Brian Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 For cheap DIs I'd reccomend orchid electronics. Plus, they are designed and made in the UK by a Blue Room member. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Some Bloke Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Recently I bought a new SM58 (£71.83) from Studiospares along with the Studiospares copy called an S580 (£39.50). I did a blind test with 3 of my crew and asked which they thought was the SM58. After a lot of humming and hahing (sp?) they came down as 2 going for 1 and the third holding out for the other before eventually agreeing with the others. Turns out they got it right, but it had taken a long time to get there. Second question was "which do you prefer?" - straight away they all said the Studiospares mic at half the price. It looks virtually identical, is as well built and sounds better. I won't be buying SM58s any more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulears Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Both Studiospares and Thomann source the very same products from China that are also available as so called 'genuine' mics on ebay. The Thomann SM57 is a good example. The grill is clearly marked with their own model number, on a sticky foil label. I had a couple of these and in the mic box, it was so easy to not notice you had the wrong one, and you just tweak the eq in the usual manner, and the difference, to get what appears to be the same sound is a gnats whisker of a turn!. What I have noticed is that Shure grills stay brighter than the copies for longer. When new, they're the same colour, but two years later, they are not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_P Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 The Orchid DI boxes are superb. I also have a couple of his dual channel transformer isolators that are really useful for dealing with things like earth loops from PCs or active speakers. +1 for the Red 5 RVD30 too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dickiefunk Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 I use AKG D5's as my general purpose vocal and instrument mic. They sound clearer than the 58, have better feedback rejection and have a hotter output. Even better is that they cost £54 each compared to £99 that the 58 costs!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 The studiospares SM57 clone - the S570 - is on special offer this week, at 19.99 inc VAT.http://www.studiospares.com/mics-instrument/studiospares-s570-multi-purpose-mic/invt/449170 However, it's currently showing as "out of stock" - they had about 20 an hour ago! I hope if you ordered now, they'd honour the price.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkPAman Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Think I just got in there, as my order's been accepted - the page seems to have gone now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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