[StudioBellwood]

First off, i mean to offend no one with this thread. IF YOU LOVE AUDIO-TECHNICA, DON'T READ THIS REVIEW!

When first researching microphones for my home studio, i talked to a guy who knows almost everything there is to know about them. The first thing he said was "STAY AWAY FROM AUDIO-TECHNICA, THEY SUCK!". Now mind you, this is my school computer teacher here. He said they try to copy Shure and certainly aren't sucessful. The next day, he gave me two Audio-Technica ATM10s (Omni. Condensers for Instruments), saying that they only took up space at his house. I quickly learned that these mics were very limmited, and could not produce a satisfactory sound quality. NO WAY IN HELL COULD THEY BE USED FOR VOCALS (sorry, i just had to say that). If you think though, the Shure sm57 is an instrument mic, yet it can produce a decent vocal sound if you needed it to. The other problem that i had with it is that it would not work with phantom power, only a AA battery (though it was supossed to work with phantom).

My second experience with audio-technica was a little more frustrating. My school musical was just a few weeks ago, and there wasn't a person in town who didn't see it (and yes, i had a lead in it). Audio technica mics nearly ruined our show! I luckily grabbed one of the few Shure's we had, and never had a problem throughout 7 shows. However, of the 13 or 14 audio-technicas we used , every one of them had a static/noise interfearance problem in atleast one show. If you just tapped the wire on one of these thing, you would hear plenty of loud booming. NOT RELIABLE AT ALL. So yes, our school will be throwing them out next year!!

They were plenty of other problems we had with them that week , but this article is probably already losing your attention, so i wont mention them.

Anyway, i'm looking for some reviews on other audio-technica gear. Now seriously, is it JUST the two products i've worked with that have problems, i don't think so. So humor me, why should i even look into buying another audio-technica product with past experience like this??????