[Paul Dorman]

On 12/30/2020 7:12 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
Paul Dorman wrote:

Again, I'd like to see two blind tests:

1) 5 mics. 4 real U87s, and 1 U87 Clone.
2) 5 mics. 4 Clones, and 1 Real U87.

I'm willing to bet very, very few people could correctly pick
out the 1 Clone, and the 1 Real, in two blind audio tests.

If you put the microphone in a dead room with a vocalist right on axis,
many of these microphones probably sound the same.

Put them in a place where they are getting a substantial amount of sound
from off-axis, such as tracking a band together or having a singer playing
guitar and you'll see dramatic differences.

If you start looking at the figure-8 pattern you'll find very few of the
clones have a very deep null at all. A lot of them don't even try.

Try it. It's not hard to do.

That's what you claim, but I still doubt anyone could
tell the difference.

I know it's a hard pill to swallow, that recording gear is
more affordable than ever before!