rob aylestone
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I only got a 990 recently, and agree it really is a nice solid mic, and I spotted mine in a second hand shop and bought it on a whim.
degree of dullness … like from recording university ? NiceIf you post what you think is a dull recording on Soundcloud or similar, we can have a listen and tell you if it is, or if it's something else. Dynamics can sound very strange very close in as people have said, but some can be duller - Things like SM58 Shure's are pretty well known, but there is an SM48 - which is rare, but does sound dull in comparison. Shure 50's mics, and their Chinese clones all sounds a bit dull by design, but some dynamics don't? We don't know your degree of dullness.
If you're on a budget or starting out with condensers, it really is a decent mic at $99 new. I bought the combo 990/991, new on sale for $100. And being my first condenser was impressed as I had nothing to compare it to. I used them both on my first acoustic guitar recording. The stick mic on the neck and the 990 at head level tilted downwards that picked up the low end and have to say it turned out really good. Used a 12 string for a picked rhythm and 6 string to do melody notes. I found another set at the pawn shop and snagged for $35.I only got a 990 recently, and agree it really is a nice solid mic, and I spotted mine in a second hand shop and bought it on a whim.