macrae11 wrote:Malcolm Boyce wrote:macrae11 wrote:I really don't like that mic.
A ton of that new AKG product is super overpriced which is why guys that spend decent money buying it new don't understand why they can't get anywhere near what they want for them used.
These once great mic manufacturers who sold their soul to the project studio market hurt their cred big time in the last 20 years. Canadian "list" on the C4000b is $999.00. Tell me that's not over optimistic.
Wow I had no idea they were that expensive. I would pay maybe $200 for one if I was in need of some door stops.
OK, now I'm curious. I haven't much experience with these so I have to ask what about them is so bad? Build quality, or just lack of any usefulness from a sound perspective? I was thinking about picking it up if it for $350, but now you've got me wondering even at that price...
I know most newer AKGs for me either feel very toy like and have some shaky build issues, or sound like mics half or less their price range. Entirely not what I remember from when I was starting out in the 80s with 414s, 451/452s, C460s, C535s as well as D12Es. I even liked D330s on vocals.
I haven't tracked anything with a C4000, but I have had them on stage before with folks carrying them in their kit and they seemed to work in those situations. I don't remember them feeling or sounding like junk. With my limited examples I did find it scads better than the C3000, but perhaps that's another conversation altogether.
Maybe years ago, companies like AKG could get away with models like this, but now there are just too many better options for the same money, and the younger guys don't have the attraction to the name that AKG once had.