Manley Reference Microphones - Tube Mic Voiceover Test

[johnnymassacre]

U47 by miles ... that's what you get for 10,000 bucks.

[KleberebelK18]

For this aplication, i liked manley reference cardioid, kinda of more cut through, very transparent and in the face sound, nice and precise botton too.

[bucktoofus]

U47 > Bock > Manleys > MXL (mxl ties the Manley Ref if you match levels).

[jamestakeshi]

I still prefer Telefunken. Very balanced in its high and low end. Neutral with a little brightness.

[sonick808]

mxl is too sibilant. Manley reference imparts some low end. Telefunken best all-around. Bock 195 second.

[TheMusicalAnomalyTM]

God bless you guys! This is exactly what we NEED more of! This is wonderful 2 the point & a great indicator 4 choosing microphone. I liked all the mics & Bock showed promise up 2 a Manley, but with my budget & taste 4 this album I NOW, thanks 2 this shoot out will be picking up the MXL Revelation!

Please do the HCL FAUST 2 & the Bock 241? The HCL is getting great reviews but no retailer N the US is looking at their microphones!

Sincerely,

"The Musical Anomaly" ®

Poà ®

Star On Eye-MF LLC.

[yassinmixstudio]

manley gold is a best very soft

[MattHartke]

U47 wins overall

[MightySaturn5]

...that U-47 has a clean mid detail I prefer

[entersat]

mxl is very good

[TubeTestsShow]

great video!!! keep it up!!!!

[TheSpoonwood]

love it , three different perceptions of sound in three posts.... the Telefunken is the boldest , most preset, more manly than the Manley. But, I like the Bock 195...

The price difference is much more extreme than the sound differences .....

the crackling is distracting ...but whatever

[TheJamezMan]

The low end on the Manley is way better than the U47

[Parkinson9999]

Neumann is the only one that sounds different, and I can't hear the slightest difference between the rest of mics, even in wavs. $5000 - $1200 difference, in particular.

[philwinkle]

I hear intermittent crackling noise - at first I thought it was the U47, but it does it throughout the demo. 1:28 before the mic mutes is a pretty clear example.

[recordinghacks]

@philwinkle I don't hear any crackling. If you'd like to access the pristine audio from this VO session, download WAV files from the RecordingHacks website.

[recordinghacks]

@philwinkle I don't hear any crackling, FWIW. You can access the pristine audio from this VO session -- the original WAV files -- from the RecordingHacks website.

[3gsoundsuk]

@philwinkle to be fair, I can hear clearly what you are talking about. I had to turn my levels up pretty high to notice it, but it sure was there. As recordinghacks said, it's better to have a listen to the raw WAVs, youtube audio quality is just degrading as they keep making changes. On here I hardly noticed any differences, but then listening to the WAVs... oh wow!