Bob Olhsson wrote: Using a 57 that beat a U47 in a shoot-out is high end. Using a 57 because that's all you can afford is not high-end. The difference lies in both the confidence and the lack of excuses that a cost-no-object approach gives both you and the performers. It's why some of us would much rather rent the very best than own second-best.
What a great quote.
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For me I look hi end for me. I want the best I can get for the
For me I look hi end for me. I want the best I can get for the job at hand.
I expect a high end piece of gear to be excellent quality and do what it is intended to do or what I expect of it.
But that aside it goes beyond the gear itself. I expect the company to offer excellent service and stand behind the gear, if they don't i'll find another that will. I am tired of crap service from some companies just because of a name.
And price is not nor should it be a marker for high end or quality.
Dynamic mic and by definition would include ribbon can be very high end quality, and very affordable.
I once commented, you can record the sound of a fart with just about anything and it will sound like a fart, but if you use quality high end gear you'll not just hear it, you'll smell it!
Any gear that does what it is suppose to and helping to produce
Any gear that does what it is suppose to and helping to produce the sound you want without degrading the signal is high-end. Givin' the fact that you know what you want.
So the most important things you need is a 'high-end' trained ears and a 'high-end' decision making brain to choose the right gear for the right job!