This is amazing, how Rode is able to produce so high quality products, with prices compared to their Chinese counterpart. They are undefeated! Anyway, is Australian gov grant-aid or subsidy this company?
There will always be companies and individuals that use anonymity on the internet to beat up on a companies brand, and Rode have been subjected to more slander than any other audio company I can think of over the years. Yet they still turn out great microphone designs that are far more robust and bulletproof than any of their competitors.
The reason they are beat up on is their insistence on designing and building overly bright microphones. It's the Rode sound and they seem unwilling to move away from it. Many people, including myself, just don't like how they sound. All the rode LDCs share this sonic signature and all sound the same - bright, brittle and sibilant. It's the reason a mic like the Audio Technical AT4040 sounds so much better than an NT1a at the same price point.
Amazing tour, I have many microphones including shure sm 58 and large diaphragm condenser microphone, After watching this tour would like to have a Rode nt1a Thank you
I've owned numerous recording mics through the years, costing anywhere from $100-$1000, the nt1a beat every one of them, I realized I had never really used a high quality condensor until then. It is far nicer than the price would lead you to believe
I bought an NT1a bundle for my home studio project, I'm learning to use the gear at the moment. I use a valve mic pre ampWith this. I have used it for vocals to good effect. I used an old Melodica wind inst going through an echo with this mic and it sounded amazing. I used toUse a Sure SM58 which was ok. I will never need anything else now I have the Rode.
Rode are indeed very good, but what a disappointment the Videomic Go is. They never shielded it from RF properly and still put them out the same way when a fix could have been implemented once they became aware of it.
Wow, all that technology and yet they can't make a microphone that isn't ear-splittingly bright. Rode mics seem well engineered, but they are so damn brittle at the top end. I'm still waiting for a Rode LDC which has a more natural sound. They have always made mics that are very hyped and seem doggedly determined to voice all their microphones this way. How about a darker condenser mic, Rode? Say what you will about Neumann, but they know how to make a mic with sheen that doesn't make your ears bleed. Rode mics accentuate sibilants in quite an unpleasant way, which makes them just nasty on many vocalists - a real pity, because they are built like tanks and at a fair price.
