The Nady SP-5 is a better mic than anyone deserves for so little money, but is not the equal of the Shure SM-57 or SM-58. It won't last as long or take the abuse that Shures do, but if you take care of it and use it mostly in a home studio, you will not regret buying that microphone.
You should be able to buy good cabes or adapters at almost any music shop or electronics shop, though mail order from Hong Kong is probably a good deal if you're in a rural area of New Zealand. Musician's Friend is selling the SP-5 at just under US$20, so yes you got a deal! Jeff Seager __________________________ Robert wrote: I recently bought a Nady SP-5 new on ebay from a music shop in the US somewhere. I haven't been able to use it yet because I mistakenly bought a cable with a male XLR connector instead of a female one and the connector hasn't arrived from Hong Kong yet. As I'm pretty ignorant about this stuff I searched for user reviews on the web. What the reviews seemed to be saying was that this mic wasn't too far behind the SM58 in performance. Of course it's hard to distinguish genuine reviews from dishonest marketing, so I'd be interested to know whether those with more experience reckon I've actually got a mic with the performance I think I've got. I'd also be interested to know whether people think that it is a reasonable starter mic for a baritone to record demos. Anyway, if it turns out that it _is_ a reasonable mic then you can probably get one from the same place in California that I got mine. I paid about US$10 plus airmail, which is probably around NZ$0.75 or something right now. - -- Robert Persson -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
