The Deli - OktavaMod Tube Mic Modification Review

Michael Vecchio of The Deli Magazine reviews the OktavaMod Tube Condenser Mic Modification. This video features a shootout against a vintage Neumann U-47 and a vintage Neumann U-67 in Clinton Recording Studios' Studio B with New York artist McGowan.

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[aninstrumentalvision]

distortion on all clips makes this test worthless. I have used the U67 and the U47 in the recording studios and these sample clips sound NOTHING like a studio recording. If anyone is using THIS test to judge sound quality, it's like driving a Ferrari around the track with a flat tire. This is a silly test, IMHO

[estudiohighend]

shut up and play!!!

[silencekj]

How can we even hear the results from inside the booth. I think they just wanna generate traffic to there site.

[deadbirdsings]

@waterbottle - I only heard it on the Neumanns, and I think that clipping is not a defect, but rather, precisely the reason people *want* to use these old tube mics.

[deadbirdsings]

I'm not a gear snob and would never spend thousands of dollars on a mic, but I didn't like the OkatavaMod compared to the Neumanns. In particular, I notice that the singer manages to drive both of the Neumanns into clipping with his last line. I imagine that it's precisely that tube distortion that people *want* when they use an old tube condenser, and the OktavaMod doesn't have it.

[Michael55443]

There's a lot of hype surrounding vintage mics. Sure, they are expensive, but that doesn't mean they are automatically superior. I've heard cheap mics blow vintage Neumanns, Telefunkens, etc.. out of the water. Sometimes an expensive old mic is just that, old and expensive. And don't even start me on the maintenance of those dinosaur mics.

[kasaudio]

The video sounds horrible and does not show Michael's work at all. Everyone of those mics sounds bad in the video. You can't compare them in this video, nor say u hear the 47! But, I do know Michaels work and the mod does contend with serious mics! The problem really lies in the fact that 95% of the audio industry is snobs and we want to say "oh yeah, that really expensive mic is soooo much better. There's no way that $1000 or less mic sounds anywhere as good as my expensive so & so!"

[soulessdelu]

PLEASE MAKE A CONCLUDENT TEST PLEASE SAME TO BE OK BUT PRAISE THE PERFORMER TO BE MORE ACURATED TO DISTANT ROAD IN OUT ,TO ME THE TEST IT IS HALF CONCLUDENTMAND THIS SINGER HAS A MIDLE VOICE MI DON T KBOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT THAT!MAYBE THE MIC UPGRADE WELL...

[master9716]

@dashboardmenagerie Ya, Old technology cant compare to new technology , Its hard to tell with a 480p video but it seemed like the octavamod handled the highs with no distortion compared to the u67

[peterm3964]

thats the vocal test ? thats all you got . ?