Well seeing as that diamond badge on the front will put those Blue Frankensteins at around $5000-$7000, I'd say you're better off with something else.
But what do I know.

I don't know where you're finding these refurbished mics, but if it's Ebay or the like then be careful. I don't know the whole story so excuse me if I don't get my facts straight but one of the partners of BLUE decided to leave and start his own company. He is still using the BLUE nameon his mics, illegally, and there are lawsuits pending. Many of the products with the BLUE stamp on them may not be real or of the qualiity that the company is known for, especially "used" and "refurbished" goods.

backinthelab wrote: I don't know where you're finding these refurbished mics, but if it's Ebay or the like then be careful. I don't know the whole story so excuse me if I don't get my facts straight but one of the partners of BLUE decided to leave and start his own company. He is still using the BLUE nameon his mics, illegally, and there are lawsuits pending. Many of the products with the BLUE stamp on them may not be real or of the qualiity that the company is known for, especially "used" and "refurbished" goods.

Actually you're only partly right. The guy who originally designed blues mics basically defected and started building exact copies with the name "Violet" on them. If you do a search you'll probably find the entire long drawn out battles between the two sides. Anything you buy retail with the name blue on it is a blue mic, nothing to worry about, but notice i said retail, I trust no one on ebay.

cool, thanks guys!

Check out the legal update in the lower right corner of the B.L.U.E. homepage.

At least they are making some progress on their little beef with each other.

I guess thats old news. 2 months have passed since their last statement. Maybe they have resolved their issues?