Nady and Apex microphones the same?

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<salzsalez@hotmail.com> wrote:
>is it me, or are the mics made by both of these companies the same?
>they look a lil different on the outside, but what about on the inside?
>i heard about this other company, t.bone from www.thomann.de in europe
>and they look the same too.. inparticular the ribbon mics look the same
>and some of the tube mics. are they all coming from the same factory
>and rebadged? how are these mics in general? mostly the tube and ribbon
>mics.

The vast majority of large diaphragm mikes sold today come from either
a factory in Beijing or a cluster of factories in Shanghai using similar
designs.

I don't know who is making the ribbon mike from NADY, but it also is made
in a Chinese shop which has recently started selling to other importers
as well. A careful look inside will show that it's an attempt to copy
the AEA R84 by someone who didn't really understand how the R84 works.
--scott


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