marginally better than the stock 603s, but the 991 blows them both away, in terms of lower noise and high end clarity. I'm guessing that when I get my polystyrene cap order from mouser tomorrow and put one in the upgraded 603s, it'll blow away the stock 603s by a large margin.
Next to tackle the MXL2003