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The Eventide Mixing Link will do that, but no EQ.

Wow ! What a beauty ! Congrats !
I'd love to have one of these !
Right now I'm waiting for my Ellis F5 Special Deluxe. Should be finished in spring next year.

I own an Edwina and tried it on mandolin, where I most of the time use a Neumann KM84.
I really liked the sound the Edwina supplies, also on guitar and vocals - great mic.

Here are two shoot-outs...

Wow, love that sound - beautiful !

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Wow, love that sound - beautiful !

Very fine one, Gunnar ! I like the composition and your sound on the Sobell.
Thanks for posting.

If you are looking for a Brentrup F5 M23V in perfect condition and reasonable priced, you will find one at "New Acoustic Gallery", a great shop in Germany.
I tried it out last summer, and it sounded...

My Ellis A5 maybe could fulfill the expectations.

I use Felix, RedEye and some other preamps playing mandolin, guitar, bouzouki, banjo, dobro, Weissenborn ...
The Felix is an awesome unit packed with great features, transparent and true sound,...

I'm happy with a QSC K8.2 - great flat response sound, features a switchable high impedance input and some basic EQ. Sounds great with my Dazzo equipped mandocello.

Which sound system/ mixing desk ?
On the Venue D.I. is there something like a mic/line level button ?

Great one - great playing ! Thanks !

Me again - just remembered I did some comparison some time ago: Five condensers and one ribbon on a Collings MF5 mandolin. Here we go:...

Shure SM81 would be a great choice in your price range as is Shure KSM 137. Personally I would not recommend Rode NT5. It's a great mic for the money but personally I always prefer more flat response...

Brilliant ! Thanks for posting !
Wonderful sounds coming out of your OM. You really make it ring.
More please!

I play a 10-string bouzouki/cittern made by Stefan Sobell. I tune it DGDad.
Here are some examples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZw5mK0BAEI&t=97s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIVb9cKqiq4

I tried (besides others) a John Bartlett guitar mic and a DPA 4061 and I liked both.

GREAT ! Thanks for posting ! Big fun listening !

Hey, thank you very much. Yes, it's an awesome instrument. Lawrence Smart is a highly reguarded luthier. And I was lucky years ago to find it at Elderly at a reasonable price.

I bought my first mandola in the nineties, pretty soon after starting to play mandolin. I upgraded over the years from Gibson H2, Lebeda H4, Flatbush A5 style to a very nice L. Smart H5. It's a...

In chronological order, starting in 1990 - Bold means remaining, instruments I loved for their sound are underlined.

no name A5
Gibson A1
Washburn F5
Gibson F2
Michael Kelly F5 Dragonfly...

Hey,
thank you all for your fine contributions - really great !
I just decided to order an Ellis F5 Special Engelman top / tortoise binding - my dream mandolin. Played my Collings MF5 for 17 years...

Hi fellows,

for the first time in my life I had the chance to try out an Ellis mandolin: A 5 special deluxe. Love it ! So sweet and detailed! Here is what it sounds compared to my in-house...

Hey,
thanks for your contribution - some questions ...
There is an external microphone in this comparison - maybe you missed it. And can you explain what you mean by saying "sustain is unnatural" ?...

Hey,
thank you very much - glad you like it !
Oh yes, the Schoeps is such great mike, no doubt. Love it like I love my old KM84s. Often hard to decide cause both mikes are so great on guitar,...

Here is what a fine dual source system sounds like compared to a high end studio condenser microphone. I took my well worn Collings MF5 equipped with a K&K pickup / DPA 4061 attached mic and a...