In this video we present a budget friendly SDC microphone shootout using the Lauten Audio LA-120, the Avantone CK-1 and the Peluso CEMC6. Can you tell which one's which? If you are interested in hearing the results and/or getting ahold of the audio files from this shootout, give us a shout, we'd love to hear from you!

At Sound Pure Recording Studios, the amazing stereo kit of Peluso CEMC6 Microphones deliver transparent and detailed sound quality, versatility, and performance. Watch excellent acoustic guitar and expert recording demonstration, utilizing a simple, standard x-y recording technique and achieving wonderful results, with this extremely inexpensively priced professional small diaphragm mic setup.

Bill Comins 17" Concert Archtop is a beautiful, hand carved, archtop guitar that displays a soothing acoustic sound from it's spruce top. This marvelous Comins, with violin style shading, has pleasant character from the Sitka Spruce and the maple back that provides a sought after punch and presence. This archtop includes the floating Kent Armstrong hunbucker which allows for a fuller and richer amplified tone. Comins 17" Archtop is a remarkably unique guitar that offers smoothness and familiarity to it's player. Special thanks to Keith Ganz for his amazing playing. Please contact our knowledgable staff here at SoundPure with all of your questions 919.682.5552.

The DRS-8 developed by Phoenix Audio UK is an 8 channel, Neve influenced, preamp designed with Class A discrete technology with both the professional and home studio artists in mind. Modeled after Phoenix's other famous preamps, the DRS-1 and DRS-2, the DRS8 uses a transformer less, Class A, discrete mic input which gives you a "valve-like" sound. The Phoenix Audio DRS-8 is extremely versatile complimenting an array of instruments including acoustic guitars, electric guitar, percussion instruments, vocals, horns, and keyboards. The cost-per-channel is also unbeatable for a preamp of this quality. Please contact our experts, here at SoundPure, with any questions 919.682.5552 or 888-528-9703.

The Avalon from Luthier Jimmy Foster, is a gorgeous archtop guitar made with a Sitka Spruce top, Maple back and sides, and has a beautiful Cremona burst. Jazz Guitarist Keith Ganz plays some incredible licks on this masterpiece. The Avalon sounds stunning in addition to its beautiful looks. Check out SoundPure's website to look at our incredible collection of hand chosen boutique guitars, made by master luthiers all over the world. If you have any questions, call one of our guitar experts today. 919.682.5552.

John Pisano's signature model archtop guitar from Eastman, the Eastman AR680 is a gorgeous Mahogany archtop guitar. This 680 from Eastman Strings features a Kent Armstrong Pick and Schaller tuners with Ebony appointments. Contact the experts in SoundPure's guitar boutique for more information about this fantastic instrument.

The Sony C800g PAC is one of the most well-respected microphones in the world that is actually in current production... it is also one of the most expensive. John Peluso, of Peluso Microphone Labs created the VTB (Vacuum Tube Bottle), with the sound of the C800g in mind. While they are not exactly the same, they do have some striking similarities, and we wanted to put them to the challenge in this vocal microphone shootout and microphone comparison test. We tracked both mics through an Avalon AD2022 on an amazing vocalist, Jeanne Jolly. One thing is for sure, we liked the sound of the VTB a lot, particularly given its $1,500 price tag, but, there's clearly very little bad to be said about the great sound of the legendary Sony C800g that continues to be a favorite choice on pop and hip-hop vocal recordings, all over the world. We conducted the shootout blindly, so that you could really listen critically, decide what you like and don't like about each of them. We will gladly give you the results, so feel free to e-mail us, or call us toll-free at 888-528-9703.

On May 21, 2009 The Beast joined Grammy nominee Nnenna Freelon for a charity event in support of the Durham Arts Council at Sound Pure Studios. Following an interactive recording demonstration, The Beast capped off the evening with a performance for the attendees in which they premiered two original songs, including this one entitled Catalyst. This footage captures the intimate live show, recorded in one take and mixed at Sound Pure. The mics included the Peluso 22 251 on 6-time Grammy nominee Freelon's Vocals, Peluso VTB on MC Pierce Freelon of the Beast's Voice, a pair of Peluso P12 Microphones on the Steinway piano, Peluso 2247SE on Acoustic Bass, and Peluso CEMC6 Mics as Drum Overheads.

The A Designs MP2A Dual Channel Vacuum Tube Microphone Preamplifier is a wonderfully detailed and open-sounding tube microphone preamp that has a very clean sound, with very subtle tube color, warmth, and three-dimensionality. It is not heavy, colored, or conjested in the mids and low-mids. This makes it a great choice on acoustic instruments including guitar, piano, orchestra, percussion- wherever you are looking for articulation, detail without the heavy, sluggish, and sometimes muddy response you sometimes get from vacuum tubes. This a seriously high-end piece, that should be given a serious listen.

Ryan Cavanaugh plays a Zemaitis GZA-200-SUN-NT Acoustic Guitar in the Sound Pure Studios live room. The GZ Series is manufactured under license by Greco - Japans pre-eminent guitar maker, with 40 plus years experience creating high-quality guitars. Spruce and rosewood construction gives it a huge sound with a comfortable neck profile.

Santa Cruz RS sn 5394 Guitar demo at Sound Pure Studios. Signal path: Peluso CEMC-6 Matched Pair - Great River MP 2NV - Lynx Aurora 16 A/D Converter. Played by guitarist Ryan Cavanaugh For more info and higher res clips, check out www.soundpure.com