Re: Was "Mini Mics"

[Greg T Hill <greghill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

After reading the original post and checking out the site in the post and 
Microvox's site, I decided to buy one.   Then my cat got sick and decided to 
eat my wife's hand rather than the pill she was trying to feed it, putting 
her out of work for a while, and my disgressionary income became, uh, 
non-disgressionary.....   I've been tinkering off and on for months with 
various mics.  My favorite up till now has been a dynamic capsule ripped out 
of a cheap RadioShak mic and hard-wired to an Altoid box with a impedence 
transformer and volume pot, beats my Shaker and Shure vocal mic's all to 
hell, and the element fits right in my hand with a little finger clip.  I was 
browsing around in RadioShak again two days ago, and picked up a clip-on 
electret mic similar to the Microvox.  I was absolutely stunned by the sound 
it produced, beats my hand-made job by a mile.  Hand effects are incredible, 
overdrives with a loose cup,  crunches and doubles in volume with a tight 
cup.  All this for $25.  It has a little power supply that clips to your belt 
with a cheesy little on-off switch.  Has an 1/8" plug so I use an adapter to 
plug into an amp.  High impedence, so it doesn't need a transformer.   Feeds 
back  at the same settings as my other mics,  but I can get more volume.  
Judging from what I could see on Microvox's site, the major difference 
between the power supplies is that their's is set up to handle and balance 
two microphone's and has the volume control and plugins, where the RadioShak 
is harwired inline, so any difference in sound would be in the mic itself.  I 
plan on cobbling the RadioShak power supply into a box with a volume control 
anyway, so I should be able to try out just the microvox mic itself, if I can 
get it separately.  According to the testimonials, the MV doesn't feed back.  
I am curious as to why not?  That alone would be worth the price.

Greg T Hill
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On Friday 11 April 2003 04:16 am, silkharp wrote:
> I
> noticed someone had asked about the Microvox "Mini-Mic" in
> a post a week ago or so.  I finally
> figured out how to post to Harp-L
> (with the gracious help of fjm...) after reading and
> enjoying all your
> posts for several years now.
> I'm the guy that wrote the FAQ page for the
> Microvox
> Harmonica Microphone site mentioned at www.mrmicrophone.com. I wrote
> that
> FAQ  page a couple of years back when I was the U.S. distributor for the
> Microvox
> Harmonica Microphone.  I wanted to spend more time playing and
> less time working at selling
> so I have since given the business over to
> my friend Dennis Oellig at the Mr. Microphone
> site. I am no longer
> affiliated with either the manufacturer or distribution sites (other
> than
> I  consider them good friends and great people to deal with...)
> I still play the MV
> "Mini-Mics" as my main gigging mic and
> even though I carry some "back-ups" to gigs, I am still
> using the first
> MV  mic that I ever bought, several years ago and rarely use anything
> else.
> I have never found anything that suits my playing style any
> better or  is more comfortable
> for me to hold. It's actually like not
> having a mic  in your hands except for the incredible
> tone that you can
> muster from  the tiny element and it's volume controlled belt pack.
> Hand
> effects and  "cupping"are greatly improved. As I've stated before,
> they're not for
> everybody, but they are a unique mic with an awesome
> ability to cup and  overdrive. They do
> take some getting used to and
> impedance matching  with some amps that are built for harp
> only, like
> Harpkings,  and both the  Sonny Jr. 1 & 2, (but that's a simple matter of
> an
> adapter).
>  If you're happy with your bullet or stick mics and your
> sound, don't change
> your rig !!!!...If you're tired of holding a lot of
> extra "bulk" in your hands with your
> harp, they're worth the try. Once
> again, I'm not selling anything here, but just offering
> my experience
> with  these mics.  Play well,
>                                           "Silk" Stegner
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