fsalter said:
I built a lot of Poctop's U87's, and i have consistently good results with the Microphone-parts K87. You cannot beat it for the price.
Thank you for the insight fsalter, appreciate it!
Pip said:
Contact Neumann and get a real one? Or read the forums and take a shot.
Hi Pip - I understand that it is easy to perceive my post as being lazy and looking for an easy answer but, I would like to think that this is not the case.
I was just interested in hearing peoples views who have experience with and have heard the different capsules. And what their subjective and hopefully objective view on it was - my goal being getting a capsule that is truest to the original but not the hefty price tag of an original (I am broke and building a pair)
I have spent the past few months reading up on what I can find about the u87 capsule and I found that, compared to the u47 capsule, it seemed to be a bit harder to draw a distinction as to which was the best capsule to go for and which truest to the original, due to the conflicting views of people and the great difference in prices - With the u47 capsule, for me, it was rather easy to draw the line at, Thiersch blue line or Beezneez because of the feedback from others and having heard samples of them side by side with the original. Personally I ended up going with Thiersch.
With the 87 capsule, I have pretty much narrowed it down to Tskguy HK87, Mic Parts RK-87 and the Peluso P-K87
I was initially set on getting the Peluso capsule as the price tag was high and naturally one would think that this means better quality etc etc. but I read views that while it sounds amazing its not necessarily true to the original, so for me I thought I am not going to pay a this price for something that is not true to what I am building or as much as possible any way - this is not my view it is just what I have read.
I like the price point of the Mic Parts RK-87 it seems like good value for money considering that it is up there with the others, but I also read that this is a little brighter than the HK87 - I am seriously considering this capsule, but leaning more to the HK87
I also came accross Tskguy HK87 - He seems to be up to his neck in work which is a good sign for me, as it indicates that there is high demand for his capsules, I have also read people rave about his capsules,, and to top it off, I have also read that it is quite close to the original, but the price point is a bit higher compared to the RK-87 capsule - This capsule seems to be what I am leaning towards at the moment.
And then of course, the other cheap chinese versions, which I don't want to get into
So I hope you can begin to see, that you get quite a wide variety when you consider all of the factors -Price, Quality, Character, Opinions - it becomes hard to make a choice, so I am really just looking to hear peoples views from their own experience and what they thought of the different capsules. Maybe they have tried a few and have come to a conclusion as to which they feel is closest to the original, maybe one that I have not listed here?
Any way, I appreciate your input and hopefully there are some other guys who have something to say too!