[Harp-L] Audix Fireball - price difference

[Damien Masterson <dzm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry, don't know if anyone responded to this question yet. I tuned  
out for a minute...

The reason for the price difference is because the original fireball  
was cast here in the US and the new ones overseas. Cheaper labor, and  
the saving were passed on to us... I play the new one, it has an  
awesome volume pot that slides sideways and I highly recommend it to  
any harmonica player. I wouldn't endorse their product if I didn't  
use it.

  Audix is a company out of Wilsonville, Or., a lot of the guys  
including the #1 boss are ex pro musicians and they really deserve  
our support. They stuck their neck out listening to Chris Wienk, who  
(in spite of rumors to the contrary) was the catalyst behind this  
microphone getting designed and manufactured. Let's hope it turns out  
to not be a financial write-off for Audix, they deserve a lot of  
props for putting this mic out.

   Of course, I play chromatic, and it has more bottom than most  
handhelds (i.e. my Sure 58 Beta), but I like how I can turn my Fender  
Champ all the way up and play in the same room without it feeding  
back. The Fireball is worth every penny!

  There are a couple of screen and foam cover mods out there to  
experiment with, I'm sure they've been discussed here to no end.

Buy one now!

D


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On Apr 13, 2007, at 11:18 AM, harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> <I'm a long time SM58 user, but I'm considering the Audix Fireball.  
> There
> <are two models, the Fireball (rrp $249 from the Audix site) and the
> <Fireball V (rrp $199). They both seem to have the same microphone
> <element. The Fireball V has a volume pot (very useful), but  
> retails for
> <less, despite this extra feature. Could anyone tell me why this  
> is? More
> <to the point, is there any technical reason to buy the more expensive
> <Fireball, rather than the Fireball V?