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Excellent test--this remains one of the best mic comparisons on YT!

well i couldn't even tell when the microphones were changing so i guess welp. to each their own.

Very informative. Thanks…

This sounds like a 1980s British news report. Did you work for BBC at one point?

Very interesting. Thanks for your effort.

You know, you had me until you put the SM58 ahead of the Neumann. I've used both extensively, and as a singer there's absolutely no comparison. The SM58 is a piece of junk next to the velvet experience of singing into a KMS 105. You've just lost all credibility. Adios.

Hello, thanks for the informative video. Where can I find the piano recording from 9mins onwards? Whoever it is, it's really nice. Thanks

The Neumann KMS105 microphone will always come out ahead. These are just wonderful microphones, as are the RE Series from Electrovoice.

Do you get paid bei RØDE or is this an advertisement? (btw. I like RØDE, use an NT1000 in my homestudio, but this review seems a little biased, to say the least)

El legendario shure 5.1

Any one of these microphones are within that special 5% of superior fidelity, it's hard to wrong. But all things considered, the Rode look like the real winners as they are priced in the realm of the real world and punch considerably higher than their price would suggest. You literary cannot make a bad decision other than a financially bad decision amongst this lot

I don't know if these guys have spent a long time living in the UK, but they sound more like Brits who have picked up a bit of a Swedish accent, their English is that good - particularly the guy in black.

I've had the EV RE410 for about 5yrs and its awesome! I have a little weaker and less volume in the lower range so I've removed the bass ring so i can use the proximity effect for a bit more bass. Fantastic mic!

Great Shootout. Thanks. I hope that all of the singers sung better than what I herd on this review.

What is this song called? Is there a full performance available?

You need better quality equipment especially speakers to get meaningful results.

Wow! You really put some time into this test. Thank you! And your voices blend beautifully.

I did regret my buying rode m2 after having watched this review... I don't think the results are fair. But to me, SENNHEISER is one of the best. It is very rich and clear.

Av got the m2 but senni e865 wipes the floor with it, are you working for rode by any chance, obviously you have something against sennheisser mics

Thanks !! Blue mic enCORE 100 ?

Microphones are all Over priced! This is Old technology..Patened in 60's ,70s & 80's..So the patens ran out about 15 -25 years ago! The Chinese (Or anybody) can reproduce any of them (Exactly) for about $0.50 of metal ,$0.50 in plastic and maybe a $4.00 magnet (For the dynamics)..... So they would double their money at $10. (Condensers should be cheaper) {Except the button mics have about 10 cents worth of material.}

Can you do this with drums? And electric guitar with condensers n dymaimcs

Get more lewitt and miktek. Best bang for buck imo

The best microphone is that of the presenter ahahahah

Oh God, I thought I was in a video of father Paulo Ricardo, he has the same intro song, XD

Love the EV RE 410

Would you like to test Gecko Music Group's microphone Passion MP8305 with C.R.I.S.T.A.L. technology along with the other microphones? The accuracy of the reproduction of the sound source is unbelievably natural and clear.

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hi guys, first thing, thank you very much for the video! i'm pleased. I'm from brazil, and starting my career, going to buy my first condenser live microphone, and I am in doubt about two mics, the at2010 and the rode m2. I would like to ask you guys, what of this two you would choice. And whose of them would have more gain before feedback, in live situations. Thank you very much guys! And sorry for the bad english. Greetings from Brazil.

Can you please stop calling them roadee. The brand is said like 'road'. Much love from an Australian.

Hey. I have a question: What kind of microphone was using a lector in this film? Because of I'm looking for the microphone as a master of ceremonies. Thanks in advance for the reply.

Hey. I have a question: What kind of microphone was using a lector in this film? Because of I'm looking for the microphone as a master of ceremonies. Thanks in advance for the reply.

I often come back to these shootouts..they are superb, prioffessional and incredibly helpful

Thanks for doing this. I have a general idea of what I want my mics to sound like, and this definitely helps. I found someone selling the RE410's sibling, the RE510, and ended up trying it. I wish there was a better place around here to try out mics like that.

Sorry guys, your "feedback resistance test" is IMO complentely useless nonsens (if it was done the way its shown on the video). You can NOT measure feedback resistance ON AXIS (unless you are using wedges on stage right behind your head)! Great test anyway, what a pity that you have only a few mics included and some important models missing (mentioned KSM9, DPA d:facto and my favorite "budget" vocal condenser EV RE510 to name a few) but I understand that it would have to take enormous amount of time to test all the mics availabe on the market :-) . Anyway, your test is very well filmed and entertaining, thank you.

Had you tried Audix, you would have had wayyyy different results ;-)

The differences in sound seem much more obvious on the male voice then on the 1st soprano. The Shure sounded terrible on the bass, but rather okay on the soprano. Neumann more natural, open and airy then the others, Sennheiser more "solid" and compact.

Hi man, i'm from brazil! Your video it's very great!! But there is a mic that no one speaks about and i sing today in one, looks like very great. Do you know something about the SUPERLUX S125??

why didn't you try the Shure KSM9? It is top of the line.

Please compare the Shure Beta 87a to the Shure KSM9. Thanks!

I'm curious what you're opinions are on the Shure Live Condenser mics, namely the KSM9 and the Beta87 series! Wonderful video, very informative :)

did you put the results for the feedback tests in the video?

Hi Rey! Both of your choices are excellent for tenor voices in general. I do recommend you to test both of them before buying since the S1 has a strong presence lift around 5kHz which may give some voices a very harsh sound with more than pronounced S-T sounds. For most voices its fantastic. The Re410 doesn't have that kind of boost and would generally appear with a slightly warmer sound yet with a nice presence. Try them out! The AKG mics are really popular and generally good. Since we had to limit ourselves to 10 microphones we simply didn't had the time to test them out. Also, in a possible future test it would be nice to give the Shure condensers a try against the neumann and EV mice. Best regards, Nicklas Sellman, Avocalypse

thanks for the great review. I'm leaning toward the S1 or the re410 for myself a 2nd tenor... I'm wondering if you found the AKG's didn't perform well because you didn't mention them. they seem to be popular these days thanks for the advice 👍

Me Neumann-KMS105 is Super...!

Hi guys, many many thanks for professionality you've got in this test. I'm a gospel singer and you helped me to understand a lot of things about mics. Also compliments for your voice!

listening test with eurolive pa? Man, I'm sure you were able to determine detail on those high quality drivers.

Great work, thank you so much ! I'm looking for a microphone for all sorts of vocalists, which doesn't sound thin or harsh once you back off from it. The KMS105 and M2's responses doesn't suggest any of this high mid (2.5 - 5kHz is the bothersome area usually) resonance design. The S1 does, with a slightly lesser that average boost at 4kHz. The KMS105 is out of my price range, do you remember any impressions from the M2 in that regard?

Thank you for sharing your big test. But I really expexted to hear something from the final results in the video. Everything I heard came from the built in mics from the camcorder.

Excelente.