Question about Oktava mk012 outdoor capabilities...

[Rick Meyer]

Hey there Kelly-

First off, I have to tell you that just today I received an official "MattinSTL care package", which consisted of cables, a light, and a mic hand grip. The guy should work for the UPS Store. The Foam peanuts, cardboard dividers, thick felt cloth to prevent scuffs or scratches. I was almost as impressed with his packing skills as I was his products.

I gotta tell you (haven't played with the light yet...I just got home and am WAY too tired)...but, all of it is very VERY well crafted. I can't wait to throw that light on my stand tomorrow. He did an awesome job with it. Friggin' handy. The guy is handy.

The mic grip, looks as if he could sell 'em retail and the cables...As I PMed Matt to tell him personally, I know they are just cables...but when you get something thats really good quality (he uses a real nice, and soft Musilux cable), its just cool.

So, thanks Matt if youre readin' this. And to anyone else curious about his skills...don't be...his stuff is excellent.

Rick

PS By the way, in the pics, the light looks solid and heavy. Its not. It is sooo light. Very light. Which is a huge bonus.

PPS I too bought an Oktava mic a couple of weeks ago. I did all sorts of tests the day it came in and it is an awesome sounding little mic. Surprisingly rich and warm...

 

[DennisP]

...After pushing DVXusers to the Oktava and Sound Room for a couple years Paul realized that we are a substantial market for him... most sound stores are not thinking about VIDEO buyers. They are catering to musicians! I pleaded with Paul to set up some arrangement with Oktava so that the ONE-cap kits could come with a HYPER instead of the Cardioid (as you see at ALL other stores) because that is the cap that WE video people need FIRST. Sure he already sold the one-cap kit with a cardioid (just like EVERY Oktava seller does) but I asked him to pull some strings at Oktava so that other people wouldn't be forced into a choice of EITHER buying the cardioid one-cap kit AND then adding the hyper to that... OR having to buy the 3-cap kit in order to get the hyper.

What did Paul say? He could have said, "Just buy the cardioid only and buy the hyper seperately like you have to do EVERYWHERE else!" But he DIDN'T say that! He said, "I'll see what I can do."

A couple months later... BAM! There on his site are the options for not only 1-cap HYPER kits... but even in BLACK or silver (another request I had). So I send an email to Paul to say thanks for getting that done... I told him that only makes it easier to send people to his store. He replies, "we appreciate the help you've been giving us in representing the Oktava line... we would like to offer you a 5% discount by entering coupon code DV at checkout... and please feel free to share this offer with your friends on the forum."

So there you go... on top of all those reasons to support www.sound-room.com Paul even gives us the lowest possible price anyway... $165 (with coupon code DV)

For the record... I get NOTHING more then the exact deal everybody else gets! I just want to see that place succeed because they have proved that they care about our needs and they LISTEN.

Thanks for helping to get the hyper-oktava kit option Matt! I just purchased the mic from Paul @ www.sound-room.com and the transaction was flawless. It only took a few days for me to get my mic kit. I'm looking forward to testing it out over the next few days with my 100b.

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