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Agent 19’s review of the OktavaMod Rode NT1-a, as compared to the Blue Baby Bottle and Neumann TLM 103. Hear vocal and acoustic guitar tracks in a blind listening test.

I had the pleasure of borrowing both the mono Manley Reference microphones recently — the Reference Cardioid and Reference Gold. These mics have been selling consistently for over 20 years, which should tell you something about their appeal. They are both modern-day classics. To hear them in action, I arranged a test on the most […]

It began with my contention that “99% of listeners can’t hear whether a stereo pair is ‘matched’ or not.” I will admit that I have, on occasion, paid extra for so-called “matched pairs” of microphones. But I’ve also seen better engineers than me use stereo pairs of vintage mics that are far from matched — […]

Mention the phrase “Russian-made” and it conjures up images of Soviet design — generally not thought to be the most elegant. In the context of microphones, it usually means bulky, grey tubes that look like submarines rather than precision instruments for capturing sound. Despite the lack of glamor normally reserved for European microphones, Russian microphones […]

Let’s get down to business; microphones are what we’re here about, right? In this review, I’ve compared some microphones that I commonly use on drums and that are commonly found in many home studios against a set of Lewitt Audio Microphones. All were recorded into ProTools via an M-Audio Profire 2626. No processing was added […]