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Pros

These mics use the popular cardioid pattern perfect for voice and some music. The dual clip adapter seems cheap and may break but has already taken a face plant from tipping over the mic stand and was fine.

Quality is great for streaming and amplifying the piano. Same is true for the stringed instrument. I want to produce something that is both artistically and technically excellent.

There is no better sounding mic for the price. Versatile mic depending on your placement, environment, and skillset. Russian mics are a bit smoother in the upper register.

Sdcs are amazing for drum overheads! We have a choir at church composed of 5 people on each mic and the mic manages to capture all of them. These were purchased partly for mic'ing kids on stage and partly for playing around with in my small home studi...  Read More

Not a replacement for neumann or akg, but definitely worth having around, just in case. They even rival my $800 rode nt 55 pair. May even get another pair for back up. A pair of matched condensers is even more desirable, so i grabbed these as a backup...  Read More



Cons

The only fix is to replace the microphone. Both microphones produce noise, so if they're defective it's both of them. One of the microphones buzzes loudly to the point of clipping. They are noisy & thin sounding.

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Quality


They have good sound quality, and work on many sound sources.


These things work great and sound great.


These microphones do require 48v phantom power, if your sound board doesn't have phantom power or you don't want to activate th...  Read More


These sound okay for vocals, and would work well if you just need a stereo pair to capture a group.

Price


An inexpensive microphone that actually does a great job.


And outstanding value when purchased at $50 for the pair.

Competitiveness


I think that it's one of the best values on the market today.


However, cad cm217 (which are unfortunately no longer being produced and sold) is still a far better microphone.


Are there better mics, you get your ass, much much better, but not for the money.

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    great, phantom, set, inexpensive and better.
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  • Previous analysis of this listing was an C grade.
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  • Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 67.1% of the reviews are reliable.
  • This product had a total of 2,294 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 4 2025.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    These microphones do require 48v phantom power if your sound board doesnt have phantom power or you dont want to activate the phantom power on the soundboard we accomplished this with a behringer micropower ps400 ultracompact phantom power supply


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The instructions are printed on a tiny piece of paper in probably a 1 or 2 size font so its easy to miss that these are phantom powered


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I researched these a little before purchasing and to be honest i figured id be sending them back


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I honestly prefer it as choir mics


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    These sound okay for vocals and would work well if you just need a stereo pair to capture a group


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    You can use it on an acoustic guitar if you want but it wouldnt be my first choice


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    This gave me a lot of room sound that i didnt really want

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