I agree a nice ribbon would round things out. I don't have any experience with the fathead. How much are you willing to spend? I really want to try a Crowley & Tripp Naked Eye. I may pick up the classic down the line (I'm a sucker for a beautiful mic too...).

I should try my D2 on snare, so far I'm very happy with my transformerless SM57 though.

danbronson wrote: I agree a nice ribbon would round things out. I don't have any experience with the fathead. How much are you willing to spend?

Not too much.... :( Bout as much as the cascade is for...

Consider yourself not killed.

Space wrote: Consider yourself not killed.

Cheers mate!! Too paranoid bout posting another mic/preamp thread!

:lol:

Sidhu wrote: Too paranoid bout posting another mic/preamp thread!

The most irksome thing to me about these threads is when they're prefaced by "Yet Another..." in the title.

I can't put on my finger on just why, but it's infinitely more irritating to me than a poster wanting honest, gear-specific advice.

I have a stereo pair of Fat Head II's and I love them...use them for amps, OH's and acoustic guitars mostly. They have all the midrange and low mid beef that a ribbon should have with a nice, smooth top end. They're not as detailed as the Royer 121 of course, but if you do the Lundahl upgrade that'll get you a lot closer. Then again, they're like $400 for a matched pair vs. $1,300 for a single 121.

Frank

I posted some clips of the Fat Head [[url=http://[/URL]="http://www.recordin…"]here[/]="http://www.recordin…"]here[/]. I have found it very useful. It's dark - rolls off the top end. But the roll off is smooth and the bottom end is very nice. Worth considering. Heck, the Blumlien bar and shock mounts are worth about half the price of the stereo pair.