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Krush411
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One dude said on this forum that the B2 outshines his AT4060 on vocals. I find that hard to believe. I've seen these mics as low as 125. Anyone here have one and if so can you honestly say they hang with the big boys?
I know. For the money, it's really, really good. Even if you set aside the insanely-low price point, IMHO it's still a really good microphone.
I have used these in M-S and Blumlein and been very pleased, as well as close on acoustic guitars and for vox. Yes, there can be some top-end lift, but this can easily be EQ'd if warranted (and the lift does vary by which pattern is chosen (naturally)). Throw in the fact the you can have three patterns, high-pass filtering, and a pad, and there's a lot to like. Mind you, this is standard fare in 'pricier' mics, which takes me back to value.
No, it's not a U87, but...for the money I would spend on one U87 (and believe me, I am a fan of Neumann as I use the KU 100 mannequin head microphone for all of my binaural work) I could buy many B2 Pro.
As I pointed out elsewhere on the web, if there is a down-side, it's the lack of 'street cred' this has as compared to various well established and respected mics, and how this may reflect upon you as a recording professional (i.e. your willingness to use it). However, my guess is that with careful placement etc, your clients would likely be satisfied with the results.
Still...I kind of wonder...if you COULD put the B2 Pro's electronics into an old U87 carcass...I wonder how its sound might be described.
Back to the high end lift...if you flatten the out the response via EQ (different patterns require different EQ corrections) you get noise figures that are pretty close to those of a typical U87, and in the process, also end up with flatter frequency response. These...are good things to have (low noise and flat frequency response), at least in my opinion - I much prefer to have mics that are as flat as possible, and add whatever EQ is desired / needed in post.