My neighborhood is the Internet.
I love dealing with small companies. The smaller the better. They reply promptly, treat you fairly, offer you quality products and excellent service. And if they don’t, in this day and age word spreads quickly.
My last pair of binaural mics rocked. But they broke months ago, and I never got around to getting them fixed. I wrote to Giant Squid Audio Labs (whose real name is Darren) mentioning I was a podcaster, a procrastinator and a loser of sales receipts. Within a few hours. I got a reply: Send them back with $12 for postage and I’ll fix them with mics elements better suited for podcasting.
Go try that at Best Buy. Or Verizon. Or AOL. (howls_of_laughter.mp3)
P.S. soundprofessionals.com charges nearly $50 shipping for a $70 pair of mics. For some reason they can’t put them in a padded envelope and drop them into a mailbox.
Hey there Rich, I have also been using giant squid mics for some time now and it really is a great company making a good product and standing behind it.
On a side note, I found a perfect case for the stereo mics with the battery attachment, they fit perfectly and snugly into it and if offers great protection from the elements and they are pretty cheap money wise which is nice. The comany that makes them is called Pelican and the case is the 1020. Here is a link to the product page.
http://www.pelicanproducts.us/detailaspx8.html
also, here is a pic of mine in my case..
http://www.twistedsun.net/pelican.jpg