[thesilentdrummer]

Tons of people have lots of negative stuff to say about Behringer and MXL. It really isn't the best stuff, but I have gotten lucky with their stuff. I have a very positive experience with these companies, though many will say they are crap, mainly because they have poor quality control. Who is right?? I like to think I am. Other people don't have time to screw around with ok products. I jsut got my Nady RSM-5. Some people think Nady is a crap company. I have recorded proof that that it is not. Its called a kick ass drumset sound with one RSM-5 as an overhead.



You said that your teacher gave you something that he said was crap. Perhaps they were broken before he got them/he broke them. He was then perpetuating the AT hate by passing it to you. Also, I too am in the school musical similar in style to yours. We have older AKG's and newer Shure's. The AKG's eat batteries in one act, so we are transitioning to all shure wireless systems. Last year (not the year before or this year), the mics had problems cutting in and out. Luckily, though, we had audio professionals come and toubleshoot. It turned out to be a combination of poor receiver antennas and bad weather the nights of the shows. My point: every brand has some issues, and sometimes issues are not even in the equipment itself. Personally, I know my church uses something like the Audio-Technica AT4041 (don't quote me on the exact mic). Anyways, they have withstood church use (a lot of dropping too) for at LEAST 7 years.

That's all I have to add. I think Brandon covers my feelings well (though he might be a little more blunt than I would have been).