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From: lee@butler.UUCP (Kyu Lee)
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Subject: Microphones
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Date: Thu, 26-Sep-85 21:04:27 EDT
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STEREO MICROPHONES:

I am seeking an advise on shopping for a pair of good but inexpensive
(contradictory? If so, interpret this as not-too-expensive) microphones.
I am currently using a single unit "stereo" mike from Radio Shack (10 yrs old),
but sound quality from it is less than adequate for live recording of 
piano and flute music.

I have searched Consumer reports, Stereo Review, and other publications,
but they talk about receivers, speakers, CDs, and other sound producing
equipment, but not sound recording equipment. (Excuse me. Exclude turntables
and tape decks.)

I would appreciate your advises on:

	1. What to look for
	2. Who sells them (most stereo shops carry expensive receivers,
	   speakers, etc., but cheap microphones.)
	3. Brands & ratings
	4. Approximate costs (real costs, i.e., not the list price)

By the way, I am an ordinary music lover who occasionally would like to record
my own music, so I do not need $1,000 device.