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 Great deal but be aware ... | |
| Both of these microphones require a 48-volt phantom power supply that, unless your mixer provides for such, would have to be purchased separately.
For some, it could really be frustrating to receive something that you have been waiting for, only to find out that you can't use it right out of the box. So make sure that any mixer you intend to use these with has switchable +48V phantom power and preferrably with an indicator. Actually I didn't give a five-stars rating due to this lack of information. I think the manufacturer and/or the merchant should specifically state things like this in its product description, so at least customers would know what to expect in advance. As for the mics, I believe they perform well over other products within this price range. I use a SoundCraft console so maybe that's a plus, but overall I'd say the mics are well worth the price. | |
 Great deal for the price! | |
| I produce music for a living and normally write only at my studio. Recently I became interested in having a basic laptop rig for home and I picked up this mic package based on some reviews. When I got them home I had found that they were an excellent value. They're really quite good sounding with lots of detail in the high end. Again, this is considering price- if they were $1,000 for the pair it would be an incredible ripoff. Of course I should state the obvious: These will not sound like a high-end Neumann, Lawson, or Telefunken mic costing many, many, times the price of these mics. That said, they're only $99! I bought two packs and have found they work very nicely in stereo pairs. There seems to be a large influx of inexpensive condensor mics coming in from overseas (particularly Asia) which IMHO are miles better than similarly-priced competition from Europe. However, if you want a Neumann U87, you have to buy one. While the high end on these are nice for the price it does have a bit of a synthetic sound to it at times, and lacks the smoothness of some of the much higher end mics. That said, the pair of these cover much sonic ground; you can use them for most instruments. Drums would be inadvisable unless you were using two matched larger ones as overheads.
This is the type of package I would strongly recommend to the hobbyist because of the price to performance ratio. I -wish- that something like this had existed when I was in high school, just getting into recording. It would make a great gift for the budding enthusiast. |
