You are not missing anything by not getting a multi thousand dollar microphone. Mojave is a great microphone and I consider it extremely top end. I have mics that cost thousands. The Mojave is in the same ball park. Remember a $10,000 microphone doesn’t make anyone a better singer. I rather record a great singer on an SM58 than a bad singer on a U47.
You got a killer Mic Locker! Good for you . I'm purchasing a M-300 that's why I clicked on your tutorial . I just need a real mic. I have a SM7 and RODE NT1A and bunch of others not worth mentioning. Got great live mics but only 4 years into recording my vocals so I needed to tryout different mics to find the right one for me. Enough with the low end vocal mics. I've been singing for 37 years daily . I got the singing part down just need the right mic for myself for recording. I need something that isn't harsh in the high mids. Killer content Thanks.
Pretty crappy that the company didn't get back to you. That says a lot about how little they care about their customers. For that reason alone, I am now less inclined to look in their direction next time I feel as if I need to expand my mic collection.
I agree with you 100%. What made me decide to do it is that Royer & Mojave is the same guy. And I really respect Royer. Also the MA-300 has the same Tube as the Royer R-122V it’s actually close to the same circuit. If they sound good and do the job I bought them for, it’s worth it to me. Plus they’re not very expensive in comparison for buying a pair of mics with these options.
Something important to remember is that these are very small companies with limited staff. They very often do not have the resources or time to do direct sales to customers. Their job is to design, test and manufacture, with a small amount of support. They expect customers to use their dealer network (which is obvious when you see on the Mojave website that you *cannot* buy direct) and so they usually don't respond to sales messages or special requests--unless you are a really big deal, and many times not even then!. Having run a small business myself, I can tell you that it is almost impossible to keep up with the volume of email inquiries, even with a dedicated person to do it. Its unfair and ignorant to assume that because they didn't respond to an email that they don't care about their customers. People these days seem to have lost all sense courtesy and compassion, and are more often than not, unreasonable in their expectations. This attitude that some random potential customer's desires are somehow special and that companies should jump forward to cater to them, is completely unwarranted. People assume, "oh this is no big deal for them!" but the truth is there are literally *thousands and thousands* of people contacting these small companies every month making requests like this. It is just impossible and overwhelming to deal with them.... *that is what they dealer network is for.* And before the predictable retort... don't make the assumption that they need you more than you need them, or that you are somehow gonna teach them a lesson by buying elsewhere. Most of these small, high-end companies can barely keep up with dealer orders, so you choosing to buy something else doesn't hurt them at in the slightest. They are already struggling to keep up with demand. I also have to ask, if it was THAT important to get a consecutive, matched pair, (which for a modern mic is unnecessary and over-hyped) why not just pick up the phone and speak to them directly?
@@weschilton What business did you run? I have run and worked at small businesses also, and customer service is absolutely part of the business. So no, it's neither ignorant, nor unfair. Rather it is what should be expected. Poor customer service demonstrates that customers are secondary to them. Your reasons, like barely keeping up with order and only working through dealers simply mean that they don't want to actually deal with the end user. So I find it difficult to believe that they genuinely care as long as they can push their product. To that end, the reasons so many of those companies tend to come and go are that they have terrible customer service, generally a poor product, or production costs in general just get to be so high that selling their products at any kind of competitive rate becomes impossible, or some combination of those things. The assumption that you make is that I would give, what you called, the typical retort. That response never even entered into my mind because you're right in that those companies usually don't "need" any single customer. But their reputation for poor customer service, whether it be no response, or simply a system that is difficult to navigate, will catch up to them. And in time, unless their products are seriously that desired, they will start to struggle.
great collection.
Damn you have some wonderful mics
I like Mojave because I simply can't drop several grand on a mic. $1,000 is a lot of money for me. Good video!
You are not missing anything by not getting a multi thousand dollar microphone. Mojave is a great microphone and I consider it extremely top end. I have mics that cost thousands. The Mojave is in the same ball park. Remember a $10,000 microphone doesn’t make anyone a better singer. I rather record a great singer on an SM58 than a bad singer on a U47.
You got a killer Mic Locker! Good for you . I'm purchasing a M-300 that's why I clicked on your tutorial . I just need a real mic. I have a SM7 and RODE NT1A and bunch of others not worth mentioning. Got great live mics but only 4 years into recording my vocals so I needed to tryout different mics to find the right one for me. Enough with the low end vocal mics. I've been singing for 37 years daily . I got the singing part down just need the right mic for myself for recording. I need something that isn't harsh in the high mids. Killer content Thanks.
Nice mics my brother 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻. Still gotta find time get over and jam out!!! Man that snare sounds sick man!!!
Thanks
Literally just bought a C48 cause of you!
The MA-200 is a phenomenal microphone. It is well balanced and doesn’t have that tubby low end that doesn’t work for me.
Nice mic collection there, Steve, 😎
Thank you
Savage 🙌🏼
Impressive. So, what were you trying to ask about exactly w getting a hold of Mojave? Just curious
Do you think a new 441 would be the same as your old one?
I would say most likely. Although the new 421’s sound different than the older U5’s.
Amazing!!! Do you like the vintage Akg d224e?
I’ve always wanted to try a d224 but never got the chance. I like the akg 422 stereo mic on Overheads a lot.
Pretty crappy that the company didn't get back to you. That says a lot about how little they care about their customers. For that reason alone, I am now less inclined to look in their direction next time I feel as if I need to expand my mic collection.
I agree with you 100%. What made me decide to do it is that Royer & Mojave is the same guy. And I really respect Royer. Also the MA-300 has the same Tube as the Royer R-122V it’s actually close to the same circuit. If they sound good and do the job I bought them for, it’s worth it to me. Plus they’re not very expensive in comparison for buying a pair of mics with these options.
@@RiotHomeRecording I totally understand.
Something important to remember is that these are very small companies with limited staff. They very often do not have the resources or time to do direct sales to customers. Their job is to design, test and manufacture, with a small amount of support.
They expect customers to use their dealer network (which is obvious when you see on the Mojave website that you *cannot* buy direct) and so they usually don't respond to sales messages or special requests--unless you are a really big deal, and many times not even then!. Having run a small business myself, I can tell you that it is almost impossible to keep up with the volume of email inquiries, even with a dedicated person to do it.
Its unfair and ignorant to assume that because they didn't respond to an email that they don't care about their customers.
People these days seem to have lost all sense courtesy and compassion, and are more often than not, unreasonable in their expectations. This attitude that some random potential customer's desires are somehow special and that companies should jump forward to cater to them, is completely unwarranted. People assume, "oh this is no big deal for them!" but the truth is there are literally *thousands and thousands* of people contacting these small companies every month making requests like this. It is just impossible and overwhelming to deal with them.... *that is what they dealer network is for.*
And before the predictable retort... don't make the assumption that they need you more than you need them, or that you are somehow gonna teach them a lesson by buying elsewhere. Most of these small, high-end companies can barely keep up with dealer orders, so you choosing to buy something else doesn't hurt them at in the slightest. They are already struggling to keep up with demand.
I also have to ask, if it was THAT important to get a consecutive, matched pair, (which for a modern mic is unnecessary and over-hyped) why not just pick up the phone and speak to them directly?
@@weschilton What business did you run? I have run and worked at small businesses also, and customer service is absolutely part of the business. So no, it's neither ignorant, nor unfair. Rather it is what should be expected. Poor customer service demonstrates that customers are secondary to them. Your reasons, like barely keeping up with order and only working through dealers simply mean that they don't want to actually deal with the end user. So I find it difficult to believe that they genuinely care as long as they can push their product. To that end, the reasons so many of those companies tend to come and go are that they have terrible customer service, generally a poor product, or production costs in general just get to be so high that selling their products at any kind of competitive rate becomes impossible, or some combination of those things. The assumption that you make is that I would give, what you called, the typical retort. That response never even entered into my mind because you're right in that those companies usually don't "need" any single customer. But their reputation for poor customer service, whether it be no response, or simply a system that is difficult to navigate, will catch up to them. And in time, unless their products are seriously that desired, they will start to struggle.
Showing off $20K+ of mics....
...and relying on the camera mic to deliver volume dips of >10 dB.
Hmmmmmmm....
Right? It's like someone showing off a holy grail camera collection and filming it on a flip phone 😂