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Published on 12/20/08 at 17:32
Totally agree with the opinion below,
for having both the M147 to its highly distinctive, versatile little with a color far removed from its large and quite natural M149, I know it is supposed to be the little brother of cardio M149, with a curve shown close enough, but to listen is totally different !!!!!!!!!!
Tube condenser microphone capsule and large drawn from the U47,
Presence indisputable but not very pleasant, a dynamic perception of the signal distorted enough *, a relatively soft for a sharp modern Neumann, a particular medium, even very special!, A rich but not so low that many bulky tube models.
It really is a microphone that has its own color, it is endowed with qualities with a formidable low self-noise, but it is often disappointing on lead vocals in the studio !!!!!
This is a microphone with a strong personality. listen still rendering between 2 and 3.5 kHz (one must love, it has a bit of a side RE20) but with a good preamp Eq, ca soften very easily. [/ b]
* Dynamic distortion, I mean by this term inconsistencies in uptake in terms of its dynamic, transitional housing, proximity effect, a lot of perceptions that are rendered without a compressor unrealistic and difficult to manage
It heats a lot, but the time to preheat the lamp is very short, so avoid leaving the microphone plug into the power supply 15 hours away, the thermal overload in the body preamplifier may reduce the duration of lamp life so it will change because it is welded not very practical way to map the pre amp, or he must love the risk!
We also find when you unscrew the body of the microphone, two switches inside a using high-pass 40Hz to taking care of mechanical noise and the other a-10dB attenuator!
OVERALL OPINION
It is endowed with a very strong personality!
in short, everything that is asked when a microphone is fortunate to have several different!
I love the strings in near mono (cello, bass) on some voices (but often disappointing)
I usually pre-amplifies the microphone with an Amek Neve DMCL.
so-so short and very few versatile hand if you make a cello almost !!!!!!!!!
Neumann since 2003 rates go much increased, it is wise to listen to the competition in the same price, I recommend for example the fabulous Soundelux U-99 which I think is strong to take into account if we want to head an M147, I think the Soundelux is much better at any point of view even if the price is slightly above the Neumann! Audio Technica AT 4060 is also less extravagant in his big-FET model I recommend the Blue Dragonfly (excellent!)
I think Neumann wanted to ride the wave of glorification of the original U47 long body, but the result is disappointing, it is certainly not the microphone that will contribute best to the future of Neumann legend! not even its marketing effectiveness!
for having both the M147 to its highly distinctive, versatile little with a color far removed from its large and quite natural M149, I know it is supposed to be the little brother of cardio M149, with a curve shown close enough, but to listen is totally different !!!!!!!!!!
Tube condenser microphone capsule and large drawn from the U47,
Presence indisputable but not very pleasant, a dynamic perception of the signal distorted enough *, a relatively soft for a sharp modern Neumann, a particular medium, even very special!, A rich but not so low that many bulky tube models.
It really is a microphone that has its own color, it is endowed with qualities with a formidable low self-noise, but it is often disappointing on lead vocals in the studio !!!!!
This is a microphone with a strong personality. listen still rendering between 2 and 3.5 kHz (one must love, it has a bit of a side RE20) but with a good preamp Eq, ca soften very easily. [/ b]
* Dynamic distortion, I mean by this term inconsistencies in uptake in terms of its dynamic, transitional housing, proximity effect, a lot of perceptions that are rendered without a compressor unrealistic and difficult to manage
It heats a lot, but the time to preheat the lamp is very short, so avoid leaving the microphone plug into the power supply 15 hours away, the thermal overload in the body preamplifier may reduce the duration of lamp life so it will change because it is welded not very practical way to map the pre amp, or he must love the risk!
We also find when you unscrew the body of the microphone, two switches inside a using high-pass 40Hz to taking care of mechanical noise and the other a-10dB attenuator!
OVERALL OPINION
It is endowed with a very strong personality!
in short, everything that is asked when a microphone is fortunate to have several different!
I love the strings in near mono (cello, bass) on some voices (but often disappointing)
I usually pre-amplifies the microphone with an Amek Neve DMCL.
so-so short and very few versatile hand if you make a cello almost !!!!!!!!!
Neumann since 2003 rates go much increased, it is wise to listen to the competition in the same price, I recommend for example the fabulous Soundelux U-99 which I think is strong to take into account if we want to head an M147, I think the Soundelux is much better at any point of view even if the price is slightly above the Neumann! Audio Technica AT 4060 is also less extravagant in his big-FET model I recommend the Blue Dragonfly (excellent!)
I think Neumann wanted to ride the wave of glorification of the original U47 long body, but the result is disappointing, it is certainly not the microphone that will contribute best to the future of Neumann legend! not even its marketing effectiveness!