EBS_freak

935s are a great mic but over yourr budget... but would be my go to recommendation, Ive never really dug on Shure 58s in both beta and non beta variants. The 58 is an old design - trusted maybe, but tech has moved on to far superior products. If you want to lower the budget from that a bit and get closer to the £100, I'd look at Heil PR22UT, if not PR20UT. The only other mic I would really consider under the £100 mark is the Audix OM2 and the AKG D5 (which is an absolutely boss mic despite it's low pricetag).

Which is a lot of latency considering the latency of the SmoothHound isn't exactly minimal. With todays tech, 4ms is the absolute maximum that anybody should be entertaining.

Should probably clarify - you can get ear impressions there and then at the show. People seemed shocked by that!

Umm... possibly... I'd say it's a high probability! I don't get to know the deals until the day but it's usually worthwhile making the effort to go. There's usually free impressions on offer, so that will typically cover your transport and entrance fee for starters... and the discounts are usually pretty sizeable to make a visit worthwhile... but that's' about all I know before the show.

Heads up - at London in Olympia with CIEM co at the drum show if anybody wants to have a listen to stuff.

I know right, pretty impressive!

I know its Coldplay - but linking back to the original thread, this is the video that sticks in my mind from them... Would have posted a YT link but it would appear that the powers that be have deleted a load of Coldplay videos. Some one argue thats a good thing....?

Pretty much. Shame.

Yellow and Trouble are probably the mainstream ones that everybody tends to remember.

Agreed. What a bellend.

Stemming from a comment about Coldplay and their first two albums in response to @AndyTravis, I thought I would start a thread where you are invited to post your favourite music videos. You don't even have to like the music, you just have to have been suitably impressed by the video... I'll kick off with this - I thought this was absolutely brilliant. One continuous shot (which is always cool anyway (think Robert Downey Jr lip syncing Elton's I Want Love for a concrete example) - but the addition of loads of Kylies with every cycle around the street. Absolutely brilliant.

Ah good. You can join my unpopular gang... although I will only admit to liking half or so of the songs on the second album. Always thought their videos were quite good also...

Am I the only person that really rates Coldplay's first album? I think it all went south when they started doing the big production stadium stuff. So basically everything after the first album. (un)Funny story, I actually saw them on a (NME?) newcomer gig and thought at the time that this weedy, nervous chap could do something in the industry if he sorted himself out. I thought the tunes were pretty robust and commercial friendly despite never having heard them before... I never realised until about a year or two later that that guy kinda blossomed and the band is kinda doing alright for itself. I say "went south" but they seem to be doing a better job of selling out countless stadium tours than I am. They've probably had a higher class of drugs and fast women too.

OBBM makes great cables and I highly recommend his stuff. I've also used Designacable and Lynx Custom and been very satisfied with their work. If I'm making my own bulk cables, I'm like most custom cable makers, Vandamme cable with Neutrik connectors.

Heres my plugs - a bit of a rare beast on these shores. These are 64 Audio's plugs with the Apex filters... which I have to say, are blooming brilliant. Not a cheap option though! in the picture, these are total blocks... but I currently run them with the -15dB filter... which for me, is just perfect. I don't play in any particularly loud bands - and most of the time I'm on inears. These tend to come out for dep gigs that don't enable me to run inears... but I also have these in permanently at gigs just to kill the overall SPL. Discos and the like can take their toll!

You too can swap tinnitus for chronic ear infections!

Good stuff - so how are they comparing with the lugs so far? And wheres the pic? :p

I've always wondered about these... but given the ACS Live I have, I am concerned that they could cope with high SPLs where bass is involved. I'd still want to be able to hear myself without distortion. Also, I'm not sure they would sit in my ears that comfortably - the fact that universals keep popping out of my ears pushed me down the custom fit route.

It wont do the 600mA... but more to the point, how is that powering your aircraft carrier? Was it you that commissioned this? https://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/giant-a40-million-battery-for-the-uk.html

Have a look at Yankee power supplies.

Get yourself on inears!

Talking of inears from the drum show, here's a couple of photos from the guys that decided to jump in for some UE6s also!

Why weren’t you backstage canoodling with the groupies? Was going to ask you if your UE6s had landed - the drum show orders seemed to be landing with their owners this week.

Nope, I don't get them either. The fan fret thing seems to be a solution to a problem that doesn't exist. The note weight across strings is inconsistent (you thought the Stingray had a weak G?!). The clearer than clearer B is a figment of people's imagination. Those pickguards slice your knuckles open if you dare slap (however, some people may say that's a positive thing). Apart from that, they're great, I guess. Each to their own though - I suspect there's people out there that don't get my choice of bass either!